Guided walk around Geshader with Maggie Smith looking at sites of historical interest, based on information from Finlay Maciver. Meet at Lochcroistean Visitor Centre at 1.15pm; the pace will be gentle. Organised for Scottish Archaeology Month.
Read more →This week the Comann Eachdraidh was pleased to welcome Mr and Mrs Jack Duncan from Michigan, USA, on their first visit to Uig. Jack is the great grandson of “An Irish”, Calum Macritchie, a well-known character in his day and one of the leaders of the Reef Raiders in 1913. Jack’s grandparents were Tarmod an Irish and [...]
Read more →Buffet supper and ceilidh with the Woodlands Ceilidh Band. Friday 22 August at 7.30pm Uig Community Centre Tickets at the door.
Read more →Please join us on Saturday 9 August for an (unguided) walk to the Morsgail Beehives (NB131199) under Sgalabhal. A little information here. Time and weather permitting, we may take in other scant remains of shielings in the area and look for the disappearing loch. Meet at 11am at Morsgail road end and we will take a [...]
Read more →Our next àirigh outing is on 26 July to Àirigh Taoireag and Àirigh Smuddaidh, behind Flodrasgairbh to the back of Ardroil (roughly NB047290). Taoireag is an old shieling in use before the villages around Traigh Uig were cleared in the 1830s, and after Ardroil was resettled it was rebuilt by the Macritchies of 11 Ardroil. [...]
Read more →Pictures by Roddy from the Comann Eachdraidh walk out to the shieling at Mealista, one of the last to be built in Uig and still in solid shape, with a fine view over the Atlantic.
Read more →Members and their guests are invited to join us for an outing with Seatrek to Strome on Thursday 24 July, to have a look at the village and shielings there. The itinerary is flexible and may take in some islands in Loch Roag. £10; depart from Miavaig at 10am with Seatrek – weather permitting, of [...]
Read more →Ceilidh at the shieling. CE Uig invites you to join us for a short walk out for a ceilidh and a picnic. We are thinking about rebuilding a shieling and will be visiting several over the summer to talk about the possibilities. Airidh Gearraidh an Uisge (NB106272) was built by the Baxter from 6 Kneep [...]
Read more →Another Uig tradition: Saturday 5 July from 1pm Reef Machair Fun and games and a world-class tea tent. Post-event: photos
Read more →Photo by ßlϋeωãvε The IBT annual talk on the Shiant Isles, followed (weather permitting) by a boat trip to the islands, in the company of Adam and Tom Nicolson who own the islands and who have spent many years researching the truths and legends. Saturday 21 June, 10.30am Marine Harvest shed, Lemreway, Pairc, Lewis The [...]
Read more →A welcome finish to the AGM was an illustrated talk on “The Lighter Side of Gaelic Medicine” by Mary Beith, an authority on traditional Highland medicine and writer of the Deanamh a’Leighis column in the West Highland Free Press. Strangely it was Mary’s first visit to Uig but she found it a rich source of [...]
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