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An Duanag Ullamh
Scottish poem
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transmission of Gaelic oral poetry
- In Celtic literature: Continuation of the oral tradition
Examples are An Duanag Ullamh (“The Finished Poem”), composed in honor of Archibald Campbell, 4th earl of Argyll, and the lovely lament Griogal Cridhe (“Teasing Heart”; c. 1570). It is certain that the poetry recorded in The Book of the Dean of Lismore was not an isolated…
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