| ID |
Name |
| Record Type |
Description |
| 118186 |
Ma bhitheas tu dol a dh’ iasgach |
| Gaelic Verse |
Ma bhitheas tu dol a dh’ iasgach ‘S gu ‘m bi thu ag iarraidh bearings Cuma tu i ‘n iar… |
| 109720 |
Bha fuil do chuirp chubhraidh Date: 1601 |
| Gaelic Verse |
The words and translation of this waulking song are taken from Carmina Gadelica. The song was composed by Nic Còiseam… |
| 107501 |
Cuairt Cuain |
| Gaelic Verse |
The hymn Cuairt Cuain was composed by John Morison (Gobha na Hearadh) after his 1851 tour of the central belt… |
| 72774 |
Marbhrann do Chalum Iain MacAoidh Date: 1940 |
| Gaelic Verse |
This lengthy elegy was written by Angus Mackay>> for his nephew <<61654##Malcolm John Mackay, 3 Garnyahine who was lost during… |
| 66471 |
An Saighdear Bàn Date: 1790 |
| Gaelic Verse |
Donald Matheson, Saighdear Chaluim Bhain, was a son of Malcolm Matheson (Calum Bàn) of Valtos and Crowlista. Donald joined the… |
| 66249 |
Marbhann air Aonghas MacIomhair |
| Gaelic Verse |
Marbhrann dha Aonghas MacIomhair, a bha ‘na Cheaistear an Uig, air a Bhac, agus a’m Baile-Mhairi, Ionmhar-Pheotharan. Chaochail e an… |
| 66063 |
Oran Mairi Dhall |
| Gaelic Verse |
Mary Maciver, Màiri Dhall, left Valtos for America, where she was terribly homesick, and she composed the following song, Òran… |
| 65097 |
‘S daor a cheannaich mi ‘m fiadhach Date: 1685 |
| Gaelic Verse |
Fragments of a lament composed by Elizabeth Macpherson on the death of her son John, who drowned in Loch Langabhat… |
| 63244 |
Oran na Muice-Mara |
| Gaelic Verse |
A satirical piece composed by John Smith, 18 Kirkibost. He portrays Murdo Macdonald ‘am Brunach’ from Tobson as a brave… |
| 63243 |
Oran na Ciora |
| Gaelic Verse |
This piece of bardachd written by John Smith, 18 Kirkibost is in the form of a heated conversation between a… |
| 63204 |
Mo Dhurachd Don Tir |
| Gaelic Verse |
Donald Macdonald, Tobson wrote the bardachd Mo Dhùrachd Don Tìr (which appears in Bardachd Leodhais) after he had moved from… |
| 63203 |
Fuadach nan Gaidheal |
| Gaelic Verse |
This piece of bardachd which appeared in Bardachd Leodhais tells about the clearances, the effect on the people and the… |
| 61449 |
Bagh Ciarach: ‘Se nighean mo ghaoil |
| Gaelic Verse |
The spirit of one of the murdered men from Mealista came to the bedside of his sweetheart and he sang… |
| 61126 |
Sealladh à Beinn Eitsheal Date: 28 Jul 1914 – 11 Nov 1918 |
| Gaelic Verse |
Sealladh à Beinn Eitsheal was written during the First World War by Donald Mackay of 2 Achmore. The poet not… |
| 60870 |
Eachainn Bochd |
| Gaelic Verse |
le Uilleam MacMhathain, Arivruach Oran eibhinn mu fear a bha bhean ga h’arachaidh A tale about a henpecked husband Tha… |
| 60868 |
An t-Eilean Siar |
| Gaelic Verse |
(les an Urramach DU MacCoinnich, Arivruach) Oran mu an Eilean boidheach maiseadh ann an do tògaidh e. Sè a “MacLeod”… |
| 60861 |
Òran Jasper Date: 1899 |
| Gaelic Verse |
These verses were composed by Janet Martin of 2 Shieldinish, to her son Donald (Jasper) whilst he was in Egypt… |
| 60829 |
Oran Mor Thorcuil Date: 1880 |
| Gaelic Verse |
Marion Macleod, 16 Laxay wrote this song after her marriage took her to live in Achmore. It is obvious she… |
| 60827 |
Mucan-Mara Bhaile Ailein Date: 1934 |
| Gaelic Verse |
Poem about the last organised whale hunt which took place in Balallan in 1934, highlighting the people of Kinloch’s lack… |
| 60826 |
A Phiseag a Ceòs |
| Gaelic Verse |
Poem about Colin Mackenzie (am Piseag) of 9 Keose and a sheepdog; composed by Duncan Dodds of North Tolsta. A… |
| 52692 |
An Ataireachd Àrd Date: 1908 |
| Gaelic Verse |
An Ataireachd Àrd was originally a poem composed by Donald Maciver; it won first prize in the 1908 Mòd. On… |
| 51885 |
A h-uile latha chì s nach fhaic |
| Gaelic Verse |
Chaidh na t-amhran so a dheanamh le balach a Bhaltos a chaidh a dh’ Ameiriga – ‘a Chearrag’ neo ‘Domhnall… |
| 51702 |
Iasgairean Bhearnaraidh Leodhais |
| Gaelic Verse |
Be an t-Urramach Domhnall MacAmhlaigh a Circebost a’ srìobh am bàrdachd seo; tha e ag innse mu iasgairean Bhearnaraidh, an… |
| 51678 |
Oidhche Nam Shuain |
| Gaelic Verse |
A poem written by Calum M Macdonald, latterly of Edinburgh, in which he dreams he’s back in Kirkibost in his… |
| 51547 |
The Uig Chessmen |
| Gaelic Verse |
A poem about the Uig Chessmen, by Calum Maclean, Conon Bridge. From Donald Macdonald’s Tales and Traditions of the Lews.… |