Young Isle of Lewis women up until the 1950s, earned their first wage following the herring shoals. They gutted, salted and packed herring in barrels, the season commencing May 10th in Stornoway they travelled onward to places such as Shetland, Read more
Bàrdachd Na Sgìre Nam òige an seo ann an Leòdhas, bhathas tric ri bàrdachd, mus tàinig cur seachadan dripeil an latha an diugh. Bha inntinn dhaoine air ghleus a gabhail eala ri cainnte agus cruth na chùirt, a thàinig a Read more
Gaelic songs from the Isle of Lewis by DA Matheson, Barvas
The majority of place names in the Outer Hebrides come from Old Norse. This publication are theories which span aspects of the Norse Sagas to oral tradition. Focusing on Norse related place names in the Lochs district, on the east Read more
First hand accounts by soldiers from the Hebrides who were Prisoners of War in Poland
Roddy MacDonald is an exponent of the traditional melodeon tunes of the Hebrides. Learning the tunes to the beat of Gaelic lyrics by the fireside as a child. The Collection Fasan a Dh’fhalbh is a combination of traditional Gaelic Airs Read more
Hi I am Magaidh from the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. I am a native Gaelic speaker living on a croft in the Hebrides. Six generations of my family lived on this land, so I am well rooted. A croft is Read more