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Eigg

Episode 5 of 8

Series in which cook and artist Heather Dewar explores Hebridean communities. In this episode, Heather explores the Isle of Eigg, in the Small Isles.

Tha an neach-ealain Fraoch Nic an De貌ir a'leantail oirre le a cuairt tro na h-eileanan, a-nis a'tadhal air Eige sna h-Eileanan Beaga. Bhon a tha i fh猫in d猫idheil air g脿irneilearachd, tha e a'c貌rdadh rithe glan cluinntinn mu na c霉rsaichean a tha Niall MacDhonnchaidh a' cumail air a chruit - gun sgeul air todhar Gallda!

Tha Camille Dressler, e貌laiche air eachdraidh ionadal, ga toirt gu l脿rach latha dorcha air an eilean - Uamh Fhraing, far an robh mort sgriosail san 16mh linn. Tha Magaidh Fyffe ag innse dhi mar dh'obraich 16 bliadhna de shealbh coimhearsnachd, agus tha Tasha Lancaster a'm矛neachadh cho cudromach sa tha obair saor-thoileach ann am beatha an eilein - agus chan iad a mh脿in na h-eileanaich a tha ag obair.

Agus airson s霉il air ais gu Eige mar a bha, tha Fraoch a'tadhal air Taigh-tasgaidh Chruiteireachd Chl猫adail, taigh cruite d矛reach mar a bha e sna lathaichean a dh'fhalbh.

Artist and cook Heather Dewar continues her tour of the islands, stopping off at Eigg in the Small Isles. A keen gardener herself, Heather is delighted to meet Neil Robertson who runs organic gardening courses from his beautifully situated croft.

Local historian Camille Dressler takes Heather to the scene of a dark moment in the island's past - Uamh Fhraing, where a dreadful massacre took place in the 16th century. Heather visits Maggie Fyffe who looks back on Eigg's 16 years under community ownership before meeting Tasha Lancaster who tells Heather how crucial voluntary work - by both islanders and visitors - is to the running of the island.

To round it all off Heather gets a glimpse of what Eigg would have been like in years gone by as she is shown round Cleadale Crofting Museum, a beautifully preserved croft house kept as it would have been in the 1900s.

29 minutes

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Tue 6 Feb 2018 19:00

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