Song entitled 'Laoidh na Muireartaich' and accompanying note, 15 January 1866
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Laoidh na Muireartaich' collected from Alasdair Donullach [Alexander MacDonald], crofter, Borgh/Borve, Barraigh/Isle of Barra, composed of forty-nine stanzas of four lines each. The first stanza begins 'La dha'n Fhinn air tulach Oirill, Gaurac Eirinn mu tiomchioll'. The accompanying note explains how the Muireartach was Rìgh Lochlann's [King of Norway] nurse and the wife of Lon Mhic, the Lochlann's chief blacksmith, who made Fionn's sword. The song was composed for making the sword and was how the Muireartach came from Lochlann [Norway] in pursuit of her husband the blacksmith. The note at the end of the song makes the connection between it and 'Duan na Ceardach' [Lay of the Smithy] and 'Còrag Fhinn agus Mhanuis' [The Fight between Fionn and Manus].
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 17r, line 1 to folio 21r, line 18
Bibliography
Campbell, Rev. John G., 'The Muileartach, a West Highland Tale', The Scottish Celtic Review, vol II (1881) pp. 115-137.
Campbell, Rev. John G.,The Fians Or Stories, Poems And Traditions Of Fionn And His Warrior Band (London, 1891), pp. 131-158.
Campbell, John Francis, (ed.), Popular Tales of the West Highlands, vol III (,) pp. 122-146.
MacBain, Alexander and Kennedy, Rev. John., (eds.)Reliquae Celticae, vol I (Inverness, 1892) pp. 276-278.
Subject
- MacDonald, Alexander, fl 1861 (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)
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