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Marbhrann do dh'Fhear Àirigh a' Mhuilinn

Date 2004
Track ID 93630
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

MOD 2004 002

Summary

A lament for Angus Òg of Milton, who was drowned when his boat capsized. The bard praises Angus Òg's nobility and bravery and asks God to protect his family. He uses the image of the tree in the song.

Item Notes

Recorded at the Royal National Mòd. This song was composed by Angus Campbell (Aonghas mac Dhòmhnaill 'ic Eòghainn) from Benbecula. He was known as Am Bàrd Sgallach. It was composed for Captain Angus MacDonald of Milton, South Uist, who was a kinsman of Flora MacDonald. He was drowned in Loch Aoineart, South Uist, in 1809, when his boat capsized while carrying kelp. His dogs tried to save him, but were actually the cause of his death.

See:
'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
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (Margaret Fay Shaw ed., 1955) p. 102
'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' vol. xiv, p. 168

Item Subject/Person

MacDonald, Captain Angus [Aonghas Òg Àirigh a' Mhuilinn]

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Perth

Village/Place - Perth

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Cd

Audio Quality

Good