Ireland
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
Story about the wife of Mac an Lir and accompanying songs, 11 April 1872
Story collected from Hector MacLeod, Iocar [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The text has been scored through in pencil and written transversely across the first few lines of text is 'See No 14 Book page 76' and written transveresely across the last page of text is 'See Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin 1808 page 14'.
Story about why the cock does not crow in Ireland, 1901
Story about why the cock does not crow in Ireland, describing how Christ had said that he was not going until the cock crowed and so in Connaught [Connacht] people placed their cockerels under pots so that they would not crow and they have not crowed since. It is noted that 'They were not so cursed in our Highlands and islands as all that'. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Story entitled 'An Ceatharnach', 5 December 1865
Story entitled 'An Gruagach Ban Mac Righ Eireann', 22 March 1871
Story entitled 'An t-Eilean Uaine', 1873
Story entitled both 'Clann An Lir' and 'Mac-an-Lir' about the Children of Lir including four poems or songs, 11 April 1872
Story entitled both 'Clann An Lir' and 'Mac-an-Lir' about the Children of Lir collected from Hector MacLeod, Eachann mac Alastair, Liancui, Iocar, South Uist [Lionacuidhe, Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas] including four poems or songs.
Story entitled 'Cath ghlun nan Tarbh', c1866
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].