Ryan Dziadowic, originally from Poland but now living in Grimsay, looks at the traditional Gaelic concept of dùthchas and what it means in the modern world….. Dùthchas – a Gaelic word which carries so ...

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Gaelic psalmody is a beautiful, haunting form of music which is unique to the Scots Gaelic speaking world, now mostly within West Highlands and Western Isles and the Gaelic diaspora in our major ...

In 2006, work started on building the first wind farm on Skye. On moorland belonging to MacLeod Estate, a few miles south east of Dunvegan, the original Ben Aketil project started generating ...

Folklorist Frances Wilkins on the beauty of a Gaelic Christmas hymn and the tales of emigration which lie behind it…… Emigration, whether forced or voluntary, by ...

Tobar and Dualchais includes some wonderful examples of spiritual songs composed by female bards, writes FRANCES WILKINS…. The Gàidhealtachd is full of outstanding female bards and singers, and this ...

Liam Alastair Crouse, a PhD student at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI, considers the impact of sea-level rise in South Uist, where he currently lives, through the lens of recordings available on Tobar an ...

A story appeared in the national press last week revealing that the Isle of Skye was the most joyful tourism experience in Scotland. Fittingly, this conclusion was reached through research which used ...

The people of Minginish in Skye came together at the end of last month to mark the centenary of the events which brought their unique community into existence. Over three days an exhibition recalled ...

On their marks: The tractors drivers line up at the starting point in Uig ahead of the fundraising run. A vintage vehicle run across north Skye on Saturday – which saw a procession of 22 tractors, ...

An annual charity cycling event from Skye to Inverness held at the weekend has raised over £70,000 for three good causes. The Bridge to Bridge Cycle challenges riders to pedal the 77-mile route from ...

My auntie Mairi Flòraidh MacInnes who has lived all her life in Eriskay was saying to me recently as we chatted on the phone, “Chan eil mi cinnteach cò às a thog thu fighe, chan fhaca mi riamh do ...