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A' Bhanais a Bha an Ciostal Odhar

Date February 1968
Track ID 29939
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1968.02.B2

Original Tape ID

SA1968.002

Summary

This satirical song tells of a wedding at Ciostal in Skye, at which there was a great deal of fighting and uproar.

Item Notes

Composed by Archibald MacDonald (Gille na Ciotaig). He was born c.1750 and died c.1815.

See:
'The Uist Collection - Poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards' (ed. MacDonald) p. 161
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach' p. 181 (1907 edition)

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Portree

Island - Skye

Village/Place - Ciostal

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good