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Laoidh a' Choin Duibh

Date April 1963
Track ID 90018
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1963.13.A2

Original Tape ID

SA1963.013

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 Fenians to get their dogs to fight it. The black hound killed many dogs belonging to the Fenians, 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