Biography

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  • Sùil Air Ais Anns an Sgàthan

    Murchadh Peutan

    The autobiography of Murchadh Peutan, from his childhood on the Isle of Skye to his varied career in the Glasgow police force and as a teacher, in Kenya and elsewhere

    (Gaelic only)

    £7.99

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  • Leabhar-latha Croitearachd – Crofting Diary

    Aonghas MacAoidh

    Angus MacKay was born in 1936 and was raised on his family’s croft at Ormiclate, South Uist. Angus was one of seven children and, together with his brother Donald John, worked their Ormiclate crofts for many years.

    £5.00

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  • Tha Cuimhn’ Agam…

    Calum Laing (Editor)

    Gaelic and English Writings by Malcolm Laing (1888 – 1968)

    £12.99

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  • A’ Toirt Mo Chasan Leam

    Maureen MacLeod

    Maureen Macleod took a year out to travel the world and this entertaining, lively and descriptive travelogue introduces us to a variety of odd characters and exotic locations.

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  • Air Mo Chuairt / My Journey

    Ealasaid Chaimbeul

    First published by Acair in Gaelic in 1982, and reprinted in 1987, it has now been republished in the original Gaelic with a supporting English version by Mary Flora Galbraith, herself a native of Barra.

    £10.50

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  • From Small Lochs To Great Lakes: The Remarkable Story of a First World War Soldier, Sailor, and South Uist Crofter

    Donald MacDonald

    Born in South Uist in 1897, Donald MacDonald was a soldier throughout the whole of the First World War. Afterwards, he became a sailor and then a farmer beside the Great Lakes of Canada.

    £15.95

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  • Across The Sound of Sleat

    Kirsteen Grant (Editor)

    Margaret Grant, born in Cardross, Dumbartonshire, but whose mother came from Camuscross, Isle of Skye and her father from across the Sound of Sleat in Airor, writes her own memories of these places.

    £9.99

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  • Eilean Uaine Thiriodh / The Green Isle of Tiree: Ethel NicChaluim

    Margaret Bennett

    In 1942 Ethel MacCallum was evacuated from an orphanage in Glasgow to the Island of Tiree where she became fluent in Gelic and absorbed a wealth of tradition.

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  • Eadar Clachan Shannda agus Tobar na Màthar

    Tormod E. Dòmhnallach

    Norman E. MacDonald’s autobiography, detailing his life and time spent as a teacher, and eventually Headteacher. 

    £7.95

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  • Sunbeams in Memory / Casan Searraich

    Calum MacFhearghuis

    This is Calum Ferguson’s own story.  Told in his own inimitable way, as story teller he shares his experiences and those of the family and wider community.

    £15.00

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  • Forgotten Star

    Ailig O' Henley

    Variously described as being ‘among the 20 greatest Celtic players of all time’ and ‘the finest all-round player I’ve ever seen,’ this is the untold story of Malcolm ‘Malky’ MacDonald’s rise from impoverished roots in South Uist and Garngad.

    £25.00

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  • Dìleab Cholbhasach – A Colonsay Legacy

    Morag Law (Editor)

    Most of Barbara Satchel’s writing was completed between 1983 and 1997, including the seven articles for Gairm magazine which form the basis of this book.
    Edited by Morag Law.

    £6.00

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