Bho Chluaidh Gu CalasraidThis bilingual work takes a look at the rich literary Gaelic heritage of the Lennox and Menteith through poetry, song and story - an all too often neglected part of Scottish history. |
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... poetic dynasty who were filidhs to the MacDonalds into the eighteenth century . Muireadhach Albannach made this poem to Alùn ( or Alùn ) who was the Earl of the Lennox , although he composed it as though he were addressing the river ...
... poetic dynasty who were filidhs to the MacDonalds into the eighteenth century . Muireadhach Albannach made this poem to Alùn ( or Alùn ) who was the Earl of the Lennox , although he composed it as though he were addressing the river ...
Page 299
... poem as Sròn Mhaolain , I have emended the equally puzzling form an Ainibh as an t - Aonach . This latter name might hide the form an Àirigh , however , and there are a number of shielings in the area . 17. Source : Based on poem in NLS ...
... poem as Sròn Mhaolain , I have emended the equally puzzling form an Ainibh as an t - Aonach . This latter name might hide the form an Àirigh , however , and there are a number of shielings in the area . 17. Source : Based on poem in NLS ...
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... poem seems to have suffered in transmission , for a number of lines do not properly rhyme which should . It is not clear whether the corruption was due to the effects of centuries of oral transmission , or whether it was due to poor ...
... poem seems to have suffered in transmission , for a number of lines do not properly rhyme which should . It is not clear whether the corruption was due to the effects of centuries of oral transmission , or whether it was due to poor ...
Contents
Facaltoisich le Iain MacAonghuis 12 2020 | 16 |
Cànan agus Deasachadh | 20 |
Seann Eachdraidh | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Bho Chluaidh Gu Calasraid - From the Clyde to Callander; Gaelic Songs ... Michael Newton,John McInnes No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
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