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Mar a rinn Raghnall mac Ailein Òig am port mòr 'Maol Donn'.

Date May 1954
Track ID 31427
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.42.3

Original Tape ID

SA1954.042

Summary

How Raghnall mac Ailein Òig composed 'Maol Donn'.

Raghnall mac Ailein Òig was walking along a sandbar and he picked up a shell and said, "You are my Maol Donn." He then composed the port mòr [pibroch] called 'Maol Donn' or 'MacCrimmon's Sweetheart'. Despite its name it isn't a MacCrimmon composition. The work is published in Angus MacKay's book.

Item Subject/Person

Raghnall Mac Ailein Òig

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Arisaig and Moidart

Village/Place - Arisaig

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Arisaig and Moidart

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good