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Griogal Cridhe

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Original Tape ID

CoCuinCaite 06.09.1985

Summary

Nan MacKinnon gives information about the song Griogal Cridhe.

In this lament, the widow of Gregor MacGregor of Glenstrae sings to her child about her beloved husband who had been beheaded. She pours out her grief in this song.

Item Notes

This lament, sung as a lullaby, is attributed to the widow of Gregor MacGregor of Glenstrae, who was beheaded in 1570.

See:
'Bàrdachd Ghàidhlig' (Prof. W. Watson ed., 1932) p. 244
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (Anne Lorne Gillies ed., 2005) p. 140
'The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' (Revs. A. & A. MacDonald eds., 1911) p. 325
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie ed., 1911) song 41
'The Gesto Collection' (K. N. MacDonald ed., 1895) Appendix p. 25

Item Location

County - Perthshire

Language

Gaelic

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good