Identifier NumberNS030021
TitleHotel nam Bogaishean
Alternative Title
AirBlar na Eiphit
First Line Chorus
First Line VerseAn cuala sibh mu 'n bhatal
ClassificationsLocal events and characters
SubjectsHotel , Insects , Fleas
StructureEight line verse
Place Of OriginNova Scotia
Composer First NameDonald
Composer Last NameMacLellan
Composer PatronymicDòmhnall Gobha
Composer Dates1807 - 1890
Composer Gender
CommunityGrand Mira
CountyCape Breton County
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 Number38
Online Access
Notes 1Donald 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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