Reference Number299
TitleArmageddon. A fragment [of a poem.]
AuthorRoss, Neil
EditorMacLeod, Donald James
Date Of Edition1950
Date Of Languagemid 20c
Date Of Language Ed1900-1949
DateMacroMid 20th c.
Date Of Language Notes
PublisherThe Albyn Press
Place PublishedEdinburgh
VolumeN/A
LocationNational, academic, and local libraries
Geographical OriginsSkye
Geographical Origins EdSkye
GeoMacroSkye, Raasay and Small Isles
GeoX-6.7784
GeoY57.3617
Geographical Origins Notes
RegisterLiterature, Verse
Register EdLiterature, Verse
GenreLiterature
MediumVerse
RatingB (TBC)
Alternative Author NameNiall Ros
Manuscript Or EditionEd.
Size And Condition21.2cm x 14cm
Short TitleArmageddon
Reference DetailsNLS: X.165.f
Number Of Pagesiii, 147
Gaelic Text ByN/A
IllustratorN/A
Social ContextThe text is an uncompleted epic about the Second World War. For more biographical information about the author and also the editor, see Text 291.
ContentsAfter the bi-lingual title page and the publication details, there follows a short foreword by Donald James MacLeod that explains that the text was written in Gaelic along with an English translation by the late Rev. Dr Neil Ross: the poem, as explained in the title, is a fragment of an intended far longer work, never completed due to the author’s ill health. The main text then follows, consisting of the original Gaelic on the left-hand side of the page and a face-to-face English translation on the right-hand side of the page. The poem consists of four-line verses.
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LanguageThe language reflects the Gaelic dialect of the Isle of Skye.
OrthographyThe spelling conforms generally to the orthography of mid nineteenth century. Acute and grave accents are both retained. Accents appear on capital letters.
EditionFirst edition.
Other Sources
Further ReadingAnon., ‘Tributes: Dr. D. J. Macleod’, An Gaidheal, leabh. L, àir 5 (An Ceitein, 1955), 42.
Watson, Moray, An Introduction to Gaelic Fiction (Edinburgh, 2011: Edinburgh University Press).
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