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Duan na Muilidheartaich

Date 30 March 1953
Track ID 104627
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.38.B6

Original Tape ID

SA1953.038

Summary

The King of Lochlann sent the monster sea-hag called the Muilidheartach to Ireland. The monster was killed by Fionn MacCumhail and his warriors. The ballad describes the monster and the fight in which she was killed.

Item Notes

See:
'Popular Tales of the West Highlands' vol. III (J. F. Campbell ed., 1861), p. 136
'Leabhar na Fèinne'

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good