Identifier Number NS034066
Title Òran do Chailein MacCnuimhein, Fear Ghrianail, an Tirithe
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Thoir mo shoraidh gu Fear-Ghrianail
Classifications Praise
Subjects Colin MacNiven
Structure Four line verse
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name Archibald
Composer Last Name MacPhail
Composer Patronymic Gilleasbuig MacPhàil
Composer Dates d. c. 1830
Composer Gender Male
Community Balephuil , Tiree , Scotland
County
Era Of Poetry
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 235
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=222&uT=y
Notes 1 "ORAN Do Chailein Mac-Cnuimhein. Fear-Ghrianail, an Tirithe, le Gilleasbuig Mac-Phail."
Notes 2 "Archibald M‘Phail was a native of Tyree. He was a very good poet. His failing was a proneness to go to extremes. When he praised he praised too much, and when he condemned he condemned with unnecessary severity. He lived in Baile-Phuil. He died about the year 1830. There are eight of his songs in John MacLean’s manuscript. Mrs Noble of Cape Breton, the subject of John MacLean’s finest elegy, was a daughter of Colin MacNiven."
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