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Òran do Eòghain Òg Bhàlaigh

Fieldworkers
Date May 1954
Track ID 18879
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.53.A7

Original Tape ID

SA1954.053

Summary

This song is in praise of the young Ewan MacDonald of Vallay, North Uist. It describes his character, his talents and his skill as a hunter, and mentions the famous MacDonalds to whom he is related.

Item Notes

8 quatrains sung. The song was composed by Alexander MacDonald (known as An Dall Muileach or An Dall Mòr), a contemporary of John MacCodrum.

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. 174

Item Subject/Person

Eòghann Òg Bhàlaigh; MacDonald, Ewan

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - North Uist

Island - Vallay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good