Merigomish is a community in the

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province of

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

, located in

Pictou County Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016. Further ...

. The

Canadian Gaelic Canadian Gaelic or Cape Breton Gaelic (, or ), often known in Canadian English simply as Gaelic, is a collective term for the dialects of Scottish Gaelic spoken in Atlantic Canada. Scottish Gaels were settled in Nova Scotia from 1773, with the ...

poet Iain mac Ailein's 1826 poem ''Òran a' Bhàil Ghàidhealaich'' ("The Song of the Gaelic Ball"), was composed for and first performed at a gathering organized by David Murray at Merigomish and to which only Gaelic speakers were invited. The song remains very popular among Gaelic-speakers in both Scotland and Nova Scotia and is often referred to by its first line, ''Bithibh Aotrom 's Togaibh Fonn'' ("Be Light-hearted and Raise a Tune").Edited by Natasha Sumner and

Aidan Doyle Aidan Doyle (born 1961) is an Irish linguist whose main area of interest is the Irish language. He graduated from University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university ...

(2020), ''North American Gaels: Speech, Song, and Story in the Diaspora'', McGill-Queen's University Press. Page 299.

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Merigomish on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Pictou County Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia {{PictouNS-geo-stub

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