Identifier Number NS034039
Title Òran do Mhaighstir Cailean Grannda, Sagairt Arisaig
Alternative Title
Air Ged a dh’ fhàg thu ri port mi
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Gu bheil m’ inntinn air dùsgadh
Classifications Praise
Subjects Reverend Colin Grant
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
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
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 167
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=222&uT=y
Notes 1 "*The last two lines, when properly read, sound very much like a horse going at full speed. Virgil’s well-known line of the same character is as follows:—“Quadrupedante putrem soniter quatit ungula campum,”—Æneid, Book viii, line 596."
Notes 2 "The Rev. Mr Grant was a man of many excellent qualities. The poet was deeply attached to him. His father was a Presbyterian and his mother a Roman Catholic. He was educated in Lismore. His brother Peter was an officer in the army. Peter belonged to the same church as his father. His sister was married to Alexander Chisholm an uncle of the present Chisholm of Strath-Glas. Duncan Chisholm, merchant, Antigonish was their son."
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