Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna

British poet

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1887

Place of Birth: Baleshare, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Aug-1967

Profession: writer, poet, author

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna (Red Donald of Coruna; 9 July 1887 – 13 August 1967), legally Donald MacDonald, was a North Uist stonemason, a veteran of the First World War, and a legendary war poet in the Scottish Gaelic language. He is best known for the song An Eala Bhàn ("The White Swan") which he composed during the Battle of the Somme and addressed to Magaidh NicLeòid, his sweetheart at the time of the war.
In recent years, it has been recorded by artists as diverse as Calum Kennedy, Donnie Munro, Capercaillie, and Julie Fowlis.