Malcolm MacFarlane

Malcolm MacFarlane (Calum MacPhàrlain, 1853–1931) 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 Gàidhealach.

Life He was born at Kilmun Farm, Dalavich, Loch Awe on 30 November 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 & Co., 1902. He died unmarried in Greenock on 22 February 1931. An Comh-threòraiche. Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1913. Am Mosgladh Mòr. Glascho [Glasgow]: An Comunn Gàidhealach, 1925?. Pdf available from NLS.

Scores Binneas nam Bàrd, etc. (Bardic Melody. A Book in which the Poems, Songs and Ditties of the Scottish Gaels are exhibited along with their Airs, etc. [Staff and tonic sol-fa notation. Stirling: E. Mackay, 1908, etc., A Lament for Nurse Cavell. [Song.] Words by M. Maclean. Melody and Gaelic words by M. Macfarlane. Edited and arranged by A. W. Marchant. Stirling: E. Mackay.

Archives Printed material from the papers of Malcolm MacFarlane. Some pamphlets in Gaelic. Includes book prospectuses, catalogues of music, concert programmes, publications of various Scottish clan societies and miscellaneous publications to do with Scotland and the Scottish way of life. National Library of Scotland, shelfmark HP4.89.319.