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Ach Aonghais Òig Rìomhaich

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1969.68.B3; SA1969.68.B4

Original Tape ID

SA1969.068

Summary

This lament praises Captain Angus MacDonald's nobility and his leadership of men. The bard uses the image of the fallen tree when describing Captain MacDonald's death. He asks God's protection for the man's family.

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Item Notes

Composed by Angus Campbell (Am Bàrd Sgallach). Captain Angus MacDonald drowned in Loch Aoineart, South Uist in 1809.

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (Margaret F. Shaw ed., 1955) p. 102
'The Uist Collection - The Poems and Songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards' (Rev. A. MacDonald ed., 1894) p. 207

Item Subject/Person

MacDonald, Captain Angus

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Loch Eynort

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good