Allister MacGillivray
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Allister MacGillivray is a singer/songwriter from the Cape Breton
region of Nova Scotia, Canada
.
He began performing very young, at the age of seven, and, throughout his life, inspired a culture based on his home area, generally referred to as the town of Marion Bridge
, also known as Drochaid Mhira as Cape Breton is still strongly Gaelic
. Among his best known songs is the town's namesake that provided the theme for a Canadian film of the same name:
His songs have been sung throughout the world especially in classical contexts including Italy
and Taiwan
.
He concluded his singing career in the early eighties to write songs and books, and make films, about Cape Breton. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate
by The University College of Cape Breton.
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
region of Nova Scotia, Canada
.
He began performing very young, at the age of seven, and, throughout his life, inspired a culture based on his home area, generally referred to as the town of Marion Bridge
Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia
Marion Bridge is a Canadian rural community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.The community is named for the eponymous bridge that crosses the Mira River; Marion Bridge being approximately mid-way between the river's source in Grand Mira and its discharge point at Mira Gut...
, also known as Drochaid Mhira as Cape Breton is still strongly Gaelic
Gaels
The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
. Among his best known songs is the town's namesake that provided the theme for a Canadian film of the same name:
His songs have been sung throughout the world especially in classical contexts including Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
.
He concluded his singing career in the early eighties to write songs and books, and make films, about Cape Breton. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate
Honorary degree
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
by The University College of Cape Breton.