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Thread #169992   Message #4110143
Posted By: Felipa
14-Jun-21 - 12:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Laoidh An Iasgair
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Laoidh An Iasgair
sung by Máiri MacInnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwHCwPXDXnk

links to singing by Norrie MacÌomhair,Sineag Nic an t-Saoir, and Maeve McKinnon are at https://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/orain/laoidh_an_iasgair/

This song is an invocation for a safe journey

The words are by Fr Allan McDonald (aka Ailean Dòmhnallach) 1859-1905. Fr McDonald was born in Fort William. He became a priest in 1882, and served in Oban, South Uist and Eriskay. He was an activist for tenants' rights and a scholar of folklore and Gaelic language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_MacDonald_(poet)