Maighread nighean Lachlainn

Maighread nighean Lachlainn (born c. 1660) was an eighteenth-century Scottish Gaelic poet^[1] from Mull. In her poetry, she mentions the Jacobite risings.

Poetry

Cha choma leam fhìn co dhiù sin (c. 1698)
Dh' fhalbh mo chadal a' smaointinn
Gaoir nam ban Muileach (1716): An Lasair, pg.60–71.
Gun d' fhuair mi sgeul 's chan àicheam e
Mo cheist an Leathanach mòdhar

References

^ Anna Frater. "Scottish Gaelic Women's Poetry up to 1750" (PDF).

Black, R. (ed.) 2001. An Lasair: An Anthology of Eighteenth-century Gaelic Verse (Edinburgh: Birlinn)

External links

PhD thesis (University of Glasgow) by Anna Frater on Scottish Gaelic poetry written by women before 1750 (pdf)

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[1] Anna Frater. "Scottish Gaelic Women's Poetry up to 1750" (PDF).

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