| Identifier Number | NS034102 |
| Title | Òran Gaoil |
| Alternative Title | |
| Air | Màiri Bhàn Òg |
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| First Line Verse | Gur mise bheir gràdh gu bràth do ’n chailin |
| Classifications | Love , Praise |
| Subjects | Anna Buchanan |
| Structure | Eight line verse |
| Place Of Origin | Scotland |
| Composer First Name | Seumas |
| Composer Last Name | MacGregor |
| Composer Patronymic | Seumas MacGriogair , Rev. James MacGregor |
| Composer Dates | 1759 - 1830 |
| Composer Gender | Male |
| Community | Nigg , Loch Earn , Scotland |
| County | Ross , Perthshire |
| Era Of Poetry | 1785 |
| Original Format | Publication |
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| Date Recorded | |
| Collector | Alexander MacLean Sinclair |
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| Collection Number | |
| Publication Title | Clàrsach na Coille |
| Editor | Alexander MacLean Sinclair |
| Publisher | Archibald Sinclair |
| Publication Date | 1881 |
| Page Number | 308 |
| Online Access | https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=222&uT=y |
| Notes 1 | "ORAN GAOIL Air Anna Buchanan, nighean ministeir an Sgire Nuig ’an Ros, le Seumas Mac-Griogair, 1785." |
| Notes 2 | "The reverend James M‘Gregor, D.D., the revered apostle of Pictou, was born at St Fillan’s at the head of Loch Earn in Perthshire in December 1759. He studied at the university of Edinburgh. He was a minister of the Presbyterian Church. He belonged to the Anti-Burgher branch of the Secession Church. He arived in Pictou, July 20, 1786," |
| Notes 3 | "At the time of Dr M‘Gregor’s arrival, Pictou was a new settlement, and the people very poor. He travelled about from place to place a great deal. In the winter he had to travel by snow-shoes. His bed was frequently only some straw placed on the floor before the fire, and his food nothing but potatoes and fish. The hardships he endured were very great. He was the only minister in the Eastern part of Nova Scotia for nine years. He died March 3, 1830. His life, by his grandson, the Rev. George Patterson, D.D., is a very interesting work. It is largely autobiographical." |
| Notes 4 | "The Rev. Patrick Buchannan was a native of Callander in Perthshire. He was for thirty eight years minister of the Secession congregation in Nigg. He died in 1802 in the 81st year of his age. His daughter, Anna, the subject of this song married a Mr M‘Bean. It seems she was unwilling to come to the wilds of America. She was distinguished for her personal attractions, and was a most amiable and pious woman. She died before her father. She left a young family. The Bard who sang her praise was married twice." |