Fàilte Mhic Gill’ Eathain
Ruaig air Caiptean nan Gall
Primary Sources
C2 Fhailt Mhic Leain C2.28: 70
K2 Ruaig air Caiptean’ nan Gall / The Retreat of the Lowland Captain K2.11: 23
JK The Rout of the Engliish[sic] Captain JK.6: 14
Notes on Gaelic Titles
Fàilte Mhic Gill’ Ethan Fhailt Mhic Leain C2. MacLean’s Salute.
Ruaig air Caiptean nan Gall Ruaig air Caiptean’ nan Gall / The Retreat of the Lowland Captain K2; the rout of the Engliish [sic] Captain JK. The Rout of the English Captain. In other names with ruaig air it is a body of men who are ‘routed’. Perhaps the words here imply that the captain led his company in and they were all put to flight.
Archive Recording
1961 Pipe Major John D Burgess MBE