Sorley MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle MacGill-Eain; 26 October 1911 – 24 November 1996) was a Scottish Gaelic poet, described by the Scottish Poetry...
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Raasay (section Sorley MacLean)
poet Sorley MacLean, an important figure in the Scottish Renaissance. Traditionally the home of Clan MacSween, the island was ruled by the MacLeods from...
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a sequence of sixty poems written in Scottish Gaelic by Sorley MacLean. Considered MacLean's masterpiece, the poems deal with intertwining themes of romantic...
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Coll (redirect from MacLean of Coll)
the Isles, John of Islay, married the leader of the MacLeans, Lachlan Lubanach; subsequent MacLean leaders thus descended from John of Islay. Lachlan's...
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is the most recognized poem of Sorley MacLean, an important Scottish poet of the 20th century. After writing it, MacLean rose to fame in the English-speaking...
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MacLean, also spelt Maclean and McLean, is a Scottish Gaelic surname (Mac Gille Eathain, or, Mac Giolla Eóin in Irish Gaelic), Eóin being a Gaelic form...
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she was first cousin to Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair. Along with Sorley MacLean, the latter is considered one of the two most important figures in Scottish...
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later work. Hugh Leonard, Denis Johnston, Tom Murphy, Roddy Doyle and Sorley MacLean are among writers would later invoke the Rising. Now extensively dramatised...
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Muck, Scotland (section MacLeans and MacIans)
found refuge with the MacLeans, who demanded the Spanish supply 100 soldiers, in return for refuge; they having agreed, the Maclean leader took the opportunity...
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an extended excerpt from a BBC radio interview with the Gaelic poet, Sorley MacLean, where the poet discussed the suppression of the Gaelic language. "Carson"...
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American literature. In an interview prior to his death, Sorley MacLean, who is, alongside Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, considered to be among the two...
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the British folk revival. Sorley MacLean and Hamish Henderson also arranged for American musicologist Alan Lomax to meet MacNeil and record her singing...
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including Duncan Ban MacIntyre's Praise of Ben Dorain, which were well received by native speakers, including Sorley MacLean. He had a daughter, Christine...
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Martin and recordings of the works of Gaelic poet Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean). This was David Bryant's last major environmental creative work...
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from Shepherd Moons is based on a traditional waulking song. The poet Sorley MacLean was born on Raasay, the setting for his best known poem, Hallaig. George...
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Plockton was home between 1956 and 1972 to the Gaelic scholar Sorley MacLean, (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) whilst headmaster at the high school, who introduced...
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Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (redirect from Mary MacPherson)
Gaelic as her own." MacLean, Sorley (1975), Màiri Mhòr nan Òran, in Calgacus 1, Winter 1975, pp. 49 – 52, ISSN 0307-2029 Somhairle Mac Gill-eain, "Ris a'...
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Isle of Mull (section MacLeans)
Maclean, struck a deal with the Spanish commander to re-provision and refit the ship in return for military intervention on the side of the MacLeans in...
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the first Scots Makar by the inaugural Scottish government in 2004. Sorley MacLean was described by the Scottish Poetry Library as "one of the major Scottish...
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collapsed in 2007. Electronic musician Mylo was born on Skye. The poet Sorley MacLean, a native of the Isle of Raasay, which lies off the island's east coast...
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Wisconsin as "the hero of Fort Blakely." Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill and 20th-century Symbolist Bard Sorley MacLean are considered the twin pinnacles of Scottish...
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ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7. Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012. Maclean, Charles (1977) Island...
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and the Green: Celtic Communism in Maclean, MacDiarmid, and MacLean Again From Sorley Boy MacDonnell to Sorley MacLean". Lloyd, David (July 2003). "Rethinking...
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Somhairle Mac Domhnail, 17th-century Irish soldier Sorley Boy MacDonnell, (died 1590), Scottish/Irish chieftain Sorley MacLean, (Somhairle MacGill-Eain...
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a well-known poem about the Gaelic revival in the Outer Hebrides. Sorley MacLean, the most respected 20th-century Gaelic writer, was born and raised...
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Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith Inner Hebrides Islay whisky Runrig Sorley MacLean West Highland Free Press...
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lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020). The administrative centre for the council area is in...
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ISBN 978-1-78631-043-9. "Gaelic film up for Scots BAFTAs". BBC. 31 October 2007. "Sorley MacLean". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 22 February 2018. "Runrig: Recovery"...
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(1967) Anns an Àirde, as an Doimhne for a cappella chorus, poems by Sorley MacLean (1968) 4 Peace Motets, Biblical texts (1976) Domino Roberto Carwor:...
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mackerel and an excerpt from the Scottish Gaelic poem ‘The Choice’ by Sorley MacLean. The obverse of the £10 note shows scientist Mary Somerville, with a...
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