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Ach Aonghais Òig Rìomhaich

Date October 1967
Track ID 46214
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1967.122.B3

Original Tape ID

SA1967.122

Summary

In this elegy, the bard describes how Captain Angus MacDonald of Milton drowned. It describes his nobility and his leadership of men. He asks God's protection for the man's family.


Item Notes

Composed by Angus Campbell (Am Bàrd Sgallach). Captain Angus MacDonald drowned in Loch Aoineart, South Uist in 1809.

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw ed., 1955) p. 102
'The Uist Collection - The Poems and Songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards' (Rev. A. MacDonald ed., 1894) p. 207

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Loch Eynort

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good