Laoidh Dhiarmaid

Contributors

MacDonald, Duncan, 1882-1954 (616)

Fieldworkers

Campbell, Dr John Lorne, 1906-1996 (614)

Date 11 January 1950

Track ID 24531

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0044B.207

Original Tape ID

CW0044B

Summary

This Ossianic ballad tells how Diarmad O' Duinn was killed by a poisoned spine from a boar.

Item Notes

28 quatrains sung.

See:
'Popular Tales of the West Highlands' vol. 3 (J. F. Campbell ed., 1861) p. 60
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell ed., 1872) p. 164

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Peninerine

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song Verse

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good