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Pàdraig Grannd nan Òran
Peter Grant
Eachdraidh-bheatha | Biography
Pàdraig Grannd nan Oran | Peter Grant
(1783 - 1867)
Peter Grant was born near Grantown-in-Spey in 1783. He was a Scottish Baptist pastor, poet and songwriter. He was known as Pàdraig Grannd nan Oran (“Peter Grant of the Songs”), which became a household name in the Highlands of Scotland for nearly fifty years. His collection of hymns in Gaelic is called Dain Spioradail. Grant formed what became the largest Baptist congregation in the Gaelic-speaking Highlands.
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