Gaelic tradition: 2 suggestions

The Whittaker Library has just heard about 2 interesting new books on the Gaelic tradition.  We'll be ordering them very soon, so watch this space!  The first is The Gaelic Finn Tradition, edited by Sharon J. Arbuthnot and Geraldine Parsons.  The other is a reprint of Keith Norman MacDonald's collection of Puirt-à-Beul,ed. William Lamb.

Hebridean tradition comes to an end

On the BBC News website:- Skye crofter 'last' to swim his cattle between grazings. Read - and watch it - here. Surely this will prompt a Gaelic singer to write a song about it?