MacDhòmhnaill (Angus MacDonald, 2nd of Dalilea) remained in hiding as outlaws until the Act of Indemnity was passed. In 1751, MacDhòmhnaill published the second secular book in the Gaelic language in Edinburgh; Ais-Eiridh na Sean Chánoin Albannaich — (The Resurrection of the Old Scottish Language), which was a collection of his poetry. Due to its vocal attacks in verse against King George II, the House of Hanover, and the ruling Whig political party, copies of the book were rounded up and burned by the public hangman. Twelve copies of the original edition are now known to survive, however. Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, who was one of the most famous, most innovative, and most influential Gaelic Bards of the 18th century, died at Arisaig in 1770. He remains, along with 20th century Symbolist Bard Sorley MacLean, one of the two most important poets and writers in the history of Scottish Gaelic literature. In a 2016 article, Scottish poet Alan Riach described translating into English Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair's immram poem Birlinn Chloinne Raghnaill ("The Birlinn of Clanranald"), about a sea voyage from Loch Eynort, in South Uist, to Carrickfergus, in Northern Ireland. Riach praised the genius of the poem's 18th-century author and how brilliantly he emulated both Homer and Virgil in telling his tale of men against the sea. Riach has also argued that The Birlinn of Clanranald, is, "one of the great poems of world literature", and that, in the same poem, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair anticipated 20th- and 21st century literary movements, including both surrealism and Psychedelic literature. In a 2020 article, Scottish nationalist Hamish MacPherson ranked the Clanranald Bard as one of the two greatest Scottish poets in any language. MacPherson also wrote, "It is a national disgrace that there is no national monument to Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair... I have no hesitation in saying that Alasdair is a seminal figure in the history of this country, for just as Robert Burns helped preserve the Scots language, so did Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair perform the same duty for Gaelic." Family background Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair was born around 1698, into both the Scottish nobility and Clan MacDonald of Clanranald. Through his great-grandmother Màiri, daughter of Angus MacDonald of Islay, he claimed descent from Scottish Kings Robert the Bruce and Robert II. The Bard's father was Maighstir Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill (Fr. Alexander MacDonald, 1st of Dalilea), who was the Non-juring