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Maggie Macdonald (née Michie; 17 November 1952 – 26 July 2016) was a Scottish Gaelic singer and primary school teacher. She was a Mòd gold medallist and sang with the Gaelic super-group, Cliar. She was part of The Campbells Of Greepe, along with other family members.

Maggie Macdonald
Born	(1952-11-17)17 November 1952 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	26 July 2016(2016-07-26) (aged 63)
Genres	Folk
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1993–2016
Labels	Macmeanmna

Early life

She was born on 17 November 1952 in Glasgow, Scotland. She was the daughter of Alasdair Michie, a senior police detective who had family on the Braes of Skye.[1]

Gaelic singing

She was part of the Inverness Gaelic Choir and in 1991 travelled with them to take part in a Gaelic festival in Vancouver, Canada where she won a solo singing competition.[2] She appeared in her second Mòd final in 1993 in Airdrie.[3] The following year, in Dunoon, she won gold medal in solo singing.[4] In 1998 she formed the band Cliar, along with cousin Mary Ann Kennedy, Arthur Cormack, Bruce MacGregor and others.[5] The band's eponymous first album Cliar was named Best Album in 2003 at the inaugural Scots Trad Music Awards.[1] The band were often described as a Gaelic supergroup.[6][7][8]

She was part of The Campbells of Greepe, family members from Skye with a long tradition of performing unaccompanied Gaelic song.[9] They were accomplished at puirt à beul, one of the most difficult genres of Gaelic song to perform.[10]

She also performed Gaelic Opera, Mac-Talla nan Eun, singing the last lament in a 2007 performance that was broadcast live.[11] The same year, she also appeared on Duan Nollaig, an album that was the first ever recorded collection of Christmas carols and songs in Gaelic.[12]

She was a member of the Inverness Gaelic choir.[13] She was on the board of directors of Fèis Rois, an organisation supporting Gaelic culture.[14]

She died on 26 July 2016.[1]

Discography

Cliar

• Cliar 2000
• Gun Tamh 2002[15]
• Grinn Grinn (Macmeanmna) 2006[16]

The Campbells Of Greepe

• No 2 Greepe (Watercolour) 2014[17]

Collaborations and guest appearances

• Duan Nollaig 2007[12]

References

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