Audiobooks Poetry Selected Poetry on or about the MacLeans Introduction

Selected Poetry on or about the MacLeans

by John Patterson MACLEAN (1848 - 1939)

Introduction

Selected Poetry on or about the MacLeans

"Gifted with poesy as are the Highlanders, and given to the praise of their country and their leaders, it would be expected that many poems would still be extant concerning the MacLeans and their ancestral dominions," wrote John Patterson MacLean in his "A History of the Clan MacLean," These selections, collected and arranged by J.P. Maclean comprise part of Note C of MacLean's treatise (pp. 406-452), although they were written by different authors for different reasons. Dealing with incidents experienced by the MacLeans throughout their long history this highland poetry reveals, in ways the historical narrative cannot, the feeling behind the actions of the MacLeans and the reactions to their activities. - Summary by DrPGould

Listen next episodes of Selected Poetry on or about the MacLeans:
A Lay of Clan MacLean , Burial of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean , Callum o'the Glen , Chieftain Maclean , Coronach on Sir Lachlan, Chief of Maclean , Courtship of Hector MacLean , Gathering of the Clan , Glenara , Inch Kenneth , Maclean's Child: A Legend of Lochbuie , Maclean's Child (Lorn) , Maclean's Child (MacKay) , MacLean's Welcome to Prince Charlie , Nine Noted Chiefs of MacLean , The Battle of Knockbreck , The Isle of Inch Kenneth , The Isle of Mull , The Lady of Duard's Vengeance , The Lady of the Rock , The Last Harper o' Mull , War Song of Lachlan, High Chief of Maclean , Wild Revenge