Description

A collection of the Scottish Gaelic poetry by Dòmhnall Aonghais Bhàin (Donald MacDonald) of South Lochboisdale, Uist, Scotland. There are English translations for around half of the poems included. MacDonald was a ‘bàrd baile’ or town poet who wrote many poems about Uist and its people.

This edition includes a critical introduction to MacDonald’s poetry by Ronald Black (Raghnall MacilleDhuibh), who is a lecturer in Celtic in Edinburgh University and Gaelic Editor of the Uist community newspaper Am Paipear. There is a Gaelic preface by Angus Peter Campbell, and the poet himself is introduced in Gaelic and English by Alick O’Henley and Henry Marsh. Many of the most interesting poems are translated by Ronald Black and MacDonald himself.

Paperback

ISBN 1-84158-108-9