Identifier Number NS036006
Title Òran Fir Ghriminis
Alternative Title Òran Aimearaga
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Moch is mi ag éirigh fo sprochd is fo éislean
Classifications Exile
Subjects Emigration , Clan Donald
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name MacCodrum
Composer Patronymic Iain mac Fhearchair 'ic Iamhair , Am Bàrd Uibhisteach
Composer Dates 1710 - 1798 / 1693 - 1779
Composer Gender Male
Community North Uist
County
Era Of Poetry 1769 - 1773
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title Seanchaidh na Coille
Editor Michael Newton
Publisher Cape Breton University Press
Publication Date 2015
Page Number 46
Online Access
Notes 1 The Songs of John MacCodrum, Bard to Sir James MacDonald of Sleat (1938), p. 132
Notes 2 There are differing dates to be found for Iain MacCodrum: the dates on him tombstone are given as 1710-1798 but some records give 1693-1779, i.e. Bill Lawson (2011) North Uist in History and Legend, Birlinn.
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