On the Lewis-Harris Boundary
From West Over Sea (1953) by DDC Pochin Mould. Near the sheep fank on the flank of Benisval there is,…
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Miss Ina Macdonald is appointed to Hamnaway
Miss Ina Macdonald, Ardbheag, is of course now our Mrs Ina Macdonald, Islivig. More on the side schools here.
The French Boy at Tealasbhaigh
From DDC Pochin Mould’s West over Sea, another telling of the familiar story of the ship’s boy who was murdered…
Roadless Communities
Another bit from DDC Pochin Mould’s West Over Sea, published in 1953; at the time even quite substantial and central…
Side Schools in Uig I: Ardbheag
From research undertaken by Maggie Smith for Hebridean Connections and the Stornoway Gazette. See also Part II and Part III.…
Crofting at the Upper End, 1958-9
Another extract from Uig, A Hebridean Parish, compiled by HA Moisley and members of the Geographical Field Group, Universities of…
Calum Mòr’s Family
William Matheson, Mac Gille Chaluim, wrote extensively of his own family in Uig: Malcolm Matheson [a younger son of Donald…
Mac an t-Sronaich’s First Murder
This version of the story comes from the CE Uig annals but we haven’t (yet) identified who the storyteller is. Now,…