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MacIntyre, Duncan Ban, 1724-1812

LC control no.nr 93022214
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPB1648.M3
Personal name headingMacIntyre, Duncan Ban, 1724-1812
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Variant(s)Mac-an-t-saoir, Donchadh, 1724-1812
Donchadh Mac-an-t-saoir, 1724-1812
Ban MacIntyre, Duncan, 1724-1812
Macantsaoir, Donnchadh, 1724-1812
Donnachadh Ban, 1724-1812
Associated countryScotland
LocatedEdinburgh (Scotland)
Birth date1724-03-20
Death date1812-05-14
Place of birthOrchy, Glen (Scotland)
Place of deathEdinburgh (Scotland)
Field of activityFolk poetry Scottish Gaelic poetry
Profession or occupationPoets
Special noteData provided by the ESTC/BL
Found inHis Orain ghaidhealach, 1768: t.p. (Donchadh Mac-an-t-saoir)
BM (MacIntyre, Duncan, bard)
DNB (MacIntyre, Duncan Ban, 1724-1812; Gaelic poet)
Moladh Beinn Dòbhrain, c2014: head of sheet (Donnachadh Ban)
Wikipedia, 1 April 2020 (Duncan Ban MacIntyre; Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir, anglicized as Duncan Ban MacIntyre (20 March 1724-14 May 1812); Scottish Gaelic poet; born in Druim Liaghart in Glen Orchy, he went on to work in various occupations, including as a soldier in the Argyll Regiment of Militia, as a forester, and as a constable of Edinburgh City Guard; moved to Edinburgh in 1767 and was to spend the rest of his life there serving with the Breadalbane Fencibles and the City Guard before retiring in 1806; he remained illiterate throughout his life ... his work was memorised and transmitted orally, and later written down by the minister of Lismore, Donald MacNicol and would later be translated into English by such notable figures as Hugh MacDiarmid, Derick Thomson and Iain Crichton Smith; died in Edinburgh)
Associated languagegla