{"id":5134,"date":"2021-10-09T10:26:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T10:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=5134"},"modified":"2021-10-09T10:26:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T10:26:56","slug":"storas-beo-alasdair-a-rithist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2021\/10\/09\/storas-beo-alasdair-a-rithist\/","title":{"rendered":"St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2: Alasdair a-rithist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5133 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/alasdairandkirsty.png\" alt=\"AlasdairandKirsty\" width=\"399\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/alasdairandkirsty.png 1085w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/alasdairandkirsty-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/alasdairandkirsty-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/alasdairandkirsty-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Alasdair Macdonald talks to his daughter <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2021\/08\/20\/storas-beo-curstaidh-nicdhomhnaill\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kirsty<\/a>. This follows on from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2020\/10\/14\/storas-beo-alasdair\/\" target=\"_blank\">previous conversation<\/a> Archie Campbell had with Alasdair for <a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/storas-beo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2 nan G\u00e0idheal. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time Kirsty took charge of the kit and made the recording herself, capturing a fascinating father-daughter exchange in which more stories were re-told, many of them obviously old family favourites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this part, Alasdair recounts a number of tales recalled from his own childhood. Topics covered include hunting for rabbits, a near-drowning before the Baleshare causeway was built, youthful gun-handling, the making of seal oil, the use of horses for ploughing or to haul carts, and illicit fishing attempts with dynamite. These are followed by the recital of more traditional stories such as C\u00f9 Dubh Mhic a\u2019 Ph\u00ec (\u00c0iridh na h-Aon Oidhche) and Isean Mhic Mhuirich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alasdair MacDh\u00f2mhnaill (3): St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2 nan G\u00e0idheal\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bsZR7RH2N6A?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A wordlinked transcript with embedded video is available on Clilstore via this link: https:\/\/multidict.net\/cs\/9723<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this part, Alasdair relates a story of fairy abduction to begin with, before hitting his stride with a series of anecdotes concerning local \u201ccharacters\u201d or family antecedents, including Iain Beag, Te\u00e0rlach Ruadh, Aonghas Ailean mhic Aonghaidh, and Ailean Heisgeir himself. From there the conversation moves onto deer-hunting escapades around Eaval (and how court appearances would not necessarily result in a poaching conviction), followed by discussion of grazing issues for both cattle and sheep. He finishes by describing traditional methods commonly used to make butter and cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alasdair MacDh\u00f2mhnaill (4): St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2 nan G\u00e0idheal\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AX9y0i-baK0?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A wordlinked transcript with embedded video is available on Clilstore via this link: https:\/\/multidict.net\/cs\/9724<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alasdair Macdonald talks to his daughter Kirsty. This follows on from the previous conversation Archie Campbell had with Alasdair for St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2 nan G\u00e0idheal. This time Kirsty took charge of the kit and made the recording herself, capturing a fascinating father-daughter exchange in which more stories were re-told, many of them obviously old family favourites. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2021\/10\/09\/storas-beo-alasdair-a-rithist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2: Alasdair a-rithist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-call","category-community","category-research","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134","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=5134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}