Poem entitled 'Corag Fhinn agus Mhanuis', 15 January 1866
Scope and Contents
Poem entitled 'Corag Fhinn agus Mhanuis' [Comhrag Fhèinn Agus Mhanuis or The Fight of Fionn and Manus] collected from Alasdair Donullach [Alexander MacDonald], Boradh, Barra [Borgh/Borve, Barriagh/Isle of Barra]. The story is told in forty stanzas of four lines each. The first stanza begins 'Ce be bhiodh leinn a laoidh, Air an trai[gh] tha siar fo dheas'. MacDonald states that he heard the story from Eifrig Nic an Lias, 'shean mhaighdean' [old maid or spinster].
Dates
- Creation: 15 January 1866
Language of Materials
English Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 91 folios ; 20 x 16.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 12v, line 1 to folio 16v, line 17
Bibliography
Campbell, John Francis, (ed.), Leabhar na Féinne, vol I, (London, 1872), pp. 77-78.
Campbell, John Gregorson, The Fians Or Stories, Poems And Traditions Of Fionn And His Warrior Band (London, 1891), pp. 106-112.
Subject
- MacDonald, Alexander, fl 1861 (Person)
- Nic an Lias, Eifrig, c1850 ([Euphemia Gilles?] | spinster | Isle of Barra) (Person)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
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