• BooksGaidhlig publication

    Ailean a Baile Ailein Hardback

    Leabhar Ur Cloinne: Ailean a Baile Ailein a Hard Back Gaelic story book to read to children. Island life in the Lochs district in the Isle of Lewis is depicted by artist  Steve Tod,. The book features original hand drawn paintings with scenes from a traditional crofting community. Ailean is grwoing vegetables on the croft in the Outer Hebrides of …

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    An Staball Anne Ramsay agus Bradan Press

    An Stàball [The Stable] is the first-ever original Gaelic board book and a transatlantic collaboration. Author Anne Ramsay, from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland developed and tested the story with pupils at Sgoil-Àraich Lacasdail. Award-winning illustrator Kate Phillips of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada imbued the farmyard animals and their interactions with personality and drama. Each 2-page spread of this …

  • BooksGaelic Stories Hebrides

    Aonghas agus Seonaid Hardback

    Aonghas Agus Seonaid, a Hard Back Gaelic story book to read to children. Island life on the Westside of Lewis is depicted by artist  Steve Tod,. The book features original hand drawn paintings with scenes from a traditional crofting community. Seonaid’ the cat’s adventures are portrayed around the croft on the Atlantic Coast in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

    Aonghas Agus …

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    Arrow 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.

  • BooksOral History Isle of Lewis

    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 …

  • BooksGaelic Stories Hebrides

    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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    Cailleach an Deacoin Gaelic Humour CD

    Cailleach an Deacoin, the popular 1960s Gaelic comedian from the Isle of Lewis, a humorous character created by Murdo Matheson from Gravir, Isle of Lewis. He originally created the character after a committee was formed to raise funds for the local hospital in Stornoway. The …

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    Faclair Gaidhlig na Fantasachd, Scottish Gaelic Glossary of Fantasy Games and Literature

    Faclair Gàidhlig na Fantasachd brings together a collection of words, sayings and phrases in
    Gaelic from the worlds of fantasy, folklore and games. The glossary outlines the different parts of
    a sword, the words for creatures such as zombies and vampires as well as phrases essential for
    game playing in Gaelic.

    It will become an essential resource for gamers, as well as those looking …

  • Gaelic Song and Music Isle of Lewis Outer Hebrides

    Fasan A Dh’fhalbh Melodeon Music CD

    Traditional Gaelic tunes on melodeon in Hebridean Style by Roddy MacDonald Isle of Lewis

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    Gaelic Psalmody Recital 1978

    Unaccompanied Gaidhlig Psalms from the Isle of Lewis recorded by Lewis Recordings in 1978.  There are 3 Volumes, precentors as attached images.

  • CDGaelic Song and Music Isle of Lewis Outer Hebrides

    Orain Luaidh, Gaelic Waulking Songs, South Harris Waulking Group

    Traditional songs from the Isle of Harris now available on CD. The South Harris Waulking group were recorded in 1988 by Lewis Recordings. The authentic sound, it is what those ladies grew up hearing in their own community in their younger days. Tweed fulling was carried out by the young women of a village regardless of which weaver had woven …

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    Psalm Boat project Journal 2011-2023

    The Psalm Boat Project commemorated the custom of travelling to church services by boat on the sea lochs of Lewis and Harris and Gaelic psalm singing at the end of the Communion Season as they sailed to home ports.  In 2011 the psalm boat community began in Keose on the shores of Loch Erisort in Lochs. The community group have …

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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 …

  • CDGaelic Song and Music Isle of Lewis Outer Hebrides

    Salute to Rona CDS

    A Tribute to Rona Lightfoot, Uist’s well known piper, singer and Feis Tutor. 2 Cds with stories from Rona’s life, her piping and pibroch songs. An extensive resource of lyrics, translations and notes  available as download on the curator Linn Phipps ‘s website.

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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 …