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What is the name of Sorley MacLean's later poem that achieved "cult status"?

  • Hallaig

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Hallaig is a poem by the Scottish poet Sorley MacLean. It was first published in 1967 and achieved "cult status" among Gaelic speakers and other poetry lovers. The poem is set in Hallaig, a small island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, and describes the destruction of the island's community by the Clearances.
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