• Leabhar na Beatha

    by  • 17 December 2010 • 0 Comments

    An Uig entry to this year’s FilmG competition, written by Eric Macdonald and filmed by Keith Stringer on Uig Sands. You can view the rest of the entries here.

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    Do Lorg ‘s Do Bhata Treun

    by  • 1 December 2010 • 0 Comments

    Do lorg ‘s do bhata treun Tha iad a tabhairt comhfurtachd Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm XXIII, v4 Do Lorg ‘s Do Bhata Treun was written by Murdo Macdonald of Crola during his stay in Lewis Hospital, while awaiting his operation for goitre. The operation was unsuccessful and he died at [...]

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    A Church in Trinidad

    by  • 29 November 2010 • 3 Comments

    Colin Ian Maclean (Cailean Ruaraidh Phadraig) was born in 1927 in Crowlista and brought up at 8 Timsgarry. He was minister of the Church of Scotland charge of Trinidad, Port of Spain: Greyfriars and St Ann’s at the time of the laying of this foundation stone for this new building at Arouca.

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    Hi Ho Ro Tha Mi Duilich

    by  • 19 September 2010 • 0 Comments

    This song of lament for the people and places of Uig was written by Donald Morrison, born 1858 to 3 Valtos, who left Uig in 1886 and settled in Winnipeg.  Donald had been involved in the land struggle in the early 1880s and tradition maintains that he had to leave as things were getting too [...]

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    The Last Man of Bereiro

    by  • 28 August 2010 • 0 Comments

    The Uig Landscape Project (Durham University) is looking at sites around Crowlista, including the old settlement of Bereiro at the head of Traigh na Sruban. The last inhabitant of Bereiro was Donald Matheson, born about 1794, who was a Hudson’s Bay man, returned to Uig, and emigrated again in 1834.

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    A Little Extra Hardship in Groningen

    by  • 23 August 2010 • 0 Comments

    Further to the story about the Naval Division men interned in Groningen at the very beginning of the Great War, here’s a note from the Ness news in the Gazette (date unknown at present but about 1917) about the poor rate of exchange they were getting on remittances from home. As previously mentioned, the internees, [...]

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    Murchadh Ban

    by  • 22 August 2010 • 0 Comments

    This story comes from the end of the 18th century, but seems to hark back to an earlier time.  However it is likely that the Viking element was grafted on later – did Vikings pick up local pilots? And potatoes didn’t arrive in the islands until the middle of the 18th century, and even by [...]

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    An Airman at Aird Uig, 1959-61

    by  • 20 August 2010 • 3 Comments

    RAF Corporal Technician Pete Davis and his wife Hilary spend the first 18 months of their married life Lewis after he was stationed to RAF Aird Uig. They lived in Linshader and Aird. This is an engaging account of their time in Uig.

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    The Uig Landscape Project

    by  • 20 August 2010 • 0 Comments

    Starting next week (25 Aug) a team from Durham University Department of Archaeology will be in Uig to investigate some of the archaeological sites in the area, reviewing excavations from 10 years ago and preparing a publication. Two public events.

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    Uig School, mid 1970s

    by  • 17 August 2010 • 3 Comments

    A picture from the early years of Uig School, with Crowlista school in the background. Most (nick)names now filled in, thanks to Donna, but we need a few more yet.

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    Test Tubes and Hydrochloric Acid

    by  • 17 August 2010 • 0 Comments

    From the files, a delivery note for lab supplies for Crowlista School in 1934. The list includes tubes and corgs, jars and other equipment, and a small quantity of chemicals. They were supplied by WB Nicolson of Bath Street, Glasgow, and shipped by MacBrayne at a cost of 4/- for two boxes. [singlepic id=1177  w=580] [...]

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    A Memorable Sunday in Lewis

    by  • 2 August 2010 • 0 Comments

    Last Sunday will be a memorable one in Lewis. During the night the Mercantile Marine authorities at Stornoway received instruction to mobilise the Royal Naval Reserve. On Sunday afternoon motor cars were dispatched to all parts of the island with notices summoning the men to report themselves at Stornoway.

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    Little Tales from Capadal

    by  • 1 August 2010 • 0 Comments

    Two tales from when Alexander MacRae and then his widow had Ardroil Farm (see also our new list of Uig farms and their owners and rental). English follows. Bha bean Alasdair na Riobhach ‘na boireannach diadhaibha bha cumail smachd theann air na searbhantan. Glè thric, anns a’ mhadainn an dèidh na leabhraichean bhiodh cùirt ann nam [...]

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    The New Website

    by  • 30 July 2010 • 1 Comment

    Welcome to the new-but-familiar CEUig.com. I hope it helps you to discover stories you may have missed previously. It’s also a little more robust behind the scenes, and has room for more in-depth resources that weren’t fitting on the front page very well. So what’s new here?

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    The Soldiers’ Return

    by  • 30 July 2010 • 0 Comments

    batavia-cycle

    From notes by Rev Col AJ Mackenzie, the story of the Old Soldiers of Uig who after the battle for Batavia, had many long years of service before they could finally return home, a full nine years after they had left it as young recruits to the 78th.

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    Dolly Doctor speaks up for Gaelic

    by  • 30 July 2010 • 0 Comments

    [singlepic id=1174 w=600] From the People’s Journal, 27 September 1958. It’s a while now since Dr Donald Macdonald [Dolly Doctor] of Gisla in Lewis practised at his profession. But the jovial, big-hearted doctor is still a cure and a tonic for many folk not only in his native island, but in many other circles. Take [...]

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