1821–1898
Màiri Mhòr
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A Gaelic poet who sang about families leaving home.
Mary MacPherson was a woman from Skye.
People call her Màiri Mhòr nan Òran, Great Mary of the Songs.
She wrote songs in Gaelic.
Many songs were about families who had to leave their homes.
The Clearances happened over many years, not one afternoon.