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Printed Gaelic battle song and elegy on the death of Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine., ca. 1804 and 184

 Item
Identifier: MS.14877

Scope and Contents

A folder of miscellaneous material, containing:

[Anonymous]. A printed battle song headed "Brostuchadh cogaidh do chlannuibh Gaidheal 'sna bliannuibh 177-8, 1803-4 nuair a thug na Francaich ionnsuidh air Breatuinn agus Eirinn; agus fa leath do 'n Lochraidh-dheonach. Air fonn, 'O cuir a nall am bodach.'" Begins ''S mithich dusgadh, chlanna-Gaidheal, / 'S buill a' chatha ghlacadh dana.' 25 stanzas of 4 lines, with a refrain of 4 lines beginning 'O Chlanna-Gaidheal chugnuibh, / I biodh 'ur treine cuideachd.' 8 pages, 8vo. Pages 5-8 contain a "vocabulary of uncommon words in the preceding song". Without imprint; possibly printed in Perth, 1804. The last page states: Published by desire of Lieut. Col. Butter, and the officers of the Atholl Light Infantry Battalion, Royal Perthshire Volunteers. - This item is recorded as part of MS.14878 (section B) by Mackechnie, where it is described as an "inset wrapper".

[Anonymous.] A single printed sheet, [1824], containing an elegy for Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, headed Marbh-rann do 'n Oladh Urramach Alastair Irbhinn, a bha 'na mhinisteir an Dun-Chaillinn Bheag." Begins "A dhochdair òig Irbhinn, / Bha inmheach san tìr so". 16 stanzas of 4 lines, the last two to be repeated. Printed in two columns. No imprint. With a translation into English, written on a sheet headed "Manse of Blair Atholl". Irvine's oldest son, Alexander Robertson Irvine, was minister of Blair Atholl until his death in 1867.

Notes, 20th-century, on Donald Mackinnon's catalogue and on Iain Lom (probably intended to accompany MS.14879).

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1804 and 184

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Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic

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