Och a Mhoire mo Dhunaidh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
12 July 1950
Track ID
48632
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0084.332
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is an elegy for Clanranald who was killed at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. The bard speaks of his own distress at hearing the news. The women are in mourning and the world around is wintry and desolate. The bard thinks of how Clanranald's house used to be.
Item Notes
11 verses sung. Composed by Niall MacMhuirich.
See:
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach' (J. MacKenzie ed. 1907) p. 73
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Small Isles
Island - Canna
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good