Kisimul Castle reopens
BY JACKIE MACKENZIE Barra’s most famous landmark, Kisimul Castle, is once more welcoming visitors after the completion of a programme of essential conservation works. The official reopening of the former…
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Barra teens’ triathlon for overseas aid
Barra and Benbecula hosted a mini-Olympics last week as five young cousins battled the wild weather to raise an amazing £3,000 for families half a world away. The cousins travelled…
TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: A visit to Canna, South Uist and Barra in 1961
Below is a first-hand account of visits made during the summer of 1961 to Gaelic-speaking tradition bearers and field collectors in Canna and South Uist whose materials are now recognised…