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DI-ARDA01N. 15mh LATHA DE'N DAMHAR 1970 THURSDAY, 15th OCTOBER 1970 No 93 Sixpence
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Gold Medallists Margaret McLeod, Glasgow and Duncan MacDonald, Oban
DIRECTOR OF AN (OMI NN
RETURNS TO INDUSTRY
^FTER a Council meeting
immediately after the Mod
in Oban on Saturday, it was
announced that D. J. MacKay,
Director of An Comunn for
the past five years would be
rejoining former colleauges in
the British Aluminium Com¬
pany on 1st January, 1971. Mr
MacKay is to take up the post
of Personnel Manager at
British Aluminium’s new
smelter at Invergordon. Be¬
fore joining An Comunn he
was employed at Kinlochleven
and Lochaber for two years
as Training Officer.
A spokesman for An Com¬
unn said: “We are extremely
sorry to lose Mr MacKay who
in the past five years has
done so much for An Com¬
unn, for Gaelic and for the
Highlands generally. During
his tenure he has completely
leorganised the structure of
An c.omunn and put it on a
regional basis — we now have
offices at Glasgow, Inverness
and Stornoway — the status
of the language has improved
and there is a greater under¬
standing and awareness of its
contribution to Scottish cul¬
ture and this is largely due to
Mr MacKay’s efforts from
Lewis to London and from
Bergen to Dublin. We have
Information Centres, a nine-
day Mod, increased govern¬
ment and local authority
assistance, a wider range of
publications and information
pamphlets, a. Gaelic Books
Council, Club Leabhar and a
number of other tangible de¬
velopments reflecting his
energy and ability.”
Mr MacKay said that five
years was probably long
enough for any individual in
this type of post. “It needs,
the impetus of new ideas
every so often —- and while
I personally have found the
work rewarding and demand¬
ing I feel it is time for a new
hand.”
FUAIM NA PIOBA
le Lon-dubh (Morag Herdman)
Oran na mara an seinn aonarach air an tr&igh,
A’ deanamh erdnan farasda fo sholus na greine,
Gairm na farspaich, a’ snAmh an dion a’ bhaigh,
Agus an stoirm ag eirigh, a’ nualladh 'na treine,
A’ stiuradh arm tuinn mhoir, geal ri sneachd nan fearg,
A’ spuinneadh an tlr phailt, a’ ruigheachd air na nddil,
A’ leumraich thar nan creagan, a’ toirt ionnsaidh air an learg,
O toiseach an t-saoghail, b’e sin an cedi,
A’ feitheamh.
Oran na gaoithe, fuar is borb is gruamach,
A’ dannsadh gu fiathaich air mullaoh nam beann,
Ag iarraidh gach sgoltadh anns na taighibh guamach.
Is a’ toirt an t-sneachda, ’gus an reothadh teann.
A' deanamh eaoidh mhuladach mu chairdean laithean eile,
A" teicheadh ’nuair a mhothaichear anail ’n earrach blath is beothail,
A’ mireag am measg nam fluraichean, ’nan cagair le cheile,
O thoiseach an t-saoghail, b’e sin an cedi,
A’ feitheamh.
Oran na h-aibhne, a’ ruith gu brath gun fhois,
A’ giulan nan soitheachan mora gu traighean cian, ceine,
An steall agus an t-eas mordha, le bogha-frois ’na chois,
S na sruthain bheaga, luath ag eigheach sios a’ bheinn.
Is oran an uisge, a’ toirt beatha gu Aitichean fasach.
Tairneanach is dealanach o speuran, dubh le ne(dil,
Fuaim spreidh thoilichte gu uain aims a’ ghlasach,
O thoiseach an t-saoghail, b’e sin an cedi,
A’ feitheamh.
An sin thainig an t-aon a dh'eisd, ’s a chuala facail nan dan,
S le anam tuigseach is glic, chruinnich e an cedi gu leir,
Ghabh e gaol ’na chridhe. soilleir is bl&th agus glan,
Gr&dh do chairdeao is cinneadh, na reultan a’ de&rrsadh ’nan speur,
Agus fir nam finneachan dlleas, ’s na h-edin a’ brlodal gu binn,
Thrus e. an cedi seo le cheile, is rugadh an sin
Fuaim na pioba.
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