Sgeulachd mu Iain Dubh mac Iain Ghiorr 's a mhàthair.
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1958.87.B5
Original Tape ID
Summary
A story about Iain Dubh mac Iain Ghiorr and his mother.
Iain Dubh mac Iain Ghiorr was a poacher who was banished from his native Mull. He had a boat which was painted black on one side and white on the other. When his mother died he took a boy with him and returned to Mull. He holed every boat in the bay, and stole his mother's corpse and the whisky for the wake. When the body was missed everyone took to their boats to pursue Iain Dubh, but they all sank.
Iain Dubh reached Sgeir nan Ròn in Glencoe. The boy went to fetch people to take the corpse to Eilean Munde for burial. Iain Dubh saw his mother rising and stabbed her. The boy returned with the funeral party and they lifted the body. There was an otter underneath, which was why she rose. She was buried at Eilean Munde.
Item Subject/Person
Iain Dubh mac Iain Ghiorr
Recording Location
County - Argyllshire
Item Location
County - Argyllshire
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good