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ROBERTSON, Lachlann

 

Neil J. Mackinnon.  Strath, Skye – The End of the Nineteenth Century’, TGSI, 52 (1980-1982), 155-197.

 

Neil MacKinnon concludes his article by presenting a collection of songs made by Lachlann Robertson of Elgol (pp. 188-197).  These songs were all known to the people of Strathaird in the nineteenth century and are listed below.

 

i     Tha mo bhreacan fliuch fo ‘n dìle

 

ii    Dh’éirich mi maduinn na féille

 

iii   Hoirionn o ‘s gur mi tha tùirseach

 

iv   ‘ ‘Nuair ràinig mi tigh na cùirte’, by Tormod Domhnallach of Elgol

 

v    ‘Is ann a Sgarbhaig, uchd na fairge’, by Domhnall MacFhionghuin of Elgol

 

vi   Four songs by Domhnall Mac-a-Phì of Elgol

 

vii   ‘ ‘N uair a dh’ fhàg mise ‘s t-Earrach’.

 

This song is presented in the body of the article on pp. 181-182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Traditional: known authorship

A-C       D-Domhnall       Domhnallach-Dz        E–G       H–L       M–MacA       MacB–MacC        MacD        MacE-MacK,  MacLa-MacLeod        MacLeòid A-H        MacLeòid I-Z        MacM-MacN       MacO-MacZ      M      N      O-Q      R-Z

 

Traditional: anonymous

A-B      C-D      E-K      L-N       O       P-Z     

 

Traditional: collections

Annie Arnott       An Cabairneach        Carmina Gadelica        Catriona Dhùghlas        Tormod Domhnallach                  Marjory Kennedy-Fraser         Angus Lamont        K. N. MacDonald         Johan MacInnes          Hugh MacKinnon          Calum I. MacLean         Sorley MacLean        Kenneth MacLeod         Niall MacLeòid        Màiri Nighean Alasdair

Cairistiona Mhàrtainn         Alexander Morison          Kenneth Morrison         Angus Nicolson          Portree HS Magazine   Lachlann Robertson         Frances Tolmie I          Frances Tolmie II

 

Modern

Somhairle MacGill-Eain         The New Poetry

 

References

Books etc: A-L         Books etc: MacA-MacL         Books etc: MacM-Z   Periodicals, MSS, AV

 

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