TLG 053b

IN LOVING
MEMORYOF
OUR DEAR BELOVED SON
ARCHIBALD
MACDONALD
WHO DIED

LAGNACRUACH FARM

CORNAIGBEG TIREE

23RD JUNE 1917
AGED 20 YEARS
VERY SADLY MISSED
AND DEEPLY MOURNED

GEB D FHAG THU SINNE BRONACH
AN GLEAN NAN DEOIR NAD DHEICH
CHAN ANN MAR DHREAM GUN DOCHAS
NACH COMHLAICH SINN A CHEILL
THA IADSAN DIUGH CHO SGIAMHACH
CHO GEAL RI GRIAN NAN SPEUR
‘S NUAIR BHITHEAS OBAIR CRIOCHNAICHT
BITHIDH SINNE TRIALL NAD DHEIGH

TLG 053b
Gaelic: THIS A VERSE FROM A HYMN BY THE REV. PETER GRANT
Though you have left us in sadness
In the vale of tears after your departure,
We are not like a people without hope
Who will never meet one another again:
They are now as beautiful,
As bright/white as the sun in the skies,
And when [the] work is done
We will follow you on our journey.

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