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Laoidh a' Choin Duibh

Date October 1966
Track ID 107091
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1966.89.B5

Original Tape ID

SA1966.089

Summary

An Ossianic ballad which tells the story of the black hound. Caoilte was out hunting on the hill one day when he met an ugly man with a black hound. The man wanted the Fingalians to get their dogs to fight it. The black hound killed many dogs belonging to the Fingalians, but eventually it was killed by Fionn's dog Bran.

Item Notes

See:
'Tocher' 25 (The School of Scottish Studies)
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell ed., 1872) p. 92

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good