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Marbhrann do dh'Fhear Àirigh Mhuilinn

Fieldworkers
Date May 1954
Track ID 18759
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.53.A3

Original Tape ID

SA1954.053

Summary

A lament for Angus Òg of Milton, who was drowned when his boat capsized. The bard praises Angus Òg's nobility and bravery and asks God to protect his family. The bard uses the image of the tree in the song.

Item Notes

3 verses sung. The song was composed by Angus Campbell (Aonghas Mac Dhòmhnaill 'ic Eòghainn) from Benbecula. He was known as Am Bàrd Sgallach. This lament was composed for Captain Angus MacDonald of Milton, South Uist, who was a kinsman of Flora MacDonald. He was drowned in Loch Eynort, South Uist, in 1809, when his boat capsized while carrying kelp. His dogs tried to save him, but were actually the cause of his death.

See:
'The Uist Collection - The poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards' (Rev. A. MacDonald ed.) p. 207
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) p. 102
'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' vol. XIV p. 168

Item Subject/Person

Dòmhnallach, Caiptean Aonghas; MacDonald, Captain Angus

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Airigh-Mhuilinn

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good