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Duan na Muilgheartaich

Date 19 December 1959
Track ID 37643
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.16.B3

Original Tape ID

SA1960.016

Summary

In this Heroic Lay, we are told the story of how the 'Muilgheartach' was sent over to Ireland to annihilate the Fingalians. The King of Ireland wished to destroy them, and so he went to see the King of Norway. They came up with a plan in which the Norwegian King sent his fearsome witch, the 'Muilgheartach', over to Ireland to kill the enemy.

Item Subject/Person

a' Mhuilgheartach

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story Verse

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good