MacLean, Mac Iain Ghiorr (pirate and reiver | Isle of Mull)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Song beginning 'Cha toir Mac Iain Ghiorr a Muil[e] [th]u', 18 September 1884
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/231
Scope and Contents
Song beginning 'Cha toir Mac Iain Ghiorr a Muil[e] [th]u' probably collected from Ann Livingstone (née MacPherson) aged about 80 years, Bunawe [Bun Abha/Bonawe, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. Text has been scored through as if copied elsewhere.
Dates:
18 September 1884
Song entitled 'Mac Iain Ghiorr' and accompanying story, 1877
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/76
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Mac Iain Ghiorr' beginning 'Te bha blithean ba aig Ru Huisnis', and accompanying story which tells how Mac Iain Ghiorr stole a cow from a woman. Also vocabulary note that 'mothir' [mòthar] means the noise of the sea. The song is composed of seven lines. This text has been scored through perhaps indicating it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
1877