Identifier Number NS034020
Title Cumha do dh' Iain Caimbeul, an Sgairinnis
Alternative Title
Air C’arson nach tòisichinn ’sa’ champa
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse ’S e ’n sgeul ’thàinig á Grianaig oirnn
Classifications Elegy , Lament
Subjects Iain Caimbeul
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 , Sgarinish
County Pictou
Era Of Poetry c. 1817
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 73
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=222&uT=y
Notes 1 "Bha ’n duine òg so na cheannaiche ann an Sgairinnis an Tirithe. Chaidh e le dròbh gu margadh Dhùini. As a sin chaidh e do Ghlaschu a cheannach bathar. Dh’ fhás e tinn ann an Grianaig ’se air an t-slighe dhachaidh. Bha e na chorp an ceann trì làithean. ’S ann ’s a’ bhliadhna 1817 a chaochail Iain òg Sgairinnis."
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