Robert Tannahill (3 June 1774 – 17 May 1810) was a Scottish poet of labouring class origin. Known as the 'Weaver Poet', he wrote poetry in English and...
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song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) and Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), but were adapted...
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Beith (section Robert Tannahill)
Lochwinnoch. Robert Tannahill (3 June 1774 - 17 May 1810), was known as the 'Weaver Poet', his music and poetry is contemporaneous with that of Robert Burns...
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Tannahill may refer to: Jordan Tannahill (born 1988), Canadian playwright and filmmaker Mary Tannahill (1863–1951), American artist Reay Tannahill (1929–2007)...
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Robert Tannahill (29 March 1872 – 1950) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers and Chesterfield. Tannahill started...
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adapted from the Scottish lament "The Soldier's Adieu" written by Robert Tannahill. It was written sometime before or during World War I and popularized...
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Craigielee", composed by Glasgow musician James Barr, published in 1818 for Robert Tannahill's poem "Thou Bonnie Wood o Craigielee" which was written prior to 1806...
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The Tannahill Weavers are a band which performs traditional Scottish music. Releasing their first album in 1976, they became notable for being one of...
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Robert Hudson Tannahill (April 1, 1893 – September 25, 1969) was a Detroit art collector and benefactor. Tannahill was a nephew of department store magnate...
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Hall of Fame. The heroes are Robert the Bruce, George Buchanan, John Knox, Allan Ramsay, Robert Burns, Robert Tannahill, Adam Smith, James Watt, Sir Walter...
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Marching Band, Roberts is part of The Robert Tannahill Project, dedicated to performing the songs of Scots poet Robert Tannahill. Roberts took part in a...
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Benjamin Disraeli to comment "Keep your eye on Paisley". The poet Robert Tannahill lived in this setting, working as a weaver. Paisley's annual Sma' Shot...
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Jordan Tannahill is a Canadian author, playwright, filmmaker, and theatre director. His novels and plays have been translated into twelve languages, and...
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Dougie MacLean (category The Tannahill Weavers members)
Mystery (1994) The Plant Life Years (1995) Tribute (to Robert Burns, Niel Gow and Robert Tannahill) (1995) Riof (1997) Perthshire Amber (2000) Who Am I...
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mentioned in the folk song "Mairi's Wedding", in the weaver poet Robert Tannahill's song "Gilly Callum", and in the musicologist William Sharp's "Shieling...
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Among other Scottish poets published in Ulster were James Hogg and Robert Tannahill. That was complemented by a poetry revival and nascent prose genre...
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not declared. A well-known publisher, Peter Fenelon Collier and his son, Robert J. Collier, saw a financial opportunity and asked that Eliot make good on...
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Scott Monument (category Cultural depictions of Robert Burns)
the northwest: James Hogg, Robert Burns, Robert Fergusson, Allan Ramsay, George Buchanan, Sir David Lindsay, Robert Tannahill, Lord Byron, Tobias Smollett...
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politician (d. 1850) June 3 John Roblin, Canadian politician (d. 1813) Robert Tannahill, Scottish poet (d. 1810) June 5 Louis Victorin Cassagne, French officer...
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Edsel Ford and his wife Eleanor, and subsequently their children. Robert Hudson Tannahill of the Hudson's Department Store family, was a major benefactor...
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(1764–1831) engineer, inventor, builder of the first practical steamboat Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) poet James Tassie (1735–1799) gem engraver and modeller...
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Soldier's Adieu", printed in 1803 in a Glasgow newspaper and attributed to Robert Tannahill. When Nova Scotians began to adapt the song is unknown. In the 1930s...
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a traditional Scottish air, "The Braes o' Balquhidder", written by Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) which appears in R. A. Smith's "Scottish Minstrel" (1821–1824)...
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(6.4 km). A few months before the canal saw its first traffic, poet Robert Tannahill drowned himself during a bout of depression, by throwing himself into...
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was also rebuilt in the 19th century. The poets Robert Burns, William Motherwell and Robert Tannahill have all mentioned the castle in their works, while...
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by Franz Xaver Gruber) "Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea" (words by Robert Tannahill, music by James Barr) All of the following items are found in the IMSLP/Petrucci...
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May 1 – Christoph Meiners, German philosopher (born 1747) May 17 – Robert Tannahill, Scottish poet (born 1774) May 26 – Catharina Heybeek, Dutch journalist...
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politician (d. 1850) June 3 John Roblin, Canadian politician (d. 1813) Robert Tannahill, Scottish poet (d. 1810) June 5 Louis Victorin Cassagne, French officer...
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Newmilns (section Robert Burns)
feature images of James Hogg, Sir Walter Scott, Allan Ramsay, Robert Tannahill and Robert Burns. Each of the windows contains a floral panel which links...
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widely thought that Thomas based Craigielee on James Barr's setting of Robert Tannahill's poem “Thou Bonnie Wood o' Craigielee” (now commonly spelled as “Craigielea”)...
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