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many parts of them were well known in Ireland *,
otherwife he fliould have endeavoured to procure fome
editions from that quarter, although it is probable
they would not be very different from thofe found in
the ifles and Scottifh coafts contiguous to it. He
hopes, however, that «with all their imperfections,,
thefe Poems have Mill fo much merit as to give the
reader fome idea of what they had once been ; that
the venerable ruins are a fufficient monument of the
former grandeur of the edifice.
A N
* This inteliiger.ee U derived frcm a late Irifh writer, who, having
had frequent occafion to cite thefe poems in order to illuftratc his
fubject, adds," I have taken thofe paffages from Mr Smith's poems,
becaufe hi; poems are known to be tranflations from the Irifh in
many inflates." — And elfcwhere, " Mr Smith has freely and ele-
gantly tranflated a poem on the death of Dermid, intitled, Mar
rrbarbb Diarmadan Tore nimbe"
Mr Walker's Hiftor. Memoirs of Irifh Bards,p. si. & 39. Dub. 1786.
many parts of them were well known in Ireland *,
otherwife he fliould have endeavoured to procure fome
editions from that quarter, although it is probable
they would not be very different from thofe found in
the ifles and Scottifh coafts contiguous to it. He
hopes, however, that «with all their imperfections,,
thefe Poems have Mill fo much merit as to give the
reader fome idea of what they had once been ; that
the venerable ruins are a fufficient monument of the
former grandeur of the edifice.
A N
* This inteliiger.ee U derived frcm a late Irifh writer, who, having
had frequent occafion to cite thefe poems in order to illuftratc his
fubject, adds," I have taken thofe paffages from Mr Smith's poems,
becaufe hi; poems are known to be tranflations from the Irifh in
many inflates." — And elfcwhere, " Mr Smith has freely and ele-
gantly tranflated a poem on the death of Dermid, intitled, Mar
rrbarbb Diarmadan Tore nimbe"
Mr Walker's Hiftor. Memoirs of Irifh Bards,p. si. & 39. Dub. 1786.
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| Description | " ... le Oisian, Orran, Ulann, &c. Ancient poems of Ossian Orran Ullin &c. Collected in the western Highlands and Isles being the originals of the translations some time ago published in the Gaelic antiquities. By John Smith, D.D. Minister of the Gospel at Campbelton." A collection of Gaelic poems, edited by Smith. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.29(1) |
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| Description | Selected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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