Autograph notebook of poems, largely unpublished, by Sorley MacLean (1911-1996).
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) “Shaoil mi i bhith fo éislean”, 2 stanzas (folio 1);
(ii) “Dh’aontaich mo reusan ‘s mo chridh”, 10 lines (middle of folio 1);
(iii) “‘S tusa Shomhairle ‘chuis-bhurte”, 4 lines (folio 2);
(iv) ‘Mo chasan brist aig Alamein’, 4 lines (folio 3);
(v) “Oidhche de ‘n dà bhliadhna”, 17 lines. ‘An Trom-laighe’. (‘Spring tide and Neap Tide’, page 129) (folio 5);
(vi) “‘S mi ris an neo-dhealgach”, 6 stanzas. ‘Air slios deisearach’. (‘Spring tide and neap tide’, page 123) (folio 7);
(vii) “Chì mi na coin a’tighinn”, 16 lines (folio 10);
(viii) “Ged tha mi ‘n diugh ri uchd a’ bhatail”, 3 stanzas. ‘Knightsbridge Libia 1942. June’. (Cf. ‘Four points of a Saltire’, page 121) (folio 14);
(ix) “Dé a fhuair thusa chridhe”, 8 lines (folio 16);
(x) “‘S ann a thig an fhìrinn dhaor”, 9 lines. ‘Do mo luaidh breugach’ (folio 18);
(xi) “So an t-àite mu dheireadh”, 13 stanzas. (‘Spring tide and neap tide’, page 131) (folio 19);
(xii) ‘Eadar Tobruck is Bir Hacheim’, 16 lines (folio 25);
(xiii) “Cùis-bhùrta dhèanamh de mo bhuadhan”, 5 stanzas (folio 28);
(xiv) ‘Choisich mi an aon Ghehenna’, 2 stanzas. “An dà Ghehenna”. With drafts (folio 33);
(xv) “Na robh mise marbh san fhàsaich”, 4 stanzas. (Cf. ‘Poetry Scotland’, volume 3, page 32) (folio 36);
(xvi) ‘The louse-fast floor is ridgily’, 11 lines (folio 65 verso).
Dates
- Creation: 1943.
Creator
- MacLean, Sorley, 1911-1996 (poet) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
65 Leaves ; Octavo.
Language of Materials
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic
Arrangement
65 (+ many blank) folios. The poetry is written on the rectos.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1969, by Sorley MacLean.
Bibliography
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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