Bernie Smith singing ‘Lag nan Cruachan’
Sound clip of Bernie Smith of West Hynish singing ‘Lag nan Cruachan’.
Courtesy of Mr Bernie Smith
During a cèilidh held in March 2006 to celebrate the end of the Society for Northern Studies’ Tiree Conference, Bernie Smith of West Hynish sang four verses of ‘Lag nan Cruachan’, a song written by Captain Angus Lamont of Cornaigmore in the 19th century.
Captain Lamont enrolled as a medical student at Glasgow University but, as the Rev Hector Cameron noted in ‘Na Bàird Thirisdeach’, ‘the lure of the sea…was too much for him and he deserted the healing profession for the romantic calling of the mariner.’
He wrote a number of songs, of which only ‘Lag nan Cruachan’ survives. He died aged around forty-four on board his ship at San Francisco. His brother-in-law, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the tea clipper ‘Taeping’, also died in the prime of life.
MD recording of a talk by Rob Dunbar about Am Bard Thighearna Cholla in An Talla on 30/3/2006.
Talk by Rob Dunbar about bard John MacLean from Caoles held in An Talla on 30th March 2006 during the Tiree Conference of the Society for Northern Studies.
CD `Am Miseanaraidh` by Iain Mac a` Ghobhainn.
Gaelic story by Iain Crichton Smith read by Donald William Stewart.
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Paperback book `Am Miseanaraidh` by Iain Mac a` Ghobhainn.
Gaelic story by Iain Crichton Smith.
Composition titled `Gaelic in the Bruce` by Archie MacKinnon of Guelph.
Article about the Gaelic heritage of Bruce County by Archi MacKinnon of Guelph, Ontario.
Hardback book `Turas a` Chriosdaidh` translated by T. R. MacGilliebhra.
Bunyan`s Pilgrim`s Progress translated into Gaelic.
Paperback book `Ri Linn nan Linntean` edited by Richard A. V. Cox and Colm O Baoill.
An anthology of Gaelic prose.
De-accessioned 2.3.26.
Paperback book `Seanfhacail is Seanchas` edited by John MacLean and Maletta MacPhail.
Proverbs and folklore in Gaelic and English.
Paperback book `Muir is Tir` by George MacLeod.
Gaelic terms and bilingual descriptive notes and drawings centred on traditional Lewis-based fishing in the late 19th/early 20th century.
Boxed set of 3 CDs `Dacha Mo Ghaoil` read by Norman MacLean.
Humorous novel read by the author.
