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Leis an t-Ollamh D\u00f2mhnall E Meek<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This story was commissioned as part of our Gaelic Development<\/a> work. Hopefully, you will enjoy it and find it useful for learning – both about language and about toys!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tha iomadh sgeulachd is \u00f2ran anns a\u2019 Gh\u00e0idhlig mu na b\u00e0illidhean agus na maoir a bhiodh a\u2019 cumail smachd air na h-oighreachdan G\u00e0idhealach anns an naoidheamh linn deug.  Mar as trice, tha na sgeulachdan agus na h-\u00f2rain sin ag innse dhuinn gur h-e daoine dona a bha anns na b\u00e0illidhean, ach tha corra sgeulachd is \u00f2ran ann a tha ag innse gur h-e daoine matha a bha ann an cuid dhiubh.  Nuair a bha mi nam bhalach, chuala mi fh\u00ecn naidheachdan mu na b\u00e0illidhean a bha ann an Tiriodh.  Chuala mi naidheachdan mun \u2018Bh\u00e0illidh Dhubh\u2019, \u2019s e sin Iain Caimbeul \u00e0 \u00ccle, a bha ann an Tiriodh eadar 1847 is 1864, agus mu E\u00f2ghann MacDhiarmaid a bha san eilean aig deireadh na naoidheamh linn deug.   Chuala mi cuideachd gum biodh an croitear mu dheireadh a bhiodh anmoch a\u2019 p\u00e0igheadh a\u2019 mh\u00e0il air a chrochadh faisg air Taigh an Eilein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhiodh iad a\u2019 togail ceist nam inntinn: A bheil na sgeulachdan agus na h-\u00f2rain sin f\u00ecor no breugach, no a bheil iad an d\u00e0 chuid f\u00ecor agus breugach?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B\u2019 e \u2018Maoir agus B\u00e0illidhean ann am Beul-aithris agus Litreachas na G\u00e0idhlig\u2019 an cuspair a bha agamsa nuair a bha mi a\u2019 bruidhinn aig Sabhal M\u00f2r \u00d2staig anns an Eilean Sgitheanach air an 20mh den Mh\u00e0rt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B\u2019 e seo a\u2019 chiad \u00f2raid ann an sreath \u00f9r a tha a\u2019 cur urram air a\u2019 bh\u00e0rd ainmeil, Somhairle MacIll-Eain.  Bha c\u00f2rr is tr\u00ec-fichead neach an l\u00e0thair \u2013 agus tha c\u00f2rr is ceithir cheud air a bhith a\u2019 sealltainn air an \u00f2raid air YouTube on uair sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faodaidh sibhse \u00e8isdeachd ris an \u00f2raid cuideachd, ann an G\u00e0idhlig no ann am Beurla, aig na ceanglaichean seo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=txxEUAnSt7M<\/a> (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vna0OfoTACU<\/a> (Beurla)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESTATE OFFICERS AND FACTORS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are many stories and songs in Gaelic about the factors and estate officers who used to keep control of Highland estates in the nineteenth century.  Usually, such stories and songs tell us that the factors were bad people, but there is an occasional song and tale that tells us that some of them were good people. When I was a boy, I myself heard stories about the factors who were in Tiree.  I heard stories about the \u2018Black Factor, that is, John Campbell from Islay, who was in Tiree between 1847 and 1864, and about Hugh MacDiarmid, who was in the island at the end of the nineteenth century.  I also heard that the last crofter who was late in paying the rent would be hanged near Island House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They used to raise a question in my mind:  Are those songs and stories true or false, or are they both true and false?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Estate Officers and Factors in Gaelic Oral Tradition and Literature\u2019 was the subject I chose when I was speaking at Sabhal M\u00f2r \u00d2staig in Skye on the 20th of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the first lecture in a new series which honours the famous Gaelic poet, Sorley Maclean.  Over 60 people were present, and more than 400 have been watching the lecture on YouTube since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You too can listen to the lecture, in Gaelic or in English, at the links given above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leugh tuilleadh sgeulachdan an seo<\/a>. \/ Read more stories here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>", "protected": false }, "excerpt": { "rendered": "

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