{"id":4147,"date":"2019-02-08T14:16:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T14:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2019-02-08T14:16:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T14:16:45","slug":"talking-with-magaidh-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2019\/02\/08\/talking-with-magaidh-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking with Magaidh Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.magaidhsmith.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4149 size-full\" title=\"Magaidh Smith\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/magaidh2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/magaidh2.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/magaidh2-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/magaidh2-1024x396.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/magaidh2-768x297.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook turns up gems sometimes! A reply to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2223456387\/permalink\/10157212034231388\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> in the \u201cScottish Gaelic Speakers Unite!\u201d group led Gordon Wells to uncover a new (to him) Gaelic treasure trove \u2013 the online world of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magaidhsmith.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magaidh Smith<\/a>. Old classmates from the early days of Ce\u00f2las, they met again this week, this time in Glasgow, when Gordon was able to quiz Magaidh on what she\u2019s been up to in more recent years, including traditional tales, drama, poetry and local history. She\u2019s not been idle!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Magaidh Smith\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fspj74toS_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Clearly, Magaidh\u2019s work chimes nicely with the Guthan nan Eilean orientation towards capturing local voices and providing them with a wider platform. We\u2019ll be watching this space closely!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.magaidhsmith.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.magaidhsmith.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime here\u2019s a table of Magaidh\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-610958481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soundcloud<\/a> recordings of stories from local Lewis tradition.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">Story<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Description<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Links<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">S daor a cheannaich mi fiadhachd<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">MacAulay men at Loch Langabhat and the landmark Clach Bhess<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.magaidhsmith.co.uk\/seanchas-sabaist-mhor-wick\/\">Magaidh\u2019s blog post<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-610958481\/s-daor-a-cheannaich-mi-fiadhachd\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">An Seann Fhiadh<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Deer hunting at Loch Langabhat on the border of Lewis and Harris in days gone by. Who was the wee wizen man?<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-610958481\/an-seann-fhiadh\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">Fir Mhealista<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Mealista men who went to gather a cargo of wood for roof timbers. A love story and what is extant of a dream song.<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-610958481\/fir-mhealista\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">Sabaist Mhor Wick<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Circa 1870 when the herring fishing was booming a large number of fishing boats were in Wick Harbour when a fight broke out. This account includes details of men from Lochs who were in the fracas.<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-610958481\/sabaist-mhor-wick\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">Ishbal Nighean Dhomhaill Ban<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">The love Story of Ishbal nighean Dhomhnaill Ban an t-Struim who herded the cattle in Uig and Calum MacAmhlaigh from Harris.<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.magaidhsmith.co.uk\/seanchasan-ishbal-nighean-dhomhnaill-ban\/\">Magaidh\u2019s blog post<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-610958481\/isbhal-nighean-dhomhnaill-ban\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>STOP PRESS UPDATE &#8211; 15\/04\/19. Island Voices now has a <a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/magaidh-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magaidh Smith<\/a> page with a full collection of her online recordings, all supplemented with Clilstore transcripts. Check it out!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook turns up gems sometimes! A reply to a post in the \u201cScottish Gaelic Speakers Unite!\u201d group led Gordon Wells to uncover a new (to him) Gaelic treasure trove \u2013 the online world of Magaidh Smith. Old classmates from the early days of Ce\u00f2las, they met again this week, this time in Glasgow, when Gordon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2019\/02\/08\/talking-with-magaidh-smith\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Talking with Magaidh Smith<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,5,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-call","category-classes","category-community","category-research","category-ugc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=4147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}