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Heather Dewar visits South Uist where she draws a colour portrait of Liam Crouse. Tha Fraoch Nic an De貌ir an Uibhist a Deas a鈥檇猫anamh dealbh dathte de Liam Crouse.

Combining the role of artist and interviewer, Islay-born artist Heather Dewar creates colour portraits of well-known Gaels, while teasing out of them every little detail of their life story!

Heather travels to South Uist where she meets Liam Crouse. Liam hails from the east coast of America but came to Scotland in his late teens to study, drawn by his love of the bagpipes and an interest in his Scots heritage. Liam is a big part of the island鈥檚 community and is a member of the society that works to protect the Scottish breed of pony known as Eriskay Ponies.

Tha Fraoch Nic an De貌ir a 脤le air ais air an sgrion le sreath 霉r de 鈥淒healbhan Fraoich鈥. An d脿 chuid na t猫-ealain agus na ceasnaiche, tha i a鈥檇猫anamh dealbhan dathte de Gh脿idheil air a bheil sinn e貌lach 鈥 agus a鈥檛脿ladh asta iomadh sgeul mu eachdraidh am beatha.

Sa phr貌gram seo tha Fraoch a鈥檇猫anamh air Uibhist a Deas far an coinnich i ri Liam Crouse. Buinidh esan do thaobh sear nan St脿itean Aonaichte, ach th脿inig e a dh鈥橝lba na dheugair airson foghlamachadh: ga th脿ladh a-nall bha a sp猫is dhan ph矛ob-mh貌r agus an 霉idh a bh鈥檃ige na shinnsearachd Albannach fh猫in. Tha Liam an diugh suidhichte ann an coimhearsnachd an eilein agus tha e fiu鈥檚 na bhall de Chomunn Each nan Eilean, am buidheann a tha ag obair gus eich 脠irisgeidh a dh矛on.

In Gaelic with English subtitles.

29 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Heather Dewar
Director Faye MacLean
Producer Ramsay MacMahon
Editor Mairead Morrison
Executive Producer Bill Macle貌id

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