Am Bàrd

Am Bàrd (‘The Poet’), subtitled ‘Ar Tìr agus Ar Teanga’ [Our Land and Our Language], was a monthly which first appeared in July 1901 and ran until July 1902. It featured stories, poems, articles, dialogues, material for Gaelic learners, and other kinds of content. Notable items that appeared in the magazine include the operetta libretto Iseabail, no Ri Linn Do Sheanar by Calum MacAonghais | Malcolm MacInnes.

The dating of Am Bàrd is confusing, as Number 1 is dated ‘A’ Bhuidh-mhìos, 1901’, which would traditionally indicate July, and Number 2 ‘Ceud Mhìos an Fhoghair, 1901’, which would traditionally indicate August. However, the third number is dated ‘An Seachdamh Mìos, 1901’ (the seventh month), followed by ‘An t-Ochdamh Mìos, 1901’ (the eighth month), and lastly ‘Ceud Mhìos a’ Gheamhraidh’, which would traditionally indicate November. There seem to be only two extant issues from 1902: ‘Àireamh 1, Leabhar II, An t-Òg-mhios 1902’ (Issue 1, Volume II, June 1902), and ‘Àireamh 3, Leabhar II, An t-Iuchar 1902’ (Issue 3, Volume II, July 1902), with no explanation as to Issue 2. Donald John MacLeod (Twentieth-century Gaelic Literature, 1969, p. 38) mentions Am Bàrd as appearing between May 1901 and September 1902. Based on cross-references with other periodicals and events, it seems however that Am Bàrd started in July 1901 and stopped appearing in November 1901, and that only two issues followed in 1902, in May/June and July.

Earlier publications based on this project work with the assumption that Am Bàrd started in May 1901. The list of contents below is updated and corrected according to the latest findings.

CONTENTS

  • ‘Fios’ [editorial notes, ENG]
  • Dòmhnall MacEacharn: ‘Am Flùran’ [poetry, GD]
  • ‘Number One’ [editorial reflections, ENG]
  • [without attribution]: ‘Celtic Scotland and the Mòd’ [essay, ENG]
  • ‘Iain’ [Iain MacRuairidh]: ‘A’ Ghobhar Ghlas’ [prose tale, GD; commentary ENG]
  • [without attribution]: ‘Gaelic and the Scottish Press’ [essay, ENG]
  • [without attribution]: ‘An Seòladair agus an Cuan’ [prose, GD]
  • H. Cameron Gillies: ‘The Gaelic Measure of Man’ [essay, ENG]
  • ‘Notes of Interrogation’ [queries from readers]
  • Calum MacAonghais: ‘Iseabail, no ri Linn do Sheanar’ [operetta libretto, GD]
  • [without attribution]: ‘The True Spring of the Jacobite Wars’ [essay, ENG]
  • [without attribution]: ‘Mr. Carnegie agus a Chomhairlichean’ [column, GD]
  • 'Loch-Aic': ‘Am “Buggane”’ [Manx prose tale, GD]
  • 'Dearg MacDhonnchaidh' [Charles Moncrieff Robertson]: ‘Dòmhnall Mòr a’ Bhocain’ [prose tale, GD]
  • John G. Mackay: ‘Gaelic Idioms’ [learning material, GD & ENG]
  • [without attribution]: ‘The Celtic Capital’ [essay, ENG; transcription of a Gaelic address, GD]
  • ‘Loch-Aic’: ‘Na Leth-Aonan Sìth’ [Welsh prose tale, GD]
  • Malcolm N. MacInnes: ‘Alexander MacDonald’ [essay, ENG]

  • ‘Fios’ [editorial notes, ENG]
  • Uilleam Ross: ‘’S Tu Mhòrag Rinn Mo Bhuaireadh’ [poetry, GD]
  • [without attribution]: ‘Faclair Ùr Gàidhlig’ [notice, GD]
  • [without attribution, assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: ‘The Pan-Celtic Congress’ [essay, ENG]
  • Taldir Mab Jaffrennou: ‘Les Devoirs de Celtes’ [essay, FR]
  • [without attribution]: ‘Our Prize Fund’ [notice, ENG]
  • A. McDonald: ‘The Death of Fraoch’ [essay, ENG]
  • 'Seanachaidh': ‘Diarmaid Donn na Fèinne’ [ballad with commentary, GD]
  • [without attribution]: ‘“Am Bàrd” and a Critic’ [essay, ENG]
  • Calum MacAonghais: ‘Iseabail no ri Linn Do Sheanar’ [operetta, GD]
  • J. S. Stuart-Glennie: ‘The Land and Language, Questions in the Highlands’ [essay, ENG]
  • Iain Mackenzie: ‘The Story of Ulysses in Celtic Legend’ [essay, ENG]
  • ‘Iain’ [Iain MacRuairidh]: ‘Còmhradh eadar Eachunn, Dòmhnall Gobha, agus Seumas’ [prose dialogue, GD]
  • Malcolm N. MacInnes: ‘Alexander MacDonald’ [essay, ENG]
  • [without attribution]: ‘The Mòd’ [column, ENG]
  • [without attribution]: ‘Is Cornish Dead?’ [column, ENG]
  • J. G. MacKay: ‘Gaelic Idioms’ [learning material, GD/ENG]

