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Cumha an t-Seana Ghàidheil

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Date 1993
Track ID 99962
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

MOD 1993 SSG402S296 Reel 5

Summary

A lament for the Gaels who have left their land. The composer sits alone in the glen, surrounded by beauty but unable to forget those who have gone. He will not see the shepherd or the dairymaid going about their work. The harp of his ancestors is silent and no echo can be heard amongst the rocks.

Item Notes

Recorded at the Royal National Mòd. Composed by Neil MacLeod (mac Dhòmhnaill nan Òran), Glendale, Isle of Skye.

See:
'Clàrsach an Doire' (Niall MacLeòid, 1883) p. 69

Recording Location

County - Lanarkshire

Parish - New Monkland

Village/Place - Airdrie

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good