{"id":5056,"date":"2021-06-01T20:09:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T20:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=5056"},"modified":"2021-06-01T20:09:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T20:09:21","slug":"titles-for-the-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2021\/06\/01\/titles-for-the-raiders\/","title":{"rendered":"Titles for the Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AlecScrnSht\"<\/a>Retired policeman Alec MacAulay recounted this story in 2014 of his raider father\u2019s bold exploits on coming back home to Uist from the First World War. Returning soldiers across the islands were in no mood for undue deference to the landowning classes, and were taking crofting matters into their own hands, with strong popular support.<\/p>\n

\u201cL\u00e0mhachas l\u00e0idir\u201d was the call of the hour. It was a fascinating account, related on the day to Archie Campbell, and recorded as part of the Comunn Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath project \u201cAn fheadhainn tha l\u00e0ighe s\u00e0mhach<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Skilfully told here, it\u2019s a compelling story well worth repeating, and recent techie developments<\/a> have enabled Island Voices to enhance the access both for learners of Gaelic, and for those who don\u2019t know the language at all. Now you can click on Closed Captions to get written Gaelic subtitles, which can then be machine-translated simultaneously into English and scores of other languages through \u201cauto-translate\u201d on the Settings button. If you missed it first time round, here\u2019s your chance now!<\/p>\n