Cumha Iain Ghairbh
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Summary
In this song the bard is lamenting the death by drowning of John MacLeod.
Item Notes
Catherine MacArthur took part in the James Grant Memorial Ladies' competition at the National Mod in Perth in 1963. This lament was composed by Patrick Mor MacCrimmon, and mourns the death of Great John MacLeod, seventeenth Chief of Siol Thorquil, and sixth of Raasay. He was drowned off the North Coast of the Isle of Skye, his galley and all on board being lost near the spot where, a century before, another of his family, Torquil Òg, was drowned with 200 of his Lewismen.
Recording Location
County - Perthshire
Parish - Perth
Village/Place - Perth
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Portree
Island - Raasay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good