{"id":2862,"date":"2014-10-01T15:57:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T15:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2014-10-01T15:57:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T15:57:34","slug":"isa-mackillop-companaich-m-oige","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2014\/10\/01\/isa-mackillop-companaich-m-oige\/","title":{"rendered":"Isa MacKillop: Companaich m’ \u00d2ige"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"An<\/a>The latest addition to the \u201cAn fheadhainn tha laighe s\u00e0mhach\u201d<\/a> project is a song, courtesy of Isa MacKillop, well-known throughout the community for her longstanding commitment to, and support for, the passing on of local Gaelic traditions and music. As she explains in her words of introduction, the song \u2013 \u201cCompanaich m\u2019 \u00f2ige\u201d (companions of my youth) \u2013 was composed by her paternal uncle Iain Archie MacAskill, the \u201cBard of Berneray\u201d. He returned from the war, while many of his comrades did not. He later moved to Australia, and composed this song there.<\/p>\n

The song can be found in the collection \u201cAn ribheid chi\u00f9il\u201d<\/a>, edited by Alick Morrison, published in 1961. Copies are hard to come by these days \u2013 though here\u2019s an interesting story<\/a> from another Island Voices contributor<\/a> on how at least one special copy found its way back to Berneray\u2026<\/p>\n

This recording was made by Mary Morrison.<\/p>\n