Unit 33 - Literature and Poetry
Sgrìobhadh "Writing"
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In transcript 2, Ceitidh and Anna are discussing Gaelic poetry. This is a very rich and important part of Gaelic culture, not only historically but also today. It is not insignificant that Gaelic gave the word “bard” to the English language. Three of the many famous Gaelic bards are discussed – Iain Lom whose poem “Latha Inbhir Lòchaidh” celebrates a MacDonald-led victory over a Campbell-led force during the Covenanting war of the seventeenth century. Duncan Ban Macintyre (Fair-haired Duncan of the Songs) hailed from Argyll and wrote some vivid celebrations of the natural world. And Sorley MacLean was a twentieth century poet with an international reputation.
- bàrd
- poet
- bàird
- poets
- bàrdachd
- poetry
- dàn
- poem
- Donnchadh Bàn
- Duncan Ban [MacIntyre]
- Somhairle MacGill-Eain
- Sorley Maclean
