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Ossian is the narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson, originally as Fingal (1761) and Temora (1763), and later combined under the title The Poems of Ossian. Macpherson claimed to have collected word-of-mouth material in Scottish Gaelic, said to be from ancient sources, and that the work was his translation of that material. Ossian is based on Oisín, son of Fionn mac Cumhaill, a legendary bard in Irish mythology. Contemporary critics were divided in their view of the work's authenticity, but the current consensus is that Macpherson largely composed the poems himself, drawing in part on traditional Gaelic poetry he had collected.
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The St.Kilda Wedding/Perrie Werrie Reel/the Honourable Mrs.Moll's Reel
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The Road to Drumleman
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Alick Cameron Champion Piper / Joe Mcgann's Fiddle
The Carrying Stream
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'S Gann Gunn Dirich Mi Chaoidh
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