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Eriskay
Eriskay ( gd, Èirisgeigh), from the Old Norse for "Eric's Isle", is an island and community council area of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland with a population of 143, as of the 2011 census. It lies between South Uist and Barra and is connected to South Uist by a causeway which was opened in 2001. In the same year Ceann a' Ghàraidh in Eriskay became the ferry terminal for travelling between South Uist and Barra. The Caledonian MacBrayne vehicular ferry travels between Eriskay and Ardmore in Barra. The crossing takes around 40 minutes. Geography Although only a small island (about ) Eriskay has many claims to fame that have made the island well-known far beyond the Hebrides. It is associated with the traditional Hebridean song, the ''Eriskay Love Lilt''; with the Eriskay Pony and the Eriskay jersey (made without any seams). It is the real '' Whisky Galore!'' island: it was just off Eriskay that the SS ''Politician'' ran aground in 1941 with its famous cargo. On 2 Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriskay Pony
The Eriskay Pony ( gd, Each Beag nan Eilean or ''Each Èirisgeach'') is a breed of pony from Scotland. It is generally grey in colour, and has a dense, waterproof coat that protects it in harsh weather. The breed developed in ancient times in the Hebrides of Scotland, and a small population remained pure and protected from crossbreeding by the remoteness of the islands. It is used for light draught work, as a mount for children, in many equestrian disciplines, and for driving. The breed is rare today, with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust considering their status critical. There are two breed registries for the Eriskay Pony: ''Comann Each nan Eilean - The Eriskay Pony Society'', which was formed in 1972 and has the Prince of Wales as society patron, and ''The Eriskay Pony Society'' was formed in 1986. Both societies are recognised as holding a studbook of origin for the breed. Characteristics The Eriskay Pony generally stands between . It is usually grey in colour, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Politician
SS ''Politician'' was a cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of the Hebridean island of Eriskay in 1941. Her cargo included 22,000 cases of malt whisky and £3 million worth of Jamaican banknotes. Much of the whisky was recovered by islanders from across the Hebrides, contrary to marine salvage laws. Because no duty had been paid on the whisky, members of HM Customs and Excise pursued and prosecuted those who had removed the cargo. ''Politician'' was completed in 1923 under the name ''London Merchant''. She was a general cargo ship that traded between Britain, the United States and Canada, and up and down the west coast of the US. In 1924—during the years of American prohibition—Oregon's state prohibition commissioner seized her cargo of whisky despite its having been approved and sealed by US federal authorities. After the British Embassy in Washington complained to the US government, the whisky was released back to the ship. During the Second World War ''Politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriskay Map
Eriskay ( gd, Èirisgeigh), from the Old Norse for "Eric's Isle", is an island and community council area of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland with a population of 143, as of the 2011 census. It lies between South Uist and Barra and is connected to South Uist by a causeway which was opened in 2001. In the same year Ceann a' Ghàraidh in Eriskay became the ferry terminal for travelling between South Uist and Barra. The Caledonian MacBrayne vehicular ferry travels between Eriskay and Ardmore in Barra. The crossing takes around 40 minutes. Geography Although only a small island (about ) Eriskay has many claims to fame that have made the island well-known far beyond the Hebrides. It is associated with the traditional Hebridean song, the ''Eriskay Love Lilt''; with the Eriskay Pony and the Eriskay jersey (made without any seams). It is the real '' Whisky Galore!'' island: it was just off Eriskay that the SS ''Politician'' ran aground in 1941 with its famous cargo. On 2 Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan MacDonald (poet)
Father Allan MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic Maighstir Ailein, An t-Athair Ailean Dòmhnallach) (25 October 1859, Fort William, Scotland – 8 October 1905, Eriskay) was a Roman Catholic priest, radically innovative poet in the Scottish Gaelic language, folklorist, and activist for Crofter's rights, free elections, and against religious discrimination in the Gàidhealtachd. Decades after his death in 1905, Fr. MacDonald's poetry was tracked down and published for the first time by John Lorne Campbell. Also, the sources of every hymn in the priest-poet's 1893 Gaelic hymnal and the degree to which Fr. MacDonald's folklore and folksong research was plagiarized by other writers was also meticulously documented by John Lorne Campbell. Furthermore, literary scholar Ronald Black praised Fr. MacDonald in 2002 as, "a huge literary talent", and as the founder of modernist poetry in Scottish Gaelic. Black has also written that Fr. MacDonald's prophetic poem ''Ceum nam Mìltean'' ("The March of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Kissling
Werner Friedrich Theodor Kissling (or Kißling) (11 April 1895, Wrocław, Breslau, Germany – 3 February 1988, Dumfries, Scotland) was an ethnographer and photographer. His mother, Johanna, was a photographer and she was a central figure in his life. They were both noted for their work in Scotland. Werner studied the Scottish crofters of Eriskay and South Uist, the farmers and fisherfolk of Dumfries and Galloway, the Māori people, Māori of New Zealand, and the culture of North Yorkshire. Kissling was born into an aristocratic, land-owning family, who spent his multimillion-pound inheritance and died in a Dumfries old folk's home. In his twenties, as a young German diplomat, he was rich, had social status and apparently had an assured career he chose to pursue his interests in ethnography and photography. Kissling is known for the short film, ''Eriskay - A Poem of Remote Lives'', which is based on his footage, shot in 1934, of crofting life on the island of Eriskay in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Michael's Church, Eriskay
