The Reverend Allan MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: Maighstir Ailein, An t-Athair Ailean Dòmhnallach) (25 October 1859, Fort William – 8 October 1905, Eriskay) was a Scottish Catholic priest and activist during the later phases of the Highland Clearances. He was a religious and secular poet in Scottish Gaelic and a respected folklorist and collector from the oral tradition in the Highlands and Islands.
The Reverend Allan MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: Maighstir Ailein, An t-Athair Ailean Dòmhnallach) (25 October 1859, Fort William – 8 October 1905, Eriskay) was a Scottish Catholic priest and activist during the later phases of the Highland Clearances. He was a religious and secular poet in Scottish Gaelic and a respected folklorist and collector from the oral tradition in the Highlands and Islands.
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