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Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir, anglicized as Duncan Ban MacIntyre (20 March 1724 – 14 May 1812), was one of the most renowned of Scottish Gaelic poets. He formed an integral part of one of the golden ages of Gaelic poetry in Scotland during the 18th century.
29 de ene. de 2024 · Duncan Ban Macintyre (Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir), a contemporary of Robert Burns, was a leading Gaelic poet famed in his lifetime as Donnchadh Bàn nan Òrain or ‘Fair Duncan of the Songs’, whose granite monument dominates Glen Orchy and Loch Awe.
The poet and his wife, and some of their children and grandchildren are buried in Old Greyfriars churchyard. His monument here marks a spot that will ever be sacred to all who speak the Gaelic language and appreciate the grace and grandeur of the songs bequeathed to them by Duncan Ban Macintyre.
5 de feb. de 2016 · There is almost no recognition of Duncan Ban’s work or indeed of contemporary Gaelic literature in their writing. To English-language readers, the Highlands were becoming recognised – or branded – through the work of Macpherson and later, Walter Scott.
Learn about the life and works of Duncan Ban MacIntyre, a famous Gaelic poet and songwriter from Glen Orchy. He celebrated his native hills and forests and their wild life, and opposed the Clearances and sheep farming.
Duncan Ban Macintyre (Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir), who was influenced by Macdonald, had his poems published in 1768. He fought on the Hanoverian side at the Battle of Falkirk and later praised George III in Oran do’n Rìgh (“Song to the King”), but he….
Duncan Ban MacIntyre. As I couldn't find any decent information on this famous Scottish Bard I have taken the liberty of borrowing some text about him and a few of his poems from the book "The Songs of Duncan Ban Macintyre" by MacLeod and published by the Scottish Gaelic Texts Society in 1952.
