Rev. Donald MacCallum | Dòmhnall MacCaluim (9 October 1849, Barr a’ Mhuilinn, Craignish, Argyll – 23 April 1929, Glendale, Skye) was a minister, poet, translator, and scholar. Influenced by what he witnessed of the Clearances, he became an agitator and defended the rights of the crofters and cottars. During his life, he served in Skye, Tiree, and Lewis. His poetry was published in the volume Dàin Dòmhnullan (1925) and his sermons in An Tur Làidir (c. 1890).
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘Feachd na h-Èiginn’ [poetry, GD], Volume XI, Issue 3 (Autumn 1914)
- ‘An Sile’ [poetry, GD], Volume XI, Issue 4 (Winter 1914)
- ‘Fàilte do’n Earrach’ [translation from Pierre de Ronsard, GD], Volume XIII, Issue 1 (Spring 1916)
- ‘Gàradh na Luchairte’ [poetry, GD; translation from The Kingis Quair], Volume XIII, Issue 2 (Summer 1916)
- ‘Luchairt Chill-chuirn’ [poetry, GD; translation from William Wordsworth], Volume XIII, Issue 3 (Autumn 1916)
- ‘Seumas I., Rìgh Albann, mar Bhàrd’ [essay, GD], Volume XIII, Issue 4 (Winter 1916)
- ‘Bruadar air Bàrdachd’ [prose and poetry, translations and versions, GD], Volume XIV, Issue 2 (Summer 1917)
- ‘Iain Dryden air Gràdh’ [poetry, GD; translation from John Dryden], Volume XIV, Issue 4 (Winter 1917)
- ‘Dùsgadh na Clàrsaich’ [poetry, GD], Volume XV, Issue 1 (Spring 1918)
- ‘Rob Ruadh Mac Griogair’ [essay and poetry, GD], Vol. 1917
- ‘An Reul’ [poetry, GD], Vol. 1918
Resources
- Donald E. Meek, ‘Preaching the Land Gospel: the Rev. Donald MacCallum (1849-1929) in Skye, Tiree and Lochs, Lewis’ (lecture given at an Islands Book Trust Conference, ‘After the Clearances’, Balallan, Lewis, September 2012), Passages from Tiree
- articles concerning Donald MacCallum, An Iodhlann: Tiree’s Historical Centre