Baird Ghleann Dail / The Glendale Bards
Baird Ghleann Dail / The Glendale Bards This book marks the centenary of Neil MacLeod's death in 1913 with the republication of some of his work. Their contrasting styles mark a fascinating period of…
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Baird Ghleann Dail / The Glendale Bards
This book marks the centenary of Neil MacLeod's death in 1913 with the republication of some of his work. Their contrasting styles mark a fascinating period of transition in literary tastes between the 18th and early 20th centuries at a time of profound social upheaval. It also publishes for the first time all of the identifiable work of his brother, Iain Dubh (1847 - 1901), and of their father, Domhnall nan Oran (c.1787 - 1873).
His songs were prized by his fellow Gaels for their sweetness of sentiment and melody, which placed a balm on the recent wounds of emigration and clearance. Neil Macleod left Glendale in Skye to become a tea-merchant in Edinburgh. They are still very widely known, and Neil's collection Clarsach an Doire was reprinted four times.
Professor Derick Thomson rightly described him as 'the example par excellence of the popular poet in Gaelic'. However, many prefer the