Her work was drawn from and referenced by many writers, from specialists to popular authors, such as Neil Gaiman.
Otta Swire was involved in organizing the Skye Gathering, which had been started by Landowners "egged on by Lady MacDonald of Sleat" in 1878.
[3] In 1945 Otta Swire and her husband purchased Orbost House, where her parents had previously resided, but which had become a home for alcoholics in 1890 and a shooting lodge and hotel in the 1930s.
[5][6] The Skye stories are drawn from Gaelic and Norse traditions, as told by a generation that predated the World Wars.
Swire's work references archaeological features that otherwise have left little or no physical trace, providing a valuable source of information for archaeologists.