Dòmhnall MacAmhlaigh
Donald MacAulay

Gaelic

Bha Dòmhnall MacAmhlaigh na ghuth cianail fhèin buadhmhor ann an bàrdachd na Gàidhlig anns an 20mh linn. Bha e a’ teagasg aig Oilthighean Dhùn Èideann agus Obar Dheathain, agus aig Coláiste na Trionóide Baile Àtha Cliath, agus bha e an uair sin ann an Cathair na Ceiltis aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu. Bha beàrn de dheich bliadhna air fhichead ann eadar an t-àm a nochd a’ chiad chruinneachadh aige, Seòbhrach às a’ Chloich (Gairm, 1967), agus an dàrna (agus am fear deireannach), Deilbh is Faileasan (Acair, 2008). B’ e fhèin a dheasaich an cruinneachadh buadhmhor Nua-bhàrdachd Ghàidhlig (Southside, 1976).

English

Donald MacAulay was one of the major Scottish Gaelic poets of the twentieth century and an influential editor of Gaelic poetry. He taught at the Universities of Edinburgh, Trinity Dublin and Aberdeen, and completed his distinguished career by holding the Chair of Celtic at the University of Glasgow. His own poetical work was collected thirty years apart, in Seòbhrach às a’ Chloich (Gairm, 1967) and in Deilbh is Faileasan / Images and Reflections (Acair, 2008), and he edited the seminal anthology Nua-bhàrdachd Ghàidhlig / Modern Scottish Gaelic Poems (Southside,1976).