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Tha Tighinn Fodham Èirigh

Date 31 July 1950
Track ID 25863
Part 1
Part 2

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0097A.410

Original Tape ID

CW0097A

Summary

This is a song in praise of Ailean Dearg, chief of Clanranald. He is described as a warrior, and is skilled at sea. He is also described as a hunter. Many women love and admire him.

Item Notes

Chorus, nine quatrains and chorus sung. The song was composed by a bard known as Iain mac Dhùghaill 'ic Lachlainn. Ailean Dearg, the subject of this song, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715.

See:
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach' p. 437 (1907 edition)
'An Lasair' (ed. R. Black) p. 48
'The Celtic Lyre' song 61
'The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Highlands' (ed. A. Moffat) p. 24

Item Subject/Person

Ailean Dearg

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Small Isles

Island - Canna

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good