  • ‘Fios’ [editorial notes, ENG]
  • Rev. A. M. Sinclair: 'Luinneag' [song, GD; originally published in The Casket]
  • Niall Ross: ‘Còmhradh mu Staid ar Tìr agus ar Teanga’ [dialogue, GD]
  • [without attribution]: ‘Mr. Carnegie’s Scheme’ [essay, ENG]
  • [Walter Scott]: ‘Dàn a’ Chlàrsair Dheireannaich’ [poetry, GD; translated by ‘Iain’ (Iain MacRuairidh)]
  • ‘Tighearna’: ‘Columba’ [essay, ENG]
  • ‘Seanachaidh’: ‘Diarmaid na Fèinne’ [ballad, GD]
  • [assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: ‘The True Spring of the Jacobite Wars’ [essay, ENG]
  • Calum MacAonghais: ‘Iseabail no ri Linn do Sheanar’ [operetta libretto, GD]
  • [François Jaffrennou]: ‘Eadar-theangachadh': ‘Guthan na h-Oidhche’, ‘An Calman’ [poetry, GD; translated by E. C. Carmichael]
  • ‘Seanachaidh’: ‘Foclair Gàidhlig’ [column, ENG]
  • ‘Loch Aic’: ‘Àireamh nan Caorach’ [essay, GD]
  • J. G. Mackay: ‘Gaelic Idiom’ [learning material, GD & ENG]
  • L. E. Farquharson: ‘The Celtic Awakening’ [essay, ENG]
  • T. Le Garrec: ‘Novembre’ [poetry, FR]
  • Edmund Fournier d'Albe: ‘The Pan-Celtic Congress and the Gaelic League’ [letter, ENG]; 'Caledonian': 'Charles II and Jacobitism' [letter, ENG]

  • Iain Whyte: ‘Mar fhuair Mac an Fhoirbhich ’Ainm’ [dialogue, GD]
  • [without attribution]: ‘An Comunn Gàidhealach’ [article, ENG]
  • E. C. Carmichael: ‘A Breton Village’ [article, ENG]
  • [without attribution]: ‘Cur a-mach an Cù Ath-leasaichte air an Sasunnach!’ [article, ENG]
  • [assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: ‘The True Spring of the Jacobite Wars’ [article, ENG]
  • ‘Seanachaidh’: ‘Diarmaid na Feinne’ [poetry, GD]
  • ‘Brochdair’: ‘Celtic Usages in Iona’ [essay, ENG]
  • [Walter Scott]: ‘Dàn a’ Chlàrsair Dheireannaich’ [poetry, GD; translated by ‘Iain’ (Iain MacRuairidh)]
  • ‘Caledonian’: ‘The Celtic Revival’ [article, ENG]
  • [without attribution]: ‘Còmhradh Beag’ [dialogue, GD]
  • J. G. Mackay: ‘Gaelic Idioms’ [learning material, GD]
  • 'E. MacDonald & Co.': ‘Gaelic Map of Scotland’ [letter, ENG]
  • ‘Fios’ [editorial notice, ENG]

  • [editorial notice, ENG]
  • Neil Ross: ‘An Oidhche’ [poetry, GD]
  • Iain Whyte: ‘Mar fhuair Mac an Fhoirbhich ’Ainm’ [dialogue, GD]
  • [without attribution]: ‘For Ears to Hear’ [editorial, ENG]
  • Iain Morvran: ‘La Chanteuse des Brumes’ [essay, FR; from La Plume]
  • [without attribution]: ‘The Future of the Little Bay’ [essay, ENG]
  • ‘Brochdair’: ‘Celtic Usages in Iona’ [essay, ENG]
  • ‘Seanachaidh’: ‘Diarmaid na Feinne’ [poetry, GD]
  • [assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: ‘The True Spring of the Jacobite Wars’ [essay, ENG]
  • S. R. A. [Stuart Ruaraidh Arascain]: ‘Gleus Ùr air Seana Mhaide’ [article, GD]
  • ‘Our Foreign Relations’ [article, ENG]
  • J. G. Mackay: ‘Gaelic Idioms’ [learning material, GD]
  • Pàdraig Dòmhnallach: ‘An t-Oireachtas’ [prose, GD]
  • Correspondence: 'Caledonian': ‘Remember the Rock Out of Which You Were Hewn’ [letter, ENG]

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