The last home of Màiri Mhòr / Dachaigh deireannach Màiri Mòire

The Skye Gaelic poet Mary MacPherson, known as Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (Big Mary of the Songs), died in the Rosedale Hotel overlooking Portree Harbour in 1898 and is buried in Inverness. The quotation on the commemorative plaque is from one of her best-known songs Nuair bha mi Òg ("When I was young") Link For location see NG4843 : Frontage of the Rosedale Hotel on the harbour at Portree, Skye.

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