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Duan na Ceàrdaich

Date August 1968
Track ID 61485
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1968.153.B8

Original Tape ID

SA1968.153

Summary

This Ossianic Ballad tells how Fionn MacCumhail and his men took Fionn's magic sword, 'Mac an Luinn', to an enchanted smithy to be re-tempered. They followed the smith to the smithy, where there were four misshapen, four-armed blacksmiths, each with a claw-hammer and iron pincers. Some of the swords belonging to Fionn's men are named. These are 'Fead', 'Faoidh', 'Èigheach' and 'An Conallach'.

Item Notes

This ballad was often sung at Hogmanay. The last two words, "na buidhne", have been lost on the recording.

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) p. 29
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell) p. 65
'Stories from South Uist' (MacLellan/Campbell) p. 14

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good