Birlinn Chlann Raghnaill: An t-Iorram
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
13 July 1950
Track ID
48640
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0086.338
Original Tape ID
Summary
The 'iorram' is the sung section of the long poem about Clanranald's galley. In it, Calum Garbh mac Raghnaill nan Cuan, the stroke oar, gives instructions to his crew before they set off from Uist to Carrickfergus.
Item Notes
Fifteen 3-line verses sung. Each has been sung twice. This is the fourth section of 'Birlinn Chlann Raghnaill' by Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair.
See:
'The Poems of Alexander MacDonald' pp. 370-401
'Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair - Selected Poems' (ed. Derick Thomson) pp. 132-165
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach' (John MacKenzie) p. 148 (1907 edition)
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Small Isles
Island - Canna
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good