Celtic

Robert Mackay (Rob Donn)

c. 1714–1778


Robert Mackay (Rob Donn) (c. 1714–1778) wrote in Gaelic; Charles Rogers printed English verse renderings of the bard's songs in The Modern Scottish Minstrel (six volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1855–57).

This archive holds 1 English rendering from the Gaelic in volumes 1 and 2 of the anthology; each is credited to the translator whom Rogers names. Dates are those given in Rogers's memoir.

  1. The Highlander's Home Sickness

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