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Mary MacLeod (Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh).

Date 01 June 1968
Track ID 31706
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1968.302.A2

Original Tape ID

SA1968.302

Summary

Mary MacLeod (Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh).

Calum Ruadh Nicolson speaks of Mary MacLeod, his favourite Gaelic poet. He tells how she was sent away from Dunvegan to a west coast island, for satirising the chief. While she was exiled there, she composed another song, and the chief took her back.

Mr Nicolson also speaks of different views on where Mary was buried.

Item Notes

Recorded outside Dunvegan Castle.

Item Subject/Person

Màiri Nighean Alasdair Ruaidh

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Duirinish

Island - Skye

Village/Place - Dunvegan

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Duirinish

Island - Skye

Village/Place - Dunvegan

Language

English

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good