Three links to essays that will be of interest.
The first has bearing on our discussion of ecology, nature and the terminal vulnerability of
the earth itself.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/19072287.extract-screapadal-somhairle-macgill-eainsorley-maclean/
The second and third relate to Màiri Nic a’ Phearsain / Mary MacPherson (1821-98), known
as Màiri Mhòr nan Oran (Big Mary of the Songs). You’ll find her in Gerda Stevenson’s
Quines, p.64. And if you have a chance, please do watch the 55-minute film An Ceasnachadh
/ Interrogation of a Highland Lass (2000), directed by Mike Alexander, produced by Douglas
Eadie, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJgudcRi64
https://www.thenational.scot/news/19142790.alan-riach-immediate-relevance-gaelictradition/
https://www.thenational.scot/news/19145415.mairi-mhor-nan-oran-celebrating-one-greatestgaelic-poets/
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