Murdo Morrison | Murchadh MacIlleMhoire (12 March 1884, Mullach an Tòil, Shader, Barvas, Lewis – 1965) who used the pseudonym ‘Fear Siubhal nan Gleann’ [Traveller of the Glens] and was known as ‘Bàrd Shiadair’ [the bard of Shader] in Lewis. He moved to Glasgow and later, in 1911, to the United States. He composed poetry and translated from English and Scots into Gaelic, including the works of Robert Burns and Carolina Oliphant. His poems and translations appeared in the volume Fear Siubhal nan Gleann (Glasgow, 1923).
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘Fear-siubhal nan Gleann’: ‘O, Seinnidh Mi Duan’ [song, GD], Issue 24 (18 July 1908)
- ‘Thug Mi Rùn’ [song, GD], Issue 39 (31 October 1908)
Resources
- Donald John MacLeod, Twentieth Century Gaelic Literature: a description, comprising critical study and a comprehensive bibliography (PhD thesis, University of Glasgow, 1969)
- ‘Murchadh Moireasdan (Murchadh a’ Bhocs),’ Bliadhna nan Òran (BBC Alba, 2015)