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Anonymous

Person Name: Anonima Composer of "BUN EASAIN (BUNESSAN)" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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Mary Macdonald

1789 - 1872 Person Name: Mary M. MacDonald, 1789-1872 Author of "Leanabh An Àigh" in The Cyber Hymnal Mary MacDougal MacDonald United Kingdom 1789-1872. Born at Ardtun, daughter of a farmer and Baptist cleric, Duncan MacDougal, northeast of Bunessan on the Ross of Mull, she was a Gaelic poet who lived at Cancan, Bunessan on Mull, Scotland. She never spoke English. She married Neil MacDonald and settled into a life as a crofter’s wife. While at her spinning wheel she passed time by singing hymns and poems, some of her own composition. She was a devout Baptist. Some of her hymns reached beyond her locality. The tune of her best known hymn (same tune as hymn: “Morning has broken”) was an old Scottish melody she attached to her lyrics that helped popularize the hymn, translated from the Gaelic in 1888 by Lachlan McBean of Scotland. No family information found. John Perry
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Màiri Nic a' Phearsain

1821 - 1898 Person Name: Màiri Dhòmhnallach (Mary Macdonald) (1817-90) Author of "Leanabh an Àigh" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta See also Mary Macdonald. Born March, 1821, to Iain Domhnallach [i.e. John Macdonald] on Isle of Skye, Scotland. Known also as Mary Macdonald, Mary Macpherson and Mairi Mhor nan Oran (Great Mary of the Songs). Married Isaac Mac a’ Phearsain [i.e. Macpherson]. Dianne Shapiro, from "Mairi Mhor nan Oran" and LOC Name Authority File
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