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Angus MacFarlane

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Dates: 1841 - 1931
Place of birth: Alba Nuadh | Nova scotia

Biography

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Aonghas mac Aonghais ’ic Ghill-easbuig ’ic Dhùghaill ’ic Phàdruig | Angus MacFarlane


" ’S e deagh thuathanach a bha ann an Aonghas MacPhàrlain ré a bheatha. Tha e follaiseach gu bheil a’ bhàrdachd a’ ruith ’n a theaghlach. Dh’ eug e air an ochdamh latha de ’n Mhàrt, 1931, aois 90. Thainig a shin-seanair air thùs á Gleann Urchaidh gu Gleann Fhionnghain, am Mùideart, far an do thog e a theaghlach. B’ e a shloinneadh Aonghas mac Aonghais ’ic Ghill-easbuig ’ic Dhùghaill ’ic Phàdruig."
Smeòrach nan Cnoc is nan Gleann, ed. Hector MacDougall (1939), p.11


"Angus MacFarlane was a good farmer throughout his life. It is evident that poetry runs in the family. He died on the eighth of March, 1931, aged 90. His great-grandfather originally came from Glenorchy to Glenfinnan, Moidart, where he raised his family. His surname was Angus mac Angus ’ic Gill-easbuig ’ic Dùghaill ’ic Phàdruig."
Smeòrach nan Cnoc is nan Gleann, ed. Hector MacDougall (1939), p.11





Recordings

O Gur Misde
Rory MacLean · 1977-12-08
Cumha
Neil Allan MacLean · 1978-03-13
'S nuair chaidh i air sàile (le ro-ràdh)
Lauchie MacLellan · 1980-01-12