Mo Mhallachd air na Caoraich Mhòr

Описание: ’S e pròiseact dualchais Fèisean nan Gàidheal a th’ ann am Fuaran a tha a’ toirt taic do dh’ òigridh a bhith a’ rannsachadh is a’ cruinneachadh òrain Ghàidhlig às na sgìrean aca fhèin.

Thagh Chloë Bryce òran tha a’ toirt dealbh air na Fuachdaichean ann an sùilean Eòghan MhicDhonnchaidh (1842-1895), iasgair agus bàrd-baile ainmichte à Tunga, Cataibh. Sgrìobh Chloë:

“Anns an òran, tha e [Eoghann MacDhonnchaidh] ag innse mar a tha an sgìre ionadail aige, Dùthaich MhicAoidh, a-nis na fàsaich on a chaidh na daoine fhuadach aiste agus chan eil ach caoraich nan àite.

‘S ann ann an 1958 a rinn Anndra Stiùbhart clàradh de dh’Iain MacAonghais a’ gabhail an òrain seo. Lorg mi an clàr ann an Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba. Rinn mi rannsachadh air na diofair sheirmean ceangailte ris an òran agus ’s e am fonn mi-àbhaisteach seo a chleachd Iain MacAonghais, as motha a chòrd rium”.

Gheibhear tuilleadh fios mun òran fhèin, a bharrachd air faclan is faidhlichean fuaim an òrain an seo: https://www.feisean.org/fuaran/gd/mo-...

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Fuaran is a heritage project run by Fèisean nan Gàidheal that aims to support young people to research and collect songs from their local communities.

Fuaran participant Chloë Bryce chose a song depicting the Clearances by Tong native Ewan Robertson (1842-1895), otherwise known as the “Bard of the Clearances”. Chloe wrote:

“In the song, he [Ewan Robertson] recalls how his local area, MacKay Country, is now like a desert since the people were cleared out of it and only sheep put in their place.

It was in 1958 that Andrew Stewart recorded John MacInnes singing this song. I found the recording in the School of Scottish Studies. I researched the different melodies associated with the song, and it is this unusual tune which John MacInnes used, that I enjoyed most.”

Want to find out more? Visit https://www.feisean.org/fuaran/en/mo-... to find further info plus song words and a sound file for this song and many more.