Donnchadh MacRath

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Donnchadh MacRath (also known as Duncan MacRae of Inverinate and Donnchadh nam Pìos) was a Scottish poet and the compiler of the Fernaig manuscript [1] which he committed to paper using an English-influenced system of orthography. He was apparently well known in his own time for his education and poetic competence and was descended from several generations of gentry with his father a prominent employee of the Lord of Clan MacKenzie.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Thomson, The Companion to Gaelic Scotland pp72
  2. ^ MacPhàrlainn, Làmh-Sgrìobhainn MhicRath ppViii

[edit] References

  • MacPharlain, Calum Lamh-Sgrìobhainn Mhic Rath, (Dundee)
  • Thomson, Derick S. The Companion to Gaelic Scotland, (Blackwell Reference)
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