Duan na Ceàrdaich
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0044A.201
Original Tape ID
Summary
This Ossianic Ballad tells how Fionn MacCumhail and his men took Fionn's magic sword 'Mac an Luinn' to an enchanted smithy to be re-tempered. They followed a smith called Lonn Mac Lìobhann to the smithy, where there were four misshapen, four-armed blacksmiths, each with a claw-hammer and iron pincers. Some of the swords belonging to Fionn's men are named. These are 'Fead', 'Faoidh', 'Èigheach' and 'An Conallan'.
Item Notes
19 quatrains sung.
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
Item Subject/Person
Fionn MacCumhail; An Fhiann
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Island - South Uist
Parish - South Uist
Village/Place - Peninerine
Language
Gaelic
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good