Tag Archives: gaelic

2005.76.7

Audio cassette recording of Alasdair MacArthur, Balemartine recorded by himself.

Alasdair MacArthur (Alasdair Sheumais Alasdair) recites a poem in Gaelic Gaol air Dhia and talks in English about the island of Tiree starting with the beauty of Happy Valley then going through the townships naming shops, hills, churches, harbours, shebeens, lochs and schools and describing the different views.

2005.66.1

Mini-disk recording of Lachie Campbell, Crossapol talking to Maggie Campbell in June 2005.

Lachie Campbell, Crossapol talks to Maggie Campbell in June 2005 about Cornaigmore as it used to be, the people who lived there and how the population of the township has diminished since he was a boy; he also talks about his time spent away from the island when he was in the army.