Cisteachan-Laighe / Coffins

Cisteachan-Laighe / Coffins by Ruaraidh MacThòmas. A reflection on the pain and grief of linguistic and cultural loss. Original Gaelic version and English translation available.

Consider The Lilies

A novel focusing on the experience of one elderly woman facing eviction during the Highland Clearances. A good illustration of Dùthchas.

Hallaig (English)

Hallaig – poem by Sorley MacLean. A reflection on the nature of time and the historical impact of the highland clearances. English translation by Seamus Heaney.

Hallaig (Gaelic)

Hallaig – a poem by Sorley MacLean. A reflection on the nature of time and the historical impact of the highland clearances. Original Gaelic version and English translation by Sorley MacLean.

Emergence Magazine

Emergence Magazine – online (and print) magazine with lots of pieces on colonisation, decolonising, language, land etc. in various creative mediums.

Mull: The Island & Its People

Mull: The Island And Its People by Jo Currie explores the history of the island in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Island Voices

‘Island Voices: Traditions of North Mull’ by Ann MacKenzie has much information about traditional life and some powerful testimonies from the Clearances.

Mull & Iona: A Historical Guide

‘Mull and Iona: A historical guide’ by David Caldwell provides great overview summaries of the prehistory and history before a gazetteer of key archaeological and historic sites.

Dendrochronicle

Collection of articles about dendrochronology and wooded landscape history in Scotland.

Map Of Stories

A collection of 113 stories to explore, celebrate and promote oral storytelling traditions in Scotland, and the deep seated sense of place from which they emerge.

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

A video of a Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (Gaelic college) research seminar by Dr Iain Mackinnon. Begins in Gaelic but is delivered in English.

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