Latha math dhuibh, a chàrdan. Time now to have a look at David MacLeod’s own family; his parents and siblings. The family inhabited Bàrd an Tuath (perhaps meaning “enclosure of the farm” – Eng. Bardintua) croft before taking on the…
Latha math dhuibh, a chàrdan. Before David’s first diary begins, we look again at the account he gives of his ancestry, this time at his mother’s people. David’s paternal line comes originally from mostly outside of Latheron Parish, either from…
Latha math dhuibh, a chàrdan. Before David’s first diary begins, we look at the account he gives of his ancestry. Despite this being written in English, there is a regard for tradition evident in David’s intentional listing of his forefathers.…
Thank you, in the first instance, for reading. I am writing what will be a very personal exposé on the nature of both what I received in the way of cultural inheritance and also what I didn’t, to illustrate before…
Fàilte chridheil, chàirdeil oirbh. It is my intention in beginning this new blog to expand on the current understanding of the ancestral Gaelic culture of south-western Caithness, namely Latheron Parish, by sharing monthly excerpts of my great-grand-uncle David MacLeod’s diaries,…