Ach Aonghais Òig Rìomhaich
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1967.122.B3
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good