Archive for the ‘gàidhlig’ Category
Friday, February 12th, 2010
This is the final section of an interesting and detailed piece on the Pygmies Isle (first mentioned by Dean Monro in 1549 as having been inhabited by "little people") near the Butt of Lewis , published by WC Mackenzie in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, 13 March ...
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Just now I am up in a cold land
And a message has arrived for us to go to sea,
That the ships are now assembled and when night comes
We have to move off with them.
-Murdanie Macritchie
This song was written by Petty Officer Murdanie Macritchie, Brenish, whilst serving during the Second War ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Maggie Smith and John Murdo Macdonald have recently produced a DVD of songs of Uig, an excellent record for which the Comann Eachdraidh is grateful. The DVD can be purchased for £10 plus postage from Maggie on 01851 860204.
Traditional singers Pèigi Oighrig Smith of Kneep and Agnes Fraser originally ...
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
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Verses written by Norman "Conter" Macleod, am Bard Bochd and for many years headmaster at Lochcroistean, on the occasion of the marriage of Agnes Smith, Lochcroistean, to Kenny Maclennan, 15 Kneep. It was sung at the wedding by Kenny Dan Smith, 2 Ungeshader; and the reading here ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
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Ciorstaidh Mhòr, Christina Matheson, was born in 1861 in Enaclete, a daughter of William Ruadh and a sister of William Dearg. Her father came with his family to Geshader in the late 19th century and built this house at 2 Geshader, on the hillside overlooking the loch on the right ...
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
The BBC Alba series A Reir na h-Aimsir, which looks at how weather affects us, was this week in Lewis, looking at how traditional blackhouse architecture has been adapted for a new house in Brenish, amongst other things. There's a trio of well-known Uig bodachs on local weather lore at ...
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Sgeulachdan goirid air a' chuspair 'Cianalas'. Duaisean air leth airson fileantaich & luchd-ionnsachaidh:
Bun-Sgoil: 1. £40 : 2. £20 : 3. £15 (suas gu 200 facal)
Àrd-Sgoil: 1. £60 : 2. £40 : 3. £20 (suas gu 500 facal)
Inbhich: 1. £150 : 2. £100 : 3. £ 50 (suas ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
A Mhealisbhal bhòidhich ‘s do mhullach air chòmhdach
Le uisge agus ceò agus frasan de d'fhuachd
Bho làithean m' òige bha mise ort eòlach
‘S tu ag èirigh cho còmhnard os cionn a' Chuan Siar.
Cha robh maidne a dh'eirinn nach fhaicin do shlèibhtean
Do ghillean ‘s am beulan's iad daonnan bho ghruaim,
‘S e sealladh ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Pròiseact nan Ealan and Murray International Language Centre, both in Stornoway, have collaborated on the production of a new Gaelic Karaoke DVD, to be launched this Friday (23 January) at Celtic Connections in Glasgow. There are nine songs in the collection, including Eilean an Fhraoich, Hè mo Leannan and our ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Donald Òg was the younger of two sons called Donald, born to Dugald Macaulay, tacksman of Brenish, in the late 17th century; he was the great-grandson of Domhnall Càm. Rev William Matheson's columns on the Macaulays, published in the Gazette in the 1950s, include several stories about Donald Òg drawn ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
MG Alba, which in partnership with the BBC runs BBC Alba, the new Gaelic digital TV service, is also running a Gaelic short film competition, FilmG. This is an entry with Uig connections, Am/Àite, written by Eric Macdonald, directed by Alasdair Macleod and featuring a few faces you might know.
You ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
A mysterious cave full of swords was once discovered on Mealisval, but the could not be found again. Dave Roberts gave the story of the discovery of the cave in an article for Uig News and here gives a range of possible explanations.
In the Iron Age (2000 years ago) people ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
A song by Peigi Eiric Smith, Kneep, which was performed at our Good Night Out in Uig last Friday.
O tha mi dol dhachaidh gu Eilean mo ghràidh
A dh'ionnsaidh a' bhaile ‘s an robh mi nam' phàisd'
a dh'fhaicinn gach machair gach loch agus tràigh
‘S mi'n duigh iomadh mile bho dhuthaich mo ...
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Seo mar a dh'innis Cairistiona Dhòmhnallach, 25 Crabhlastadh mar a bhiodh i a dol chun an iasgaich na h-oige.
See the English translation here.
Nuair a bhiodh sinn a dol a dh'fhalbh chun a Sgadain airson a' chiad uair dh'fheumadh sinn an toiseach Màighstear a lorg. 'S e clann-nighean eile a bhiodh ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Memories of the shieling and the village he left behind - written by Donald Maclennan, Dòmhnall Mhurchaidh Dhòmhnaill a Sguthair, 24 Valtos, who emigrated to America.
A h-uile latha chì 's nach fhaic
'S a h-uile latha chì sinn
Deoch-slàinte mo chaileag nì mi òl
A h-uile latha chì sinn
Ag cuallach bhò air cùl ...
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