Gaol nam Fear Dubha
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
February 1953
Track ID
3604
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.10.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a woman's love song from Skye.
Item Notes
Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.
According to one tradition, this song was composed when one of the Viewfield MacDonalds fell in love with a member of the MacKinnon family of Kyleakin Farm, whom she saw at a cattle sale in Portree.
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Portree
Island - Skye
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good