Identifier Number NS034065
Title Òran do Shir Ailean MacGilleain agus do dh'Eachunn Cholla
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Mo rùn an t-Ailean a chaidh thairis
Classifications Praise , Religious , Lament
Subjects Sir Allan MacLean , Hector MacLean
Structure Three line verse
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name Neil
Composer Last Name Lamont
Composer Patronymic Niall MacLaomuinn
Composer Dates
Composer Gender Male
Community Tiree , Scotland
County
Era Of Poetry c. 1757
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector John MacLean
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title Clàrsach na Coille
Editor Alexander MacLean Sinclair
Publisher Archibald Sinclair
Publication Date 1881
Page Number 233
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=222&uT=y
Notes 1 "ORAN Do Shir Ailean Mac-Gilleain agus do dh’ Eachunn Chola, athair-céile."
Notes 2 "Sir Allan Maclean was a captain in the Montgomery Highlanders. He was married to Una daughter of Hector, 11th Maclean of Coll. He resided during the latter part of his life on the island of Inch-Kenneth in Mull. He was visited there by Doctor Johnson, who speaks very highly of him. He died in 1783. Neil Lamont, the author of the following poem, was a native of Tiree. One of his daughters married a Mac-Fadyen, and had a daughter who was married to Allan Maclean, the poet’s father. Neil Lamont was thus the great-grandfather of John Maclean, the poet. The Montgomery Highlanders went to America in 1757. The poem was composed at that time."
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