{"id":589,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/fionn-mac-cumhaill-7\/"},"modified":"2016-01-25T11:23:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T11:23:57","slug":"fionn-mac-cumhaill-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/fionn-mac-cumhaill-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Fionn Mac Cumhaill (7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Fionn Mac Cumhaill (7)<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-589-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/fionn-mac-cumhaill-7.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/fionn-mac-cumhaill-7.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/fionn-mac-cumhaill-7.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/fionn-mac-cumhaill-7.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"dmeite\">\n<p><span id=\"neasc-nocht-ceilth\" class=\"nmeite\">view \/ hide recording details [+\/-]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"clarMeiteashonrai\" class=\"meiteashonrai\">\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teideal <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Title)<\/span>:<\/span> Fionn Mac Cumhaill (7).<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 840111.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chnuasach Bh\u00e9aloideas \u00c9ireann <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(National Folklore of Ireland Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Roud <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Roud Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Laws <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Laws Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Child <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Child Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Cnuasach <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Collection)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney Collection, University of Washington, Seattle.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teanga na Cro\u00edmh\u00edre <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Core-Item Language)<\/span>:<\/span> English.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Catag\u00f3ir <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Category)<\/span>:<\/span> story.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a thug <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Informant)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a th\u00f3g <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Collector)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> 15\/11\/1983.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> University of Washington, United States of America.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Oc\u00e1id an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Occasion)<\/span>:<\/span> evening class.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Daoine eile a bh\u00ed i l\u00e1thair <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Others present)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">St\u00e1das ch\u00f3ipcheart an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording copyright status)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna in the Household of Death<\/h2>\n<p>Fionn and some of his men were travelling through the mountains and stopped at a house to ask for lodgings for the night. When they came in, they were greeted by a very old man and a gorgeous young woman. The old man asked the young woman to get up and prepare some food, which she did.<\/p>\n<p>The men who were along with Fionn included Goll Mac Morna, a very strong man; Fionn&#8217;s son Ois\u00edn and his son Oscar; Con\u00e1n Maol &#8211; Mallacht\u00e1n &#8211; who was always causing trouble and insulting people<sup class=\"tagairt-n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">1<\/sup>. And while they were eating, they noticed a lamb tied at the wall. The lamb got loose, and Fionn asked each of his men to go and tie the lamb up again &#8211; but not one of them was able to do so. Fionn himself tried and failed. At length, the old man who was their host got up from the table and tied the lamb.<\/p>\n<p>When the meal was over, Fionn went and spoke to the beautiful young woman; she told him, &#8216;you had me once, but you&#8217;ll never have me again&#8217;. She told the same thing to each of the other visitors.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning when they were leaving, Fionn asked their host why he was able to tie up the lamb, but that neither he himself nor any of his men could do so. He also asked why the woman &#8211; whom he&#8217;d never seen before &#8211; said &#8216;you had me once, but you&#8217;ll never have me again&#8217;. The old man explained that the lamb was Life, who cannot be controlled; the young woman was Youth &mdash; something that Fionn had had but would never have again; and that he himself was Death, who had the power over both Life and Youth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">1. At this point in his story, Joe interpolates an anecdote about Con\u00e1n Maol, that explains why he is so difficult to deal with. One time the Fianna had been put under a spell, and were lying down stuck to the floor, unable to rise. They found out that the only way they could be released was to get a pint of blood from Fionn&#8217;s head, and put the blood around the area so that they could get up. When they got to Con\u00e1n Maol, there was no blood left, and they had to pull him off the floor &#8211; leaving a good deal of skin behind. They killed a sheep, and put the sheepskin on Con\u00e1n&#8217;s back, and every year they sheared a lot of wool off of Con\u00e1n&#8217;s back &#8211; enough to make a jacket and trouser for him!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scealaiocht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1470,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/1470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}