Sorley MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle MacGill-Eain; 26 October 1911 – 24 November 1996) was a Scottish Gaelic poet, described by the Scottish Poetry...

poet Sorley MacLean, an important figure in the Scottish Renaissance. Traditionally the home of Clan MacSween, the island was ruled by the MacLeods from...

a sequence of sixty poems written in Scottish Gaelic by Sorley MacLean. Considered MacLean's masterpiece, the poems deal with intertwining themes of romantic...

the Isles, John of Islay, married the leader of the MacLeans, Lachlan Lubanach; subsequent MacLean leaders thus descended from John of Islay. Lachlan's...

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...

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...

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...

later work. Hugh Leonard, Denis Johnston, Tom Murphy, Roddy Doyle and Sorley MacLean are among writers would later invoke the Rising. Now extensively dramatised...

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...

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"...

American literature. In an interview prior to his death, Sorley MacLean, who is, alongside Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, considered to be among the two...

the British folk revival. Sorley MacLean and Hamish Henderson also arranged for American musicologist Alan Lomax to meet MacNeil and record her singing...

including Duncan Ban MacIntyre's Praise of Ben Dorain, which were well received by native speakers, including Sorley MacLean. He had a daughter, Christine...

Martin and recordings of the works of Gaelic poet Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean). This was David Bryant's last major environmental creative work...

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...

Plockton was home between 1956 and 1972 to the Gaelic scholar Sorley MacLean, (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) whilst headmaster at the high school, who introduced...

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'...

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...

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...

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...

Wisconsin as "the hero of Fort Blakely." Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill and 20th-century Symbolist Bard Sorley MacLean are considered the twin pinnacles of Scottish...

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...

and the Green: Celtic Communism in Maclean, MacDiarmid, and MacLean Again From Sorley Boy MacDonnell to Sorley MacLean". Lloyd, David (July 2003). "Rethinking...

Somhairle Mac Domhnail, 17th-century Irish soldier Sorley Boy MacDonnell, (died 1590), Scottish/Irish chieftain Sorley MacLean, (Somhairle MacGill-Eain...

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...

Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith Inner Hebrides Islay whisky Runrig Sorley MacLean West Highland Free Press...

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...

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"...

(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:...

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...