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TREASURER’S NOTES
National Mod—Dunoon, 1950
Received at Dunoon—
Previously acknowledged ... ... £2,073 16 3
Morrison’s Bakery 5 0 0
£2,078 16 3
Received at Headquarters—
Previously acknowledged £132 1 0
Uist & Barra Associa¬
tion
Glasgow Cel tic Society
Hector MacDougall,
Esq.. Glasgow
Mrs. Iain Campbell
(Airds), Bray - on -
Thames, Berkshire ...
Comunn na Clarsaich ...
Mr. & Mrs. Alex. Dun¬
can, Manchester
Oban & Lorn Associa¬
tion
Glendaruel & Colintraive
Branch
Total to
3 0 0
4 10 0
0 7 6
3 0 0
3 0 0
2 2 0
6 0 0
date £2,270 9 5
Central Fund
The high level of present-day costs of all kinds
are reflected in the largely increased expenditure
involved in conducting the various activities of An
Comunn, even on the pre-war scale, let alone ex¬
panding them. Towards meoeting this largely
increased expenditure, donations and subscriptions
to the Central Fund of An Comunn are required
to the extent of £1,000 per annum. Donations,
large or small, will bo gladly received by the
Treasurer, Mr. James T. Graham; C.A., 5 St.
Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.l. Remittances should
be made payable to “An Comunn Gaidhealach.”
8 0 0
5 0 0
10 0
10 0 0
Total since 1st May, 1950 £108 18 4
Previously acknowledged
Lewis Branch
Farquhar MacRae. Esq.
Millhouse & District Branch ...
Glasgow Mid-Argyll Association
Lochalsh Gaelic Choir
Magazine Fund
Previously acknowledged £17 6 6
Kenneth Macleod, Esq., Inverness ... 0 6 0
Donald Cameron, Esq., Glasgow ... 0 4 0
Total since 1st May, 1950 £17 16 6
War Memorial and Thanksgiving Fund
Previously acknowledged £208 16
Proceeds from Concerts at Fort
William & Inverness on 22nd &
23rd September, 1950, respectively
per Charles C. Macdonald, Esq.,
Organiser
Lochmver Branch ... ... ... 3 0
Collection at Whist Drive in Balma-
cara Hotel per A. J. Macphail,
Esq., Honorary Treasurer. Balma-
cara Branch 6 15 0
Total since 1st May, 1950,
exclusive of specific donations
to Feill, which will be
separately acknowledged later £237 5 6
FEITHE-NA-FALA [bho t.d. 156)
a Grille ” ’na laighe leimta, thug i fainear
bannal ghruagach fhaotainn a thogadh fonn
drain a bha i a’ deanamh dha ’s i ri toirt a’
ghath as a shliasaid. Bha seo a chum aire
a thoirt beagan bho’n chr&dh a bha e fulang
an dm a bhith toirt as a’ ghath. Tha an
t-oran seo ri chluinntinn fathast :
“ Mhic Dhd’aill, a laoigh mo chdille.
Hi ri ri ri ho u;
Gur moch a chuala tu m’ digheach,
Ho ro ho hi ri;
Fhreagair thu ’n tr&igh ’s an Id ag glasadh.
Hi ri ri ri ho u;
Bhuail thu mdim air Slol a’ Chapuill,
Ho ro ho hi ri;
Chall eile bho hi o ro ho;
Siol na Ikire, bldire, bacaich,” etc.
A cheart cho math ’s a bha Nic Coiseam gu
6ran a thkthadh bha a sgil air leigheas a
cheart cho math, air son gu robh Mac Iain
’Ic Sheumais comasach air Dun-tuilm a ruigh-
eachd ann an trl seachdain ibho’n latha a
fhuair i e ’na shineadh ’s fhuil chraobhach
ri taosgadh mu Idr.
Nuair a chuala Ddmhnall Gorm mu Bhlar
Chdirinnis agus gaisge Mhic Iain ’Ic Sheumais
cha b’fhih leis ach gabhaltas na Cuidrich anns
an Eilean Sgitheanach a thoirt dha. Gu
dearbh, bha an gaisgeach ud Idn airidh air
agus ged a chanadh tu an edrr leis.
B’ann de a shliochd a thdinig Caiptean
Ailean Ddmhnallach Chinnse-borg a bha pdsda
aig Fionnghal Nic Dhdmhnaill (no, mar is
trie a theirear, ’’Fionnghal a’ Phrionnsa”).
Sin agaibh gedrr chunntas air an latha
fhuilteach ud a chaidh a chur ann an iochdar
Chdirinnis. Agus mar a fhuair mise an
naidheachd bho sheann duine edir an Uibhist
tha mi ’ga toirt do luchd-leughaidh a’
Ghaidheil, oir tha mi cinnteach gu bheil gu
ledir am measg ar gineil dig aig nach ’eil
edlas air an eachdraidh agus nach cuala iom-
radh air an laoch ainmeil, Ddmhnall Mac Iain
’Ic Sheumais—curaidh cho ionmholta ’s a bha
aig Clann Ddmhnaill riamh.