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Duan na Ceàrdaich

Date
Track ID 20849
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0014B.60

Original Tape ID

CW0014B

Summary

Fionn mac Cumhaill had a sword called, 'Mac a' Luin'. When it was made, a band of heroes had to take it to a special smithy to temper it. This band included the Oscar, Caoilte, and Daor-ghlas. The ballad tells what happened.

Item Notes

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw ed., 1955) p. 29
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell ed., 1872) p. 59 and p. 65
'Stories from South Uist' (A. MacLellan & J. L.Campbell, 1961) p. 14
'Popular Tales of the West Highlands' (J. F. Campbell ed., 1861) Vol. III p. 396

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - South Uist

Parish - South Uist

Village/Place - Lochboisdale

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story Verse

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good