Malcolm MacFarlane
Malcolm MacFarlane was a Scottish Gaelic scholar and songwriter. He was a Secretary and President of Gaelic Society of Glasgow and an active member of An Comunn Gidhealach.
He was born at Kilmun Farm, Dalavich, Loch Awe onNovember 1853. His father was John MacFarlane, a labourer, and his mother Sarah MacIntyre. He was brought up at Inkerman near Paisley, Renfrewshire and was educated there. He was a measurer by profession the early name for a quantity surveyor. He was also a member of the Inverness Gaelic Society, the Irish Texts Society, and the Folk Song Society. He was the author of works such as The Phonetics of Gaelic and Songs of the Highlands, Inverness Logan amp Co., 1902. He died unmarried in Greenock onFebruary 1931.
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