Island memorial to the local songwriter Dugald MacPhail who lived on the Isle of Mull. SCO 7125
At Strathcoil on the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides stands a stone monument to the Gaelic songwriter Dugald MacPhail, poet and author. Born close by MacPhail worked as a joiner and architect. He moved to Glasgow with his young wife, and then to Newcastle (England) where he wrote the song An t-Eilean Muileach (The Isle of Mull), for which he is best remembered. This is now known as 'Mull's National Anthem'. He was appointed architect and clerk of works to the Duke of Westminster, which brought a move to Shaftesbury, where several of his family were born. He then moved to Edinburgh, being attracted because of the educational advantages that city brought to his family. In Edinburgh, he composed the song An t-sobhrach Mhuileach (The Mull Primrose) and, in 1859, was awarded a prize given by the Edinburgh Celtic Society for an essay on the Highland Clearances. He also wrote the autobiographical Callum a' Ghlinne (Callum of the Glen).
Size: 3736px × 5615px
Location: Strathcoil, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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