St Michael's Church (also known as St Michael's of the Sea) is a Category C listed building in Eriskay, South Uist, Scotland. Of Roman Catholic denomination and built on the initiative of iconic poet and folklorist Fr. Allan MacDonald (1859-1905), who remains of the most important figures in modern Scottish Gaelic literature, the church dates from 1903.Eriskay St Michael's R.C. Church – [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beinn Sciathan
Ben Scrien, is the highest point on the Outer Hebridean island of Eriskay. Described as an apparently "uninspiring lump" (Michael Fitzpatrick, 2012) it nevertheless commands fine views of Barra, South Uist, Skye, Tiree and Coll Coll (; gd, Cola; sco, Coll)Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 31 is an island located west of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and f .... Between the months of may and November Beinn scrien is home to the islands sheep and the Eriskay ponies. The ascent time is between 0.5 and 1.5 hours.Drainey, Nick (19 April 2009"Walk of the week: Beinn Sciathan (Ben Scrien), Eriskay"Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved 17 September 2010. References Marilyns of Scotland Mountains and hills of the Outer Hebrides {{WesternIsles-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Uist
South Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Deas, ; sco, Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a usually resident population of 1,754: a decrease of 64 since 2001. The island, in common with the rest of the Hebrides, is one of the last remaining strongholds of the Gaelic language in Scotland. South Uist's inhabitants are known in Gaelic as ''Deasaich'' (Southerners). The population is about 90% Roman Catholic. The island is home to a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeological interest, including the only location in the British Isles where prehistoric mummies have been found. In the northwest, there is a missile testing range. In 2006 South Uist, together with neighbouring Benbecula and Eriskay, was involved in Scotland's biggest-ever community land buyout by Stòras Uibhist. The group also owns the "biggest community wind farm in Scotland", Lochcarnan, on South Uist which opened in 2013. Geology In common with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceann A' Ghàraidh
Ceann a' Ghàraidh is the location of the ferry terminal on the south-western side of the island of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It provides a service across the Sound of Barra to Ardmore on the island of Barra The placename literally means "The head of the garden". This location is so called due to the presence of the old crofting boundary walls, which can no longer be seen. * Comhairle nan Eilean Siar ferries The small landing craft type ferry, (1980) (based on Scottish Gaelic ''Eilean na h-Òige'' "The Island of Youth") provided a service from here to Ludaig on South Uist, until the causeway opened in July 2001. (1982) similarly operated between Berneray and North Uist, until the Berneray Causeway opened in 1998. Sound of Barra ferry The new harbour and slipway on Eriskay were constructed at the same time as the causeway on 2001–2002. The Comhairle nan Eilean Siar ferries started a new service across the Sound of Barra to Ardmor (Scottish Gaelic: Aird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barra
Barra (; gd, Barraigh or ; sco, Barra) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by a short causeway. The island is named after Saint Finbarr of Cork. In 2011, the population was 1,174. Gaelic is widely spoken, and at the 2011 Census, there were 761 Gaelic speakers (62% of the population). Geology In common with the rest of the Western Isles, Barra is formed from the oldest rocks in Britain, the Lewisian gneiss, which dates from the Archaean eon. Some of the gneiss in the east of the island is noted as being pyroxene-bearing. Layered textures or foliation in this metamorphic rock is typically around 30° to the east or northeast. Palaeoproterozoic age metadiorites and metatonalites forming a part of the East Barra Meta-igneous Complex occur around Castlebay as they do on the neighbouring islands of Vatersay and Flodday. A few metabasic dykes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berneray, North Uist
Berneray ( gd, Beàrnaraigh na Hearadh) is an island and community in the Sound of Harris, Scotland. It is one of fifteen inhabited islands in the Outer Hebrides. It is famed for its rich and colourful history which has attracted much tourism. It lies within the South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure its protection from inappropriate development. With an area of 10.1 square kilometres (2496 acres), Berneray rises to a height of 305 feet (93 m) at Beinn Shlèibhe (Moor Hill) and 278 feet (85 m) at Borve Hill. It is known for its sandy beaches backed with sand dunes. The west beach, a three-mile stretch of wide, clean and often deserted sand, is widely acclaimed. There is strong evidence that points to Berneray being inhabited since the Bronze Age, and possibly before. The island is scattered with ancient sacred sites, stone circles, signs of Viking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benbecula
Benbecula (; gd, Beinn nam Fadhla or ) is an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2011 census, it had a resident population of 1,283 with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It is in a zone administered by or the Western Isles Council. The island is about from west to east and a similar distance from north to south. It lies between the islands of North Uist and South Uist and is connected to both by road causeways. Benbecula's main settlement and administrative centre is Balivanich (Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Mhanaich'', meaning "Town of the Monk"). In 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie was caught in a storm and forced to land on Benbecula. The population of Benbecula were sympathetic to the Jacobite cause, and smuggled him off the island to safety, as the song has it: "over the sea to Skye". In 2006, local residents took control of parts of the island in a community buy-out. The previous landowners, a sporting syndicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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