Alexander MacDonald

Photograph by Frederic William Howay published in ‘British Columbia from the earliest times to the present, Vol. 4’ (1914). Source: WikiCommons, public domain.

Alexander MacDonald | Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill (18 February 1858, Mabou, Inverness County, Cape Breton – 24 February 1941) was a Catholic priest, educator, and author. In 1903, MacDonald became the parish priest of St Andrews, Antigonish, and the contribution to Guth na Bliadhna was indeed sent from ‘St Andrews, Antigonish.’ In 1908, he was appointed Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia.

Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals

Guth na Bliadhna

‘Ionndrainn Alba’ [song, GD; by John MacDonald | Iain Mac Dhòmhnuill Mac Iain, ‘Iain Sealgair’; commentary by Alexander MacDonald], Volume I, Issue 3 (Summer 1904)