{"id":3065,"date":"2015-01-16T12:35:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T12:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?page_id=3065"},"modified":"2015-01-16T12:35:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T12:35:35","slug":"the-great-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/the-great-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Great War"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This page brings together all the recordings made as part of the \u201cAn fheadhainn tha laighe s\u00e0mhach\u201d project commemorating the outbreak of the First World War \u2013 An Cogadh M\u00f2r. You can find out more about it on the project blog<\/a>, run by Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath (North Uist Historical Society). In the links column you can click on the \u201cSoundCloud\u201d or \u201cYoutube\u201d link to go directly to the recording, or on the \u201cWordpress\u201d link to read the Island Voices blogpost about it. A \u201cClilstore\u201d link will take you to a wordlinked transcript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Mary Morrison, Sheena Stewart, Archie Campbell<\/td>\nEnglish, Gaelic<\/td>\nThe North Uist Historical Society launched its project commemorating the First World War at Taigh Chearsabhagh, Lochmaddy. Mary Morrison, Sheena Stewart, and Archie Campbell talk to Gordon Wells in English and Gaelic about how the day went and their hopes for future events.<\/td>\nSoundCloud<\/a><\/p>\n

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Marybell Macintyre<\/td>\nGaelic<\/td>\nMaryBell MacIntyre from Sgoil Lionacleit talks in Gaelic to Gordon Wells about what a group of school students learnt from a visit to First World War sites, and how they were able to share their thoughts and experiences with community members back in Uist.<\/td>\nSoundCloud<\/a><\/p>\n

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John Smith<\/td>\nEnglish, Gaelic<\/td>\nMary Morrison and Laura Donkers recorded North Uist\u2019s Reverend John Smith as he describes the 1923 dedication of the island\u2019s war memorial. This is followed by two of his own poetic compositions.<\/td>\nYoutube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Willie Macdonald<\/td>\nEnglish, Gaelic<\/td>\nWillie Macdonald reads out extracts from the emotionally intense poetry of the North Uist bard D\u00f2mhnall Ruadh Chor\u00f9na, and discusses them in Gaelic and English. The conversation moves on to the impact on families of the losses suffered in the First World War, and the land raids undertaken by returning soldiers.<\/td>\nYoutube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alec Macaulay<\/td>\nGaelic<\/td>\nRetired policeman Alec Macaulay talks in Gaelic to Archie Campbell about the land raids on the west side of North Uist that took place after the First World War, in which his own father was involved.<\/td>\nYoutube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Catherine Laing<\/td>\nGaelic<\/td>\nCathie Laing talks in Gaelic of her memories of her grandfather and the lasting effect his experiences in WW1 had upon him, prompted by the one photograph she has of him.<\/td>\nYoutube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Isa MacKillop<\/td>\nGaelic<\/td>\nIsa MacKillop sings a song composed by her uncle, remembering his WW1 comrades after moving to Australia.<\/td>\nYoutube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Norman Maclean<\/td>\nGaelic<\/td>\nNorman Maclean\u2019s grandfather was lost at sea during the First World War, while his mother was still young. Here he recites the words of his own Gaelic song for the pupils of Sgoil Ch\u00e0irinis, which his mother attended as a girl.<\/td>\nYoutube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Norman Johnson<\/td>\nGaelic<\/td>\nNorman Johnson talks to Mary Morrison about the special role of the piper in many regiments in the First World War. He relates anecdotes heard from old soldiers in the war, and finishes with a special tune.<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Donald MacCormick<\/td>\nGaelic<\/td>\nDonald MacCormick, the well-known book-collector, talks to Archie Campbell about the contributions and sacrifices made by Highland soldiers in the First World War.<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ewen MacAskill<\/td>\nGaelic<\/td>\nEwen MacAskill talks about the impact of the First World War on various family members and the wider community, experienced both directly and through his mother\u2019s position as postmistress, and therefore deliverer of telegrams.<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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This page brings together all the recordings made as part of the \u201cAn fheadhainn tha laighe s\u00e0mhach\u201d project commemorating the outbreak of the First World War \u2013 An Cogadh M\u00f2r. You can find out more about it on the project blog, run by Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath (North Uist Historical Society). In the links … Continue reading Great War<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3065","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}