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Title

Bothag Bheararaig

Description

Lament, the fishing

Composer

Neil Beaton

Sloinneadh

Niall 'Gowe', Bhaltos

Biography

His father Neil was from Kilmuir and his mother was from Valtos. He was the only one in his family. Neil 'Gowe' married twice. His first wife was Mary Ann Stewart from Bhaltos, and his second wife was from Mull. Neil's own family were musical like him, and together the family gave ceilidhs in Bhaltos schoolhouse, under the name 'comhlan ciùil Néill Gowe'. Neil's home was at Heiriseadair, above Grealain on a hill called Canada Ard. He moved to Portree, and his final days were spent in the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow.

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