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Children of Lir

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Notes = Mythological Irish children who were turned into swans.,Created For = CW

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Note about 'Tri truaigh nan sgeula/sgeulachd' or 'The three sorrows of stories', 1894

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/182
Scope and Contents

Note about 'Tri truaigh nan sgeula/sgeulachd' or 'The three sorrows of stories' that they are 'Clann an Lir Clann an Ruitinn and Clann Uisne'.

Dates: 1894

Poem entitled 'Clann An Lir' and accompanying story, 4 April 1872

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/12
Scope and Contents

Poem entitled 'Clann An Lir' [Children of Lir] collected from Hector Maciosaig, Eachann mac Ruarai [Hector MacIsaac], Ceannlangabhat, Iocar, South Uist [Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas] and accompanying story which explains that the verse was said to the gravedigger when he was digging the grave of the Children of Lir in Larne, Ireland and explains the enchantment under which the children were put. Additions have been made to the text in pencil and ink.

Dates: 4 April 1872

Story entitled both 'Clann An Lir' and 'Mac-an-Lir' about the Children of Lir including four poems or songs, 11 April 1872

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/13
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 11 April 1872