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Comunn
Eachdraidh Nis is currently restoring the website following the loss of
web material during a change of servers by our web hosts. This work
will be carried out over the next few months. Meanwhile we hope that
you enjoy our web pages as they become available online and apologise
for any inconvenience caused. |
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Regards
Comunn Eachdraidh Nis Webmaster |
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Thòisich obair fheumail nan Comunn Eachdraidh ann an 1977 le
coinneamh neo-fhoirmeil ann an Nis eadar daoine le ùidh ann an
eachdraidh ionadail gus faicinn dè an dòigh a b’ fheàrr air
dualchas sòisealta agus cultarail na sgìre a chlàradh agus a
ghlèidheadh. Bhon àm sin tha Comunn Eachdraidh Nis air fàs gu ìre
far a bheil am buidheann a’ glèidheadh agus a’ cur ri chèile
tasglann prìseil de phaipearan fiosrachaidh, eachdraidh
theaghlaichean, deilbh, clàradh bhideo agus fuaim, agus stuth air
a thoirt dhaibh le sluagh èasgaidh agus fialaidh le meas air an
cuid eachdraidh agus dualchas.
Tha sinne aig Comunn Eachdraidh Nis airson beagan de na tha ri
fhaicinn an seo a thoirt thugaibh air an eadar-lìon. Ach chì sibh
air ur son fhèin an tomhas agus an ìre de stuth a tha ann ma thig
sibh a chèilidh oirnn anns a’ Chomunn Eachdraidh an Nis far am
faigh sibh fàilte chridheil. |
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In 1977 a small group of local
history enthusiasts laid the groundwork for what would become Comunn
Eachdraidh Nis (Ness Historical Society) and provide the catalyst
for what would later develop into the wider Comunn Eachdraidh
movement in the Western Isles.
Much has been achieved over the past twenty-five years, but such
is the depth and value of the rich culture, social history and
language of north Lewis that much still remains to be done......... |
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RIGHT: Representatives from
the Comunn Eachdraidh welcome the arrival in Ness of the Rona
Stone (1992). |
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Cìanalas |
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"The blood is strong and the
heart is Highland as we in dreams behold the Hebrides."
(Scots emigrant, 1920s)
The
above
sentiment captures the strong feeling of ‘cìanalas’ felt by many
of those who were forced, through poverty or circumstance, to seek
a new life far from family, friends and their Scottish homeland.
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Cìanalas [keen-a-lass]: (Gaelic) sadness, melancholy,
home-sickness.
See Bardachd:
'Barr a Yard ' |
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A' Cheàrdaich - Local Smithy, Ness |
ABOVE LEFT: Jessie Morrison
(Seonaid Guinne), 7 Knockaird, photographed by Dan Morrison as she
leaves Cuidhseadair with the cattle in 1947. Mrs Morrison (màthair a’
Phatch) visited and stayed at the sheilings each summer until the grand
old age of 97 years. LEFT: Bha an dà bhràthair – am Paddy (Coinneach Moireach)
agus Dòmhnall Gobha (Dòmhnall Moireach) – ag obair anns a’
cheàrdaich seo ann an Tabost. S’ann le Iain Greumach (Iain
Dhòmhnaill Ic Iain), 18 dail bho Dheas a bha an t-each.
Standing on the
left is Kenneth Murray (am Paddy), with his brother Donald
(Dòmhnall Gobha), who died in 1918, standing in the centre.
The two brothers worked at each end of the building. Pictured on
the right is the owner of the horse, John Graham of 18 South Dell. |
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LEFT: The crew of the sailship Discovery photographed during the 1929-31 British, Australian
and New Zealand Antarctic Research (BANZAR) expedition.
Eighteen-year-old Murdo Morrison from Ness (back row 2nd right)
was a crew member. Earlier,
In 1901, thirty-three year old Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN
commanded the new, purpose-built, Discovery when it set off from
Cowes on the National Antarctic Expedition. Captain Scott
would later lose his life in his ill-fated attempt at reaching the South
Pole before Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. |
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