Togaidh na Gàidheil an Ceann
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Original Track ID
SA1958.101.4
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Summary
The song tells of the bard's joy at the news that the laws have been repealed which, among other things, forbade the wearing of Highland dress. He tells how people gathered in Edinburgh, dressed in Highland dress and playing the pipes. For over thirty years the Highlanders had been forced to wear a fashion which was alien to them, and depressed them. The Gaels can now dress as they wish, and can bear arms and hunt. They are proud once again.
Item Notes
Composed by Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir (1724 - 1812). The wearing of Highland dress was forbidden since the Act of 1746. The law was repealed in 1782.
See:
'The Songs of Duncan Bàn MacIntyre' (A. MacLeod ed., 1952)
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach' (MacKenzie ed., 1907) p. 270
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good