A Mhic Iain 'ic Sheumais
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1954.53.A2
Original Tape ID
Summary
The waulking song tells how 'mac Iain 'ic Sheumais' [son of John son of James] was wounded in the battle, and how his foster-mother tended to his wounds.
Item Notes
7 lines sung. The lines are sung in linked couplets. This famous waulking song relates to the Battle of Carinish in North Uist in 1601, where Donald MacDonald (Dòmhnall mac Iain 'ic Sheumais) successfully led the MacDonalds against a raiding party of MacLeods.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs Vol. 3 (John L. Campbell / F. Collinson eds., 1981) p. 94
'Songs Remembered in Exile (John L. Campbell ed., 1990) Song 8
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (Anne Lorne Gillies ed., 2005) p. 129
'Òrain-luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949)
'The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' (Revs. A. and A. MacDonald eds., 1911) p. 31
'An t-Òranaiche' (Gilleasbaig Mac na Ceàrdadh ed., 1879) p. 131
Item Subject/Person
Dòmhnall mac Iain 'ic Sheumais; MacDonald, Donald
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Island - North Uist
Parish - North Uist
Village/Place - Carinish
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good