Duan na Muilgheartaich
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
April 1963
Track ID
90022
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1963.13.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
The King of Lochlann sent the monster sea-hag called the 'Muilgheartach' to Ireland. The monster was killed by Fionn MacCumhail and his warriors. This Heroic Ballad describes the monster and the fight in which she was killed.
The contributor got the ballad from Donald MacDonald [Dòmhnall Mac Dhonnchaidh].
Item Notes
Recited.
See:
'Popular Tales of the West Highlands' vol. III (J. F. Campbell ed., 1861), p. 136
Item Subject/Person
Rìgh Èirinn; Rìgh Lochlann; a' Mhuilgheartach; MacCumhail, Fionn
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good