Identifier Number NS034106
Title Marbhrann don Bhàrd MacGilleain
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Ann an deireadh a’ Gheamhraidh
Classifications Elegy
Subjects John MacLean , Bard
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name Cameron
Composer Patronymic Iain Camhron
Composer Dates d. 1858
Composer Gender Male
Community Dochanassie , Lochaber , Scotland , Addington Forks
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry c. 1848
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 331
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=222&uT=y
Notes 1 "John Cameron was born in Dochanassie, Lochaber. He came to this country, with his parents, Alexander and Ann Cameron, in 1817. He was for many years a merchant at Addington Forks, Antigonish. He was intimately acquainted with the poet, and speaks of him in the following verses as he knew him. He died, November 16, 1858."
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