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Poet Peter MacKay talks about poetry and its importance.

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A poem important to Martin MacGregor. Dàn a tha cudromach do Mhàrtainn MacGriogair

Martin MacGregor talks about the lullaby and elegy “Griogal Cridhe” by Marion Campbell. Màrtainn MacGriogair le iomradh air a chumha “Griogal Cridhe” a rinn Mòr Chaimbeul.

Martin MacGregor talks about the value of poetry as a source for historians like himself. He reads the elegy and lullaby “Griogal Cridhe” by Marion Campbell which tells us much about clan rivalry in the Gaidhealtachd in the late 1500s.

Màrtainn MacGriogair le iomradh air luach an fhiosrachaidh ann am bàrdachd dha eachdraichen leithid fhèin. Tha e a’ leughadh a’ chumha “Griogal Cridhe” a rinn Mòr Chaimbeul, a tha ag innse mòran mu strì a-measg nan Gàidheal san 16mh linn.

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