Donn, Rob, poet, 1714-1778
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Papers concerning the erection of a monument to the Gaelic poet, Rob Donn.
File
Identifier: Acc.12176
Dates:
1827-1828.
Poems of Rob Donn Mackay.
Item
Identifier: MS.1669
Scope and Contents
A volume of songs of Rob Donn Mackay (1714-1778); according to a note at the front, of unknown authorship (folio i), it was taken down from the recitation of the poet, who could not write, ‘by a daughter of the parish Minister, John Thomson, 1763-1809’, (i.e., presumably the Minister of Durness, 1764-1811), possibly Janet (1766-1785). However, the paper of the volume is dated 1813-1815, and this, together with the presence of a lament for Rob Donn in it, suggests that it is a later copy of...
Dates:
ca. 1815.
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