AGM 2009
Our AGM went well. The whole committee stood again and was re-elected (John Maciver, Finlay Maciver, Donald Macaulay, Donald Maciver,…
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19th Century Food
From Lewsiana, by W Anderson Smith (J&R Parlane, Paisley 1874-1886). Let us first consider in detail the domestic arrangements in…
After Easter
Uig is a hive of activity this afternoon.
The Postman Retires
Calum Macaskill (Calum Iain ‘ic Asgaill) was a postman and lived at Luachair. Latterly he would walk into Morsgail every…
League Champions, 1978
The Uig football team was top of the league in 1978. Iain Morrison 13 Mangersta (Moggan), Roderick Maclean 20 Brenish…
Easter Opening
The Museum will be open over Easter weekend: Friday 10th, Saturday 11th and Monday 13th, from 12 to 4pm. Outside…
Side Schools in Uig III: Hamnaway, Luachair and Crola
Part III of a series on the small, remote schools in Uig, set up to cater often for single families…
BBC Alba: A Reir na h-Aimsir
The BBC Alba series A Reir na h-Aimsir, which looks at how weather affects us, was this week in Lewis,…
The Seaforth Regimental Toast
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) have been the regiment of choice (or obligation, sometimes) for Lewismen since 1772. Deoch slàinte…
April
Taken this afternoon from Ganstotl on Loch Roag (back of Geshader), looking to Eilean Garbh and Cliatasaigh (left), with Bernera…
Mac an t-Srònaich: Not as Bad as All That
James Shaw Grant, in one of his many books about the folk and tales of the Islands, reckoned that the…
The Uig Piper in Washington
Piper Lorne Cousin with Sir Sean Connery at the US Library of Congress. Lorne is an Uigeach, grandson to Murdo…
DNA Clues to Irish Invasion
From the BBC website: Scientific evidence of an ancient invasion of Scotland from Ireland may have been uncovered by DNA…
Side Schools in Uig II: Morsgail, Scaliscro and Linshader
More about Uig side schools, the small schools provided for a minimum of three pupils in remote parts. From research…
The Gamekeeper’s Family
New to us, a fine collection of pictures from the family of Roderick Mackenzie Sr, gamekeeper at Uig Lodge.
Enterprise of Four Uigeachs
Stornoway Gazette, 30 December 1949. It is many years since there was a fishing boat of any size in Uig…
British Summer Time and Census Night
The clocks went forward this morning. In case you missed them previously, we have two short pieces here on the…
William Dearg’s Medals
William Matheson (Uilleam Dearg) was born to 2 Geshader in 1877, the youngest son of William Ruadh. As a young…
Open Day at Uig School
This week Uig School held an Open Day to exhibit a wide range of work the pupils had been doing…
Seaforth Goes After his Deserters
From the appendices of the Historical Record of the 72nd Highlanders, Vol. 2. I’m not aware of a particular Uig…