An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Gaidheal > Volume 49--51, January 1954--December 1956

Hort Nan Eig^aHi
CHAIDH Iain Buidhe MacLeoid a
dh’iarraidh bean a dh’Eige. Bha bata
aige agus ceathrar dhaoine. Thainig e
air tir aig taigh athair a’ bhoireannaich. Tha
e coltach nach robh fir an aite air son gum
faigheadh MacLeoid am boireannach, ach
thachair gu robh iad trath a mach an la ud,
agus leig a h-athair le MacLeoid am boirean¬
nach a thoirt leis.
Air an turus dhachaigh dh’eirich stoirm agus
thilgeadh am bata air ais air Eige, agus cho
luath is a bhuail i an cladach bha fir an aite am
bad an Leodaich. Thug iad uaithe am boirean¬
nach agus cheangail iad an duine agus a
cheathrar ghillean agus thilg iad anns a’ bhata
iad air a’ chuan.
Mu dheireadh rainig am bata an t-Eilean
Sgitheanach leis a’ choignear innte, agus bha
MacLeoid Dhun-bheagain an deidh tilleadh a
Lochlann. Arsa esan, an uair a chuala e an
naidheachd mu’n mhasladh a rinneadh air a
dhaoine, ‘ ‘ Diolaidh mise air na h-eucoraich an
rud a rinn iad!’ ’
Mar sin, chaidh MacLeoid agus buidheann de
a dhaoine gu Eige agus theich sluagh Eige do
uaimh mhoir, agus cha d’fhuaradh lorg orra.
Chruinnich na Leodaich gach ni a gheibheadh
iad, crodh is eile, is chuir iad romhpa falbh.
Thainig fear a mach as an uaimh feuch am
faiceadh e an d’fhalbh na Leodaich dhachaigh.
Ach bha sneachd air an talamh agus lean na
Leodaich larach chas an duine gu ruig an uamh.
Thug esan an uamh air agus lean iad e, seachd
ficheadan dhiubh uile gu leir.
Dh’iarr na Leodaich orra a thighinn a mach
as an uaimh, ach dhiult iad. An sin dh’iarr
na Leodaich orra an fheadhainn a rinn an eucoir
air na Sgitheanaich a chur a mach chuca, ach
dhiiiltadh seo mar an ceudna.
Ghabh na Leodaich fearg. Bhris iad na
taighean agus thainig iad leis a’ chonadh.
Leig iad an t-uisge rathad eile agus thachd iad
a h-uile duine dhiubh anns an smuid.
(Bho Sheanchas Neill Chaimbeul).
Treasurer’s Notes
Magazine Fund
Previously acknowledged.. .. .. ^15 12 —
Miss Mary F. MacArthur, Glasgow . . — 14 —
John F. Steele, Esq., Portree .. .. — 7 ■—
£16 13 —
Central Fund
Previously acknowledged.. .. .. £151 14 5
Edinburgh Branch. . . . .. .. 5 ■— —
Stirling Branch .. .. .. .. 5-— ■—-
Mrs. Menzies, Galston .. .. .. —-10 —
Skelmorlie and District Highland
Association .. .. .. .. 11 —
Largs Branch .. .. .. .. 11—
— 68
2 10 —
Dundee Highland Society
Cromarty Branch .. .. . . .. 2 2 —■
Beauly Branch . . . . . . . . 4 4 —
Peter C. Fletcher, Esq., Flockton, England — 5 —
Dunoon Branch . . .. .. .. 5
Angus Mac Kay, Glasgow .. .. — 5 -JB
John G. Nicolson, Esq., Vancouver 2 -9
£180 12 5
2 2 -
National Mod—Aberdeen, 1955
Received at Aberdeen—
Previously acknowledged £1398 1 9
D. Logan, Esq., Aberdeen 1 1 —
\V. M. Alexander, Esq.,
Aberdeen . . .. 5 — -—-
Ceilidh nan Gaidhcal,
Inverness
Entertainments Com¬
mittee of Mod Local
Committee, Scottish
Concert, 23rd April,
including Donation of
£5 5s: from St.
Nicolas Pancers
Ladies’ Committee of
Mod Local Committee
from Sale of Plants ..
Grantown - on - Spey
Branch..
Aberdeen Branch
Individual Efforts—■
Miss N. MacTver ,
Aberdeen, £3 17 4
Aberdeen Gaelic
Choir—Beetle
Drive .. 20 18 3
Received at Headquarters—-
Previously acknowledged
F. G. Thompson , Esq.,
Stornoway
Miss Margaret MacPhee,
Glasgow
Lewis and Harris Asso¬
ciation
M, Ramsay, Esq.,
Wemyss Bay . .
Miss Mary H . Crawford,
Dunoon
W. Gordon, Esq. , Oban
Mrs. Maclean of Ardgour
Dugald Macleod , Esq.,
Kinlochleven ..
An t-Athair J. A. Hooper,
Dundee
Cromarty Branch
Aulay Macaulay, Esq.,
Manchester
Rev. Angus Duncan B .D.,
Edinburgh
Col. M. B. H. Ritchie,
Kingussie
Miss J . B. Stewart, Blair¬
gowrie .. ..
Wm. Campbell, Esq.,
Edinburgh
Miss Mary C. Whyte,
Philipshill
24 15 7
— £1787
£115 16 —