Letter 11 Apr 14: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 769




Letter To Gaelic Learners show

Summary: I was telling you about Fairybridge (‘the ford of the three burns’) in the north of Skye. In the Nineteenth Century, at the time of the Disruption of the Church, there were enormous religious meetings there. Thousands attended. Forty years later, the crofters were meeting in the same place. This time was during the land struggle. Accompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir