According to editorial note in Guth na Bliadhna, Margaret MacKinnon | Mairghread NicFhionghainn (c. 1814 – after 1917) was born in South Uist, emigrated to the United States in 1832, and was 103 years in 1917. The song published in the quarterly, ‘Imrich a’ Chait’ [The Cat’s Travels], was meant to be of recent making, only month or two old. It was composed to the tune of ‘O, Mo Mhàiri Laghach.’
Willam Henry Kent composed a short poem in her praise, ‘Do Bhan-Ùghdar “Imrich a’ Chait”’ [To the Authoress of ‘The Cat’s Travels’] which appeared in GnB, Volume XIV, Issue 2 (Summer 1917).
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘Imrich a’ Chait’ [poetry, GD], Volume XIV, Issue 1 (Spring 1917)