Cumha Iain Ghairbh
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Summary
In this song the bard is lamenting the death by drowning of John MacLeod. The bard praises him and tells how sad he is because of the death of this man.
Item Notes
Recorded at the National Mod in Aberdeen in 1964. 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 - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Aberdeen
Village/Place - Aberdeen
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Portree
Island - Raasay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good