PS 027 – The Battle of Auldearn

      Blàr Allt Éireann

Primary Sources

C1 C1.26: 56
K1 Blàr Allt Eairn / The Battle of Aldearne K1.18: 49
JK Battle of Watter of Earn JK.29: 73

Notes on Gaelic Names

Blàr Allt Éireann Blàr Allt Eairn / The Battle of Aldearne K1; Battle of Watter of Earn JK; Blar Altearn JKA. The Battle of Auldearn. There is no contemporary Irish reference here: Allt Éireann is the Gaelic form of Auldearn, a very ancient place-name.

Roderick Cannon (2009)

Archive Recording

1961 Pipe Major John D Burgess MBE

Other Material

William Donaldson’s Set Tunes Notes (2011)
William Donaldson’s Set Tunes Notes (2009)

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