Mary MacLeod

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Mary MacLeod


Born
Rodel, Harris, Western Isles, Scotland
Genre
Gaelic Songs, Poetry


Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh, or Mary MacLeod (c.1615 - c.1707), was a major Scottish Gaelic poet of the 17th Century.

Mairi spent most of her life at Dunvegan on Skye in the MacLeod chieftain's household. For a time she was exiled by her chief to Mull, perhaps for giving too much praise to his relative, Sir Norman MacLeod of Bernera. She was afterwards recalled to Dunvegan and died there. ...more

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Gaelic Songs of Mary MacLeod
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