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Sorley MacLean Quotes

1911–1996 Scotland

Sorley MacLean (26 October 1911 – 24 November 1996; Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle MacGill-Eain) was a Scottish Gaelic poet. His book Dàin do Eimhir is considered the most important book published in Scottish Gaelic in the twentieth century, while his poem Hallaig achieved "cult status" in the English-speaking world for its representation of the Highland Clearances.

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Time, the deer, is in the wood of Hallaig ("Tha tìm, am fiadh, an coille Hallaig")

I believe Mull had much to do with my poetry: its physical beauty, so different from Skye’s, with the terrible imprint of the clearances on it, made it almost intolerable for a Gael.

[T]he Celtic Twilightists achieved the remarkable feat of attributing to Gaelic poetry the very opposite of every quality which it actually has.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sorley MacLean (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.