Identifier Number NS034016
Title Call na Cailin
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse ’S ann Di-Sathairne ’chualas
Classifications Lament , Local events and characters
Subjects Niall MacGilleain ( am Maor Bàn ) , Lachainn Dòmhnullach , Niall Dòmhnullach , Shipwreck
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name MacLean
Composer Patronymic Bàrd Thighearna Cholla , Am Bàrd MacGilleain , Iain Mac Ailein mhic Iain mhic Theàrlaich mhic Lachainn mhic Dhòmhnuill òig mhic Iain mhic Eobhain mhic Lachainn Fhinn
Composer Dates 1787 - 1848
Composer Gender Male
Community Tiree , Scotland , Barney's River
County Pictou
Era Of Poetry c. 1809
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector Alexander MacLean Sinclair
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title Clàrsach na Coille
Editor Alexander MacLean Sinclair
Publisher Archibald Sinclair
Publication Date 1881
Page Number 58
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=222&uT=y
Notes 1 "Chaidh Niall Mac-Gilleain, “am maor Bàn;” Lachainn Dòmhnullach, mac Dhòmhnuill mhic Chaluim; agus Niall Dòmhnullach, mac Sheumais mhic Chaluim, triùir dhaoine a mhuinntir Thirithe, air ghnothach do dh’ Ile. ’N uair a bha iad a tighinn dachaidh chaidh an call aig na Suacain an Tirithe. B’e A’ Chailin ainm a’ bhàta aca."
Notes 2 "Neil M‘Lean and those with him were drowned in March, 1809. Mr. M‘Lean had gone to Islay for Macintosh, the receiver of wreck, a ship with a cargo of linseed having been cast ashore in Tiree."
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