'S Latha dhan Fhinn am Beinn Iongnaidh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
23 January 1960
Track ID
46567
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.35.B1
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is an Ossianic Ballad which tells how Caoilte, who was very swift, was sent ahead as a guide. He saw a house and went in. There was a maiden there. She was a king's daughter who had been stolen by a giant. When a five-headed giant appeared, Caoilte fought and killed him.
Item Notes
23 quatrains sung. Each is made up of two repeated couplets.
See:
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell ed.) p. 55
'Tocher' 27 (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 146
Item Subject/Person
Caoilte
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good