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Thàinig maighstir as ùr
Nis a stigh air a' ghrunnd,
Sin an naigheachd tha tùrsach, brònach.
Tha na daoine as a' falbh
'S ann tha 'm maoin an dèidh searg';
Chaneil mart aca dh'fhalbhas mòinteach.
Chuireadh cuid dhiubh 's a' mhal,
'S fhuair cuid eile dhiubh 'm bàs,
'S tearc na dh'fhuirich a làthair beò dhiubh.
Ciod a bhuinnig dhomh fhìn
Bhi a' fuireach 's an tìr,
O nach coisinn mi nì air brògan.
A new master has come
Into the land,
a sad, woeful matter.
The people are leaving;
their possessions have dwindled.
They haven't a cow to put to graze.
Some were put towards rent,
others died:
Rare were those that survived.
What would it profit me
to remain in this land
where I can earn nothing from shoemaking.
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Another verse from Imrich nan Eileanach, or The Islanders' Emigration, written by Calum Bàn MacMhannain, from Sartle in Staffin, Isle of Skye who sailed on the "Polly" to Prince Edward Island in 1803. |
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Emigration Exhibition
April - October 2003
Armadale Castle & Museum of the
Isles are currently staging an exhibition called "An Tarsainn" on the topic of
emigration from Skye. It includes reference to emigration to PEI and features
some memorabilia from 1803
www.highlandconnection.org/clandonaldcentre
Craft Exhibition & Archive
Photographs
June 4th to 27th June 2003
"Where I Belong", An Tuireann
Gallery, Struan Road, Portree
This is an exhibition of early 20th century
photography from Skye & Lochalsh and similar material from PEI set up by
Dualchas, the Council's Museums Service. The local material is selected from the
Duncan Macpherson collection and the name of the exhibition comes from the
title of one of Macpherson's books about the area.
28th June to 9th August
'Describing a Line, An Tuireann
Gallery, Struan Road, Portree. This is an artist film project based on the
movement of ocean and will symbolise the journey across the Atlantic.
August 9nd to September 20th
A' Chiste/the Kist Exhibition,
An Tuireann Art Gallery, Portree
Set up in conjunction with Dualchas this
exhibition will feature a series of craft commissions by both Skye &
Lochalsh and Scotland-based practitioners. The commissions will be inspired by a
silver button of the "Skye Volunteers" from 1790 found in recent years in PEI
and returned to Skye.
Find out more...
Exhibition on PEI History &
Literature
4th to 16th August, 2003
Eilean an Aigh or Isle
of Contentment, Portree Library, Portree.
This exhibition features the
history and literature of PEI. The exhibition's name comes from a
reference in Calum Bàn MacMhannain's song about leaving Skye for PEI.
NOTE - This exhibition's dates have changed from ones initially
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