Photos from Finlay and Thelma on a long holiday in Australia, with Fiona and the grandchildren; they also met up with Hamish, Mary Peggy and Morag of Enaclete and now Fremantle.
Read more →[singlepic=1083,387] Abhainn Dearg, the new whisky from Uig, will not be whisky until 2011 but thanks to the intrepid Leodhaisiach Mike Donald and his colleagues, a small cask of the new spirit is lying cosseted in a cellar in Glasgow. MacSorley’s Music Bar on Jamaica Street will be the venue for a tasting of the […]
Read more →[singlepic=1081,320,240,,left]Comann Eachdraidh Uig played host last week to a visit from two experts on the Lewis Chessman, who hit the headlines in November with their theories relocating the find-site to Mealista, rather than Ardroil. Dr David Caldwell, Keeper of Scotland and Europe at the National Museum of Scotland, and Dr Mark Hall, curator at Perth […]
Read more →From the National Trust for Scotland website: The National Trust for Scotland is recruiting for an Archaeologist based in Inverness and on St Kilda. St Kilda has an outstanding historic environment dominated by 19th & 20th century remains with a time-depth that belies the archipelagos remote North Atlantic position and it is the only mixed […]
Read more →Press release from Buidheann Leasachaidh Ionad Hiort (The St Kilda Centre Development Group), 3 February 2010: A public meeting in Uig, Lewis, this week formally established an organisation to pursue the remit of creating the St Kilda Centre/Ionad Hiort as a major visitor attraction for the Western Isles. The initiative follows the selection of a […]
Read more →From the Scotsman, 17 January 2010: THE owners of one of the remotest shops in the country were celebrating yesterday after a “mystery millionaire” bought a new £16,000 delivery van to ensure the community does not run out of stock. Read more »
Read more →St Kilda, one of only 24 dual-status World Heritage Sites, is management by the National Trust for Scotland, which is revising its five-year Management Plan for the islands and seeking input from stakeholders on a number of issues. Responses are invited from anyone with an interest in St Kilda: you don’t have to live in […]
Read more →A statement from the Uig St Kilda group, 17 Nov 2009. More on the issue here and Uig’s vision here. We are very pleased that the Working Group has confirmed its recommendation of Mangurstadh as the location for Ionad Hiort/the St Kilda Centre. It is particularly welcome that Jura Consultants have responded so robustly and […]
Read more →From the Press & Journal, 16 February 2009: An image of a bygone era on the Hebridean island of St Kilda features on a banknote which enters circulation today. The picture features ancestors of father and son Norman and John Gillies. They appear on a new Clydesdale Bank £5 note, sitting outside a row of […]
Read more →A new study of the Uig Chessmen published last week by Dr David Caldwell et al. in Mediæval Archaeology has been getting a lot of press coverage (for instance on the BBC and in the Stornoway Gazette), particularly for the suggestion that the hoard may not actually have been found in Ardroil. Uig is not […]
Read more →An article published in Mediaeval Archaeology this week raises some questions about the origins of the Uig Chessmen. From the BBC today: New research has cast doubt on traditional theories about the historic Lewis Chessmen. The 93 pieces – currently split between museums in Edinburgh and London – were discovered on Lewis in 1831. But […]
Read more →The press release (3 November 2009) from the Uig community on the announcement of the St Kilda Centre decision. Detail of the Uig vision for Ionad Hiort is now on its own page, where updates will also appear. The community group in the Uig area of Lewis which has promoted the area’s claim to host […]
Read more →After months of consultation, Mangurstadh in Uig has been recommended as the preferred site for the proposed St Kilda Centre. From Hebrides News: Following an independent feasibility study, funded by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and LEADER, the St Kilda Centre Working Group has announced the recommendations made by Jura Consultants in […]
Read more →Uig is vying with North Uist and Harris to be the site of the proposed St Kilda Centre. Our Uig location is the Geodha Sgoillte, between Mangurstadh and Islivig where the road is closest to the cliff edge, on a brownsite bearing the scant remains of a wartime radar station. Written proposals have been submitted […]
Read more →Latha Hiort is 29 August, the first St Kilda Day marking (as part of Homecoming Scotland 2009) the anniversary of the day the last natives of the island evacuated it forever in 1930. A programme of events has been organised by Pròiseact nan Ealan (the Gaelic Arts Agency), producers of Opara Hiort, the St Kilda […]
Read more →Our next members’ excursion with Seatrek is to Kinlochresort (weather permitting), departing Miavaig at 10am on Thursday, 13 August. A potluck picnic will be organised (optional, of course) and where we go ashore will depend on conditions. The cost per person is £50 payable on the day. Places are strictly limited to 12 so please […]
Read more →Thursday 23 July 10am-4pm to Bernera Bheag !this week Thursday 13 August 10am-4pm Members of the Comann Eachdraidh are invited to join us for one or both of our days out with Seatrek, visiting less-trampled corners of Loch Roag. Destinations are still under discussion and may be subject to change if the weather is unco-operative, […]
Read more →[singlepic=80,387] Gala Day is not to be missed. Here’s (some of) what’s on: Guess the Weight of the Fruit Cake, Guess the Doll’s Birthday, Guess the Number of Sweets, Guess the Weight of the Salmon, Gladiator Duel, Bouncy Castles, Boat Rides, Luxury Boat Ride, Comann Eachdraidh Stall, Football Game, Tombola, Sheep Race, Kiddies Play Area, Whisky […]
Read more →Gala Day, 4th July from 1pm on Reef Machair, is fast approaching and new this year is a duff-making competition – that is, traditional clootie dumplings as served in kitchens around Uig. All entries are to be traditionally made (ie without a microwave) and delivered to the machair by 1pm on Saturday 4th. The prize […]
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