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Original Tape ID

Program Choinnich 23.11.2000

Summary

Books on the life and poems of George Campbell Hay.

Information about the launch of two books on the life and poems of George Campbell Hay. Bookseller Donald MacCormick tells how he discovered the papers and writing of George Campbell Hay in a public auction and took them to the National Library. Within this same collection were some of MacDougall Hay's papers (father of George Campbell Hay). Information about the man and the breadth of his bardic compositions.

Item Subject/Person

Deòrsa mac Iain Deòrsa [George Campbell Hay]

Recording Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Stornoway

Island - Lewis

Village/Place - Stornoway

Language

Gaelic

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Dat

Audio Quality

Good