Customs of the St Kildans
St Kilda is not in the parish of Uig but we can see it from coast around the upper end…
Category: History (page 4)
The Uig POs and their Postmarks
From Islands Postal History Series, No 3: Lewis, by James A Mackay. Published by the author, 1978. Miavaig The Gaelic…
Announcements: Museum, Committee and Twitter
The Museum will be open from this week, on Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays, 12-4pm, for the rest of May. Full…
The Rose
Our Rose, painted by Anne McVean – notecards now available to buy from the museum. Many thanks to Anne.
TB Macaulay’s Other Form of Life Insurance
TB Macaulay (1860-1942), the well-known son of Uig who became President of the Sun Life Assurance Co. in Montreal, and…
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.
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…
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…
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…
Carnish Pier
From an article by Dave Roberts with Norman Macaulay, John Macdonald and Donald Maciver. In the Seaforth Muniments, there are letters…
The Uig Quiz
At the Uig Celebration dinner and ceilidh on Friday, there was an Uig quiz, compiled by Teen Anne Murray. Twenty…
Prosperity and Overcrowding in Uig, 1850s-1890s
From Uig, A Hebridean Parish, by HA Moisley and the Geographical Field Group, 1960. The crofting population of Uig started…
Uig School: Learning about Blackhouses
We’re pleased to launch a new Uig School page, to show some of the historical subjects the children are studying,…
At the Shieling
The mystery surrounding this picture has been cleared up – see the comments for Teen Anne’s identification of most of…
Dolly Doctor’s Slideshow, 20 February
The Islands Book Trust and Peter Cunningham will present a selection of slides from the collection of Dolly Doctor –…
Co-fharpais Sgrìobhaidh (Gaelic Story Competition)
Sgeulachdan goirid air a’ chuspair ‘Cianalas’. Duaisean air leth airson fileantaich & luchd-ionnsachaidh: Bun-Sgoil: 1. £40 : 2. £20 :…
Donald Maciver at Lemreway
Now that the CE na Pairc website is up and running, we’re expecting a good bit of cross-fertilisation between it…
www.cepairc.com
From the same stable as CEUig.com comes a new website for Comunn Eachdraidh na Pairc, across the island in South…