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  • Uig Museum/ Taigh Tasgaidh agus Tasglann ÙigComann Eachdraidh Uig is the local historical society in the district of Uig, in the far south west of the Isle of Lewis.  We run a registered museum, maintain an archive, research aspects of local history, collect objects and photographs, help with genealogy enquiries, organise talks, undertake occasional projects and meet regularly to discuss old news and new news. The community of Uig consists of some 20 small active crofting townships on Loch Roag and the open sea, from Gisla to Brenish.  The population is about 400.  Local interest in history and heritage (whether archaeology, the Vikings, legends and stories, clearance and settlement, ethnography, genealogy, crofting or fishing) is huge and the Comann Eachdraidh has amassed a large and very detailed body of knowledge.  Previously housed in Lochcroistean School (now a cafe), the society moved in 1998 to the new community centre overlooking Timsgarry and Uig Sands, where the museum and archive can be visited. [gallery] The Hebridean Comann Eachdraidh movement was born in 1977 with the establishment of the first such society on Lewis, at Ness.  Every community throughout the Hebrides now supports a Comann Eachdraidh, all dedicated to collecting and preserving the language and cultural history of the islands.  Comann Eachdraidh…
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Comann Eachdraichd Uig

Comann Eachdraichd Uig

Fresh Notes and old stories – From Uig Historical Society, Isle of Lewis

Tag: scaliscro

The Man from Scaliscro

From the Stornoway Gazette, 29 March 1957. Iain Macleod was born in Skipton, Yorkshire in 1913 and was educated at…
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Posted on: 4 February 2011 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

Christmas at Fort Pitt, 1884

Further to the previous item about WJ Maclean of Gisla, who was a Chief Trader with the Hudson’s Bay Company:…
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Posted on: 25 December 2009 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

The Career of William Maclean

We’ve mentioned before the story of William “Big Bear” Maclean, who was born in Scaliscro in 1837 and, after his…
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Posted on: 23 December 2009 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

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…
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Posted on: 30 March 2009 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

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.…
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Posted on: 20 March 2009 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

Lochcroistean School, 1958

Teacher Babag Smith Back: 1. John Macdonald Carishader 2. Donald A Macdonald Scaliscro 3. Kenny A Mackay Geshader 7 Geshader…
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Posted on: 23 July 2008 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

The Sporting Estates of the Outer Hebrides, Past and Present

by David SD Jones, February 2008. An illustrated history of the sporting estates, including Morsgail, Scaliscro, Grimersta, Uig & Hamnaway,…
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Posted on: 22 July 2008 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

Babag and Peggy Ann at the Peats

Babag Smith 5 Carishader and Peggy Ann Macritchie 7 Carishader at Scaliscro road end.
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Posted on: 21 July 2008 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

Letter from Alexander Macrae Scaliscro to Seaforth, 1833

Photo by Chris Murray. This letter was written by a clerk for Alexander Macrae who signed it in his own hand.  He…
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Posted on: 9 July 2008 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

Death of Big Bear Maclean

William J. Maclean was born at Scaliscro in 1837, son of Angus Maclean, mason, and Ann Macrae, daughter of the…
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Posted on: 1 July 2008 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

Letting Mealista in 1836

A letter dated 1836, from Thomas Knox, Chamberlain of the Lews at Seaforth Lodge to JA Stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth, MP, the…
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Posted on: 21 June 2008 Last updated on: 2 April 2021 Written by: admin

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