Donald MacRae | Dòmhnall MacRath (no dates confirmed) was, as Anne Loughran has suggested, most likely from Skeabost in Skye and was the brother of Calum MacRath. He was killed in the First World War. In An Ròsarnach, he is mentioned as ‘Dòmhnall MacRath, nach maireann’ [the late Donald MacRae].
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘Tìr nam Beann’ [poetry, GD], Vol. II (1918), with an illustration by Stewart Carmichael
- ‘Fàgail Eilean a’ Cheò’ [poetry, GD], Vol. III (1921)
Resources
- Anne Loughran, ‘Traditional poets and songmakers,’ Gaelic Literature of the Isle of Skye: An Annotated Bibliography (Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, 2018)
- Cairistiona Mhàrtainn, Orain an Eilein (Skye: Taigh nan Teud, 2001).