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Alan Riach

Scottish Poetry Library Podcast by Scottish Poetry Library

Jun 7, 201636:45Arts

Over 250 years ago, Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (Alexander MacDonald) wrote The Birlinn of Clanranald (Kettillonia, £5), an epic poem in Gaelic describing the troubled voyage of a galley from South Uist to Northern...

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Alan Riach is an episode from Scottish Poetry Library Podcast by Scottish Poetry Library. Over 250 years ago, Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (Alexander MacDonald) wrote The Birlinn of Clanranald (Kettillonia, £5), an epic poem in Gaelic d...

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