11 November 2023
An Eala Bhàn - The White Swan
Written in the trenches on the Somme during the bloodiest battle of WWI.
Composed by Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna (Donald MacDonald of Coruna), a Scottish-Gaelic poet from North Uist, whilst fighting in the battle of the Somme, in the trenches of the Great War, for his love, Mhagaidh Nic Leòid (Maggie MacLeod).
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