Duncan Ban MacIntyre

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Probably the most celebrated gaelic poet, famous in his own life time, but could not read or write,

 

A monument stands in his memory at Glen Orchy, Argyll, Scotland where Duncan was born in 1724.

 

Comments / Criticism welcomed

 

An t-urram thar gach beinn

Aig Beinn Dòbhrain;

De na chunnaic mi fon ghrèin,

'S i bu bhòidhche leam…

 

for Pete, the english version

 

Honour beyond each ben

for Ben Doran;

Of all I have seen beneath the sun,

the most glorious…

 

 

 

 

 

Chris

[azzo]

You captured the mood perfectly IMHO.

 

Chris,

 

Wonderful capture.

[Martin T-M]

Chris, superb composition.

[Neil Macmillan]

Tha a math ga riribh Gaelig fhaicain air a forum Leica. Thog thu fhein dealbh math cuideachd.

 

Translated:

It is indeed a pleasure to see the Gaelic language on the Leica forum. You composed a good image as well.

 

Thank you for doing this.

Neil Macmillan (who studied the poet in high school: in Stornoway)

[elansprint72]

Chris,

That is the best shot you have posted, really atmospheric.

 

Now; it seems that you have confused me with that small mongrel tribe known collectively as "The English". Being a Westmerian I take great exception to this, please be more careful in future. It's not my fault that may parents moved South to do missionary work "up North" (as the English would have it).

 

Home Rule for Cumbria.

[andybarton]

Works for me. Excellent Chris.

 

(BTW, everyone knows that the best place to be from in Britain is Wessex... )

 

Pete - "Cumbria" is a Westminster invention...

[elansprint72]

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Works for me. Excellent Chris.

 

(BTW, everyone knows that the best place to be from in Britain is Wessex... )

 

Pete - "Cumbria" is a Westminster invention...

 

Erm... no. Here is a history lesson:

 

The Cambrians, the Cumbrians and the Kernovians all set off in their coracles from Gaul when word got out that the Hugenots and other heritics were for the chop; OK so they were a bit premature in their departure, but hey.

 

The Kernovian coracles were not terribly water-tight owing to the pasty grease being a bit thin for use on salt water, they had to land in Cornwall, the local chief Arfur Pendragon caused a bit of trouble but he was somewhat distracted at the time because his wife was playing away (allegedly).

The Cambrians (Cymraeg) used slate as ballast in their coracles (coals to Newcastle, or what?) and they could go no further than Abersoch, where they traded their boats for Sunseekers and Range Rover Sports.

The true Celts sailed gracefully North using their carbon-fibre hydrofoils and kevlar sails until they spotted the haven known as Millom, where they lived happily ever after.

 

Actually the last bit was made up; most of them looked at Millom and thought- Jeez, what a king shit-hole, lets go and live just over there in the Lake District.

 

All this must be true, I read it in a book. I think.

[ctb]

Well Pete, what can I say,

if you read it in a book, then it must be true, I therefore doff my hat to a fellow Celt and humbly apologies for assuming you where a descended from the Mancunian sassanach tribe.

But I think you must be descended from quite a new Celtic tribe with Sun seekers and Range Rover Sports, and indeed, a well off tribe, my roots are more Land Rover County and a Canoe.