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Dòmhnall Iain MacDhòmhnaill


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Dòmhnall Iain MacDhòmhnaill (Donald John Macdonald) (1919 - 1986) was a Scottish Gaelic poet. His father was the famous seanchaidh Duncan MacDonald, some of whose long heroic tales were published by K.C. Craig in 1944.

Dòmhnall Iain's experiences as a soldier in the Second World War, and particularly the privations he endured as a prisoner of war from 1940 to 1945, are described in his book Fo Sgàil a’ Swastika (‘Under the Shadow of the Swastika’).

He, won the Bardic Crown at the National Mod in 1948 and was awarded the Ailsa Trophy. His first book of poems, Sguaban Eorna (‘Sheaves of Barley’), appeared in 1973. Bill Innes, a friend and neighbour, brought up beside the poet, brought together the collected poems, first published under the titl
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Fo Sgàil A' Swastika = Unde...

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