Bookscommunity accountsArrow in the Fire
Rolo’s Stories from Isle of Lewis oral tradition includes: genealogy, landmarks, clan battles and warlord characters. John Murdo MacDonald ‘s stories span bow and arrow battles in the 1600s to tacksmen evicting families in the 1850s by setting the thatch alight.
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Balaich Na Whalers- Publication
Balaich nam Whalers, memories of the men from the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides of Scotland, who worked on the Whale Catcher Ships and the Shore Whaling Stations in South Georgia, South Atlantic in the 1950s.
The men who contributed information and pictures for this publication, worked in a dangerous …
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Bardachd Scalpaigh Book and CD
Chan eil eilean eile cho beag ri Scalpaigh às an do dh’èirich uimhir de bhàrdachd. Buinidh a ’chuid mhòr de na dh’fhuirich anns an dualchas don fhicheadamh linn, mòran dhi a tighinn o chianalas le bhith a’ falbh chon an dàrna cogaidh.
Mar sin tha cianalas, moladh air an àite is gaol a’ luib a chèile anns na h-òrain. Bhiodhte ghann …
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Bloigh Beag le Beannachd Traditional Gaelic Stories with CD
Bloigh Beag le Beannachd will be a resource for storytellers, native Gaelic speakers delving into their own culture and Gaelic learners to help extend vocabulary and grasp a glimpse of the Gael’s way of relating to their landscape.
Beathaichean, Sìthichean, Airgead, Bodaich is Cailleachan include an audio version. The Gaelic stories were collected and edited by the late Murdo “HMI” MacLeod …
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Rotal Gaelic accounts from Fishermen in the Hebrides
Rotal a boat’s wake, is a collection of Gaelic and English conversations with fishermen from the Isle of Lewis and Harris, in the Outer Hebrides. Accounts of family history, social history and fishing diversification, by the highly motivated fishermen of the islands.
Rotal a boat’s wake, launched November 2021 includes contributions by twenty fishermen, relaying accounts of fishing in island waters …
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St Valery Memories Publication
The 2018 publication St Valery Memories includes information from soldiers from the Isle of Lewis, taken prisoners of war at St Valery-en-Caux 12th June 1940. The 44 page publication includes the men’s in depth accounts, of their 5 years in captivity and camp pictures were contributed more recently by their families. Interviews and …
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Tonkan at 90
Tonkan the singer and accordion player, is well known as an entertainer in Isle of Lewis homes, at mainland concerts and at many social gatherings in ports all over the world. The entertainment continues in Tonkan at 90, with memories of Port Na Giùran and the escapades of his working life
Oral History Isle of Lewis
Publications created from local history in the Isle of Lewis Outer Hebrides
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