Maighstir Iain a' leigheas gille aig fear beairteach, a tha...

Original Track ID

SA1953.37.B4

Original Tape ID

SA1953.037

Summary

Father Iain heals the son of a wealthy man, who gives him money to build a new church.

Father Iain had a poor congregation and a small thatched church. He went to raise funds to build a new one. He was staying with a priest in Morar, where the son of a man in a big house nearby had been ill for years. The doctors could do nothing for him. Father Iain looked at him and asked for ham to be boiled. The next day, he made the boy eat as much of it as he could, then left a dish of water nearby. An eel finally came out of his mouth and into the dish. The boy's father gave him money for his church, in Iochdar, and the family became Catholic.

Item Subject/Person

Maighstir Iain

Item Location

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Classification

AT285B*

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good