Poetry / Bàrdachd
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Add to BasketAibisidh/ABC
£8.49
- Paperback - Polygon
The poems of this bilingual collection examine the decay and fragmentation of Gaelic language and identity in the modern age, exploring the ways in which language and identity intersect with the historical and natural landscapes of Scotland. -
Add to BasketBàrdachd Dhòmhnaill Alasdair
£9.99
- Paperback - Acair
This collection of poetry from the late Donald Alasdair MacDonald of Point in Lewis is in Gaelic and covers themes including love and war. -
Add to BasketBàrdachd Leòdhais
£17.99
- Paperback - Acair
Originally published in 1916 this is a collection and an account of poetry and poets from Lewis describing the intellectual life and social conditions on the island. -
Add to BasketBho Leabhar-Latha Maria Malibran
£10.00
- Paperback - Acair
Having taught Scottish literature at the University of Glasgow for many years, Christopher Whyte now lives and writes full-time in Budapest, Hungary. This volume presents a selection of his poems. -
Add to BasketBy Poetic Authority: The Rhetoric Of Panegyric In Gaelic Poetry Of Scotland To C.1700
£45.00
- Hardback - Dunedin Academic
Pia Coira presents a comprehensive survey of medieval and early modern Scottish Gaelic poetry and studies the particular form of poetic diction in the extant corpus. -
Add to BasketCaledonian Cramboclink: The Poetry Of William Neill
£7.64
- Paperback - Luath
This is a significant collection of verse that provides a rounded view of William Neill in various moods, languages and modes. It contains the pick of his prolific output and around 30 previously unpublished poems in Scots, English and Gaelic. -
Add to BasketCaran An T-Saoghail: Anthology Of 19th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse
£16.99
- Paperback - Birlinn
This anthology of Gaelic verse and song includes translations of all the poems together with notes on sources and themes. It offers a fresh look at literary creativity in the 19th century. -
Add to BasketCarmina Gadelica: Hymns And Incantations
£17.00
- Paperback - Floris
This is a collection of lyric poems and prayers from the Gaelic tradition of oral poetry, gathered from the highlands and islands of Scotland. -
Add to BasketCollected Poems And Songs Of George Campbell Hay (Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa)
£29.99
- Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
The work of a significant figure in the renaissance of Gaelic poetry in the 20th century is gathered in one authoritative volume. George Campbell Hay's complete original poems, in Gaelic, Scots, English, French, Italian and Norwegian are presented chronologically, with English translations. -
Add to BasketAn Cuilithionn 1939: The Cuillin 1939 And Unpublished Poems
£10.63
- Paperback - ASLS
The work of Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean), one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, has a significance which echoes far beyond the confines of his time, his country and his language. This text contains 45 previously unpublished poems as well as his extended political poem 'An Cuilithionn'. -
Add to BasketDàin Do Eimhir
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- Paperback - Polygon
Written mostly during the 1930s, this collection contains 48 love poems addressing a universal 'eimhir', or woman. At the heart of the poems is a sense of lamentation for lost love and opportunity yet they are also sharply political. -
Add to BasketDeilbh Is Faileasan
£16.00
- Hardback - Acair
Donald MacAuley is a master of his art and this new and long awaited volume brings together a selection of previous poems as well as subsequent poems which have appeared in other locations as well as new and unseen work. -
Add to BasketDreuchd An Fhigheadair: A Gaelic Sampler
£5.00
- Paperback - Scottish Poetry Library
Seven Scottish poets with no knowledge of Gaelic were offered literal versions of contemporary Gaelic poems. Here, their responses are set alongside the Gaelic originals, revitalising a dialogue from which both sides have much to gain. -
Add to BasketGàir Nan Clàrsach
£9.34
- Paperback - Birlinn
This is an anthology of Gaelic poetry and song from the 17th century and includes the melodies of songs where known. 43 poems illustrate the range of verse from that turbulent century - work songs, rowing songs, political songs and songs of clans, anger and grief. -
Add to BasketLaoidh An Donais Òig
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Add to BasketAn Lasair: An Anthology Of 18th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse
£14.44
- Paperback - Birlinn
This anthology of Gaelic verse contains over 50 poems, arranged chronologically. These range from the stylised poetic forms and structures of the 17th century to the free-flowing individualism and variety of the 18th century -
Add to BasketLaughing At The Clock: New & Selected Poems
£11.04
- Paperback - Polygon
Widely regarded as the foremost poet writing today in the Gaelic language, MacNeacail casts his eye on love, ageing, memory, language, politics and landscape in this bilingual collection. -
Add to BasketLet Me Dance With Your Shadow: Dannsam Led Fhaileas
£7.64
- Paperback - Luath
This volume is a collection of poetry that uses a comtemporary voice to address themes of reflection, love, loss, culture, heritage, family and society that are traditional to Scotland. Each Gaelic poem is accompanied by a full English translation. -
Add to BasketMeas Air Chrannaibh
£13.00
- Paperback - Acair
This is a collection of Angus Peter Campbell's modern Gaelic poetry. It includes poems that are translated into English by the author, and into Scots by J. Derrick McClure. -
Add to BasketMoch Is Anmoch: The Gaelic Poetry Of Donald A. MacNeill And Other Colonsay Bards
£6.99
- Paperback - House of Lochar
The poems in this text are part of the heritage of the Hebridean Islands of Colonsay and Aransay, and are typically Gaelic in character. Included are biographical and explanatory notes, as well as literal translations of the poems -
Add to BasketOrain Red
£6.99
- Paperback - Acair
This collection of songs and poetry by the late Coinneach MacLeoid is introduced by his daughter Kate and contains a foreword by Catriona Dunn. It will be of interest to those active in Gaelic songs who wish to increase their knowledge of these humorous compositions. -
Ortha Nan Gàidheal: Carmina Gadelica In English And Gaelic, In Six Volumes
£153.00
- Boxed - Floris
An anthology of poems and prayers from the Gaelic oral tradition, this set serves as a useful resource for those wanting to study and understand Gaelic culture, and for those wanting to experience the beauty and wisdom of its oral literature. -
Add to BasketSùil Air Fàire
£15.00
- Hardback - Acair
Derick Thomson provides the Scottish and wider public with up to 80 of his Gaelic poems with English versions alongside many of them. -
Add to BasketSgire A' Bhradan
£15.00
- Paperback - Kinloch Historical Society
This is a collection of Gaelic and English poems composed by Kinloch residents past and present originating from the villages of Arivruaich, Balallan, Keose, Keose Glebe, Laxay and surrounding districts. -
Add to BasketSomhairle: Dàin Is Deilbh
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- Paperback - Acair
Published to celebrate the acclaimed author's 80th birthday, this is a collection of poetry, essays and photographs by leading authors and photographers. -
Add to BasketAn T-Oran Sith-Bhuan
£5.50
- Paperback - Clàr
Gaelic only - something of a rarity for Gaelic poetry in the 21st century. A fine debut collection from Brian MacLeod. -
Add to BasketZonda? Khamsin? Sharaav? Camanchaca?
£6.00
- Paperback - Leabhraichean Beaga
Rody Gorman presents a collection of contemporary Gaelic poetry.
Last modified Tuesday 12 April 2011
