Identifier NumberNS030015
TitleDeoch-slainte Mhaighistear Allasdair McLeoid [Alasdair MacLeoid]
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line VerseAn deoch s' air slaint' an deagh Phears-Eaglais
ClassificationsElegy , Lament
SubjectsMan
Structure
Place Of OriginNova Scotia
Composer First NameDonald
Composer Last NameMacLellan
Composer PatronymicDòmhnall Gobha
Composer Dates1807 - 1890
Composer GenderMale
CommunityGrand Mira , Arisaig
CountyCape Breton County , Antigonish
Era Of Poetry
Original FormatPublication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
CollectorVincent A. McLellan
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication TitleFàilte Cheap Breatainn
EditorVincent A. McLellan
Publisher
Publication Date1891 (1933)
Page Number29
Online Access
Notes 1"'N uair a bha e a comhnuidh ann am Broad Cove."
Notes 2Donald Gobha was born in Glenelg, Morar, Scotland on April 3rd 1807. He emigrated to Nova Scotia with his father in 1819. They settled at the South West River, Margaree. Donald apprenticed as a blacksmith and learned French. He subsequently settled in Strathlorne, Inverness County, where he raised a large family of five sons and four daughters with his wife Mary MacIsaac. He moved to Grand Mira in 1868 and died there in 1890.
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