Identifier Number NS035009
Title Eas Niagara
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse A Thì mhòir a chruthaich na dùilean
Classifications Nature , Religious
Subjects Niagara Falls , religion , waterfall , landscape , water , landscape , weather , sound , language
Structure Four line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Duncan Black
Composer Last Name Blair
Composer Patronymic An t-Urr. D. B. Blàrach , Donnachadh Blàrach
Composer Dates 1823 - 1893
Composer Gender Male
Community Barney's River , Niagara , Ontario
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry 1848
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Publication Title Fògradh, Fàisneachd, Filidheachd: an t-Urr. Donnachadh Blàrach (1815-1893) ann am Mac-Talla
Editor John A. MacPherson and Michael Linkletter
Publisher Cape Breton University Press
Publication Date 2013
Page Number 233
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Notes 1 "Is i seo a' bhàrachd as iomraitiche a rinn Donnachadh Blàrach. Sgrìobh e i nuair a bha e ann an Canada Uachdrach, no Ontario, ann an 1848. Chaidh a foillseachadh an toiseach anns an iris An Gàidheal ann an 1871, agus bha i ann an trì leabhriachean: Clàrsach na Coille (1886); Bàrdachd Gàidhlig (1918); agus Caran an t-Saoghail (2003). Tha caochladh thionndaidhean air briathrachas na bàrdachd anns na h-irisean agus na leabhraichean. Bha dà shreath de thè de na ceathramhan agus beagan fhaclan nach robh idir ann am Mac-Talla no An Gàidheal. Tha sinn air an cur an seo ann an clò Eadailteach airson soilleireachd. Tha an còrr de'n dàn stèidhichte air mar a nochd i ann am Mac-Talla air 21 Dàmhair 1896."
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