Story entitled 'Cath ghlun nan Tarbh', c1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/20
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Cath ghlun nan Tarbh' [Cath Chluain Tarbh or Battle of Clontarf] probably collected from Mary MacInnes, Tigh Ghearraidh/Tigharry, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist describing how she heard 'an extraordinary lay with her uncle [Roderick MacQuien, catechist] entitled Cathul an Tarbh'. She gives a short synopsis of the story which is about a fight between the bulls of Lochlan [Lochlann/Norway] and Eirinn [Èireann/Ireland].
Dates
- Creation: c1866
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 61r, line 13 to folio 61r, line 21
Bibliography
Downham, Clare, 'The Battle of Clontarf in Irish History and Legend', History Ireland , 13.5 (September/October, 2005) pp 19-23.
Ryan, John, 'The Battle of Clontarf', Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 68 (1938), pp 1-50.
Ryan, John, 'The Battle of Clontarf', Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 68 (1938), pp 1-50.
Subject
- MacInnes, Mary, c1815-1903 (domestic servant | Tigharry | North Uist) (Person)
- MacQuien, Roderick, c1750-c1830 (catechist | Malaclete | North Uist) (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
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
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