Maighre an Chuil Orbhui

DESCRIPTION: Gaelic. The singer's wife was stolen and replaced by a fairy woman without his knowledge. In Dublin he meets his real wife whom he eventually recognizes. He joins his real wife.
AUTHOR: Colla Mac Seain (source: O Boyle, citing O'Reilly's _Irish Writers_)
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (OBoyle-TheIrishSongTradition)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage reunion disguise supernatural wife
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OBoyle-TheIrishSongTradition 16, "Maighre an Chuil Orbhui" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [33 words]: O Boyle summarizes the text in English but does not translate it. The description follows the summary. He says, at the end, that "the song does not tell us the fate of [the] fairy wife and children."- BS
File: OBoy016

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