Isle of Lewis Music Video

Song "Eilean Leòdhais Ge Fada Thriall Mi" written by Colonel Iain MacGregor who was born in Stornoway 1848. He wrote this song homesick for Lewis while deployed to India. Sung brilliantly here by Donald MacRae.

Donald MacRae's Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/Donald-MacRae-Gaelic-Singer-184528238249890/

Footage drawn from following videos:

Isle of Lewis 1970 (Around Scotland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEmfUiOVaAg

Last Batch Of British Troops Leave India (1948) | British Pathé
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRo9T-aGjE4

North Tolsta 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1G2lGFjp9Y&t=287s

Around Stornoway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOwo_JiGVSo&t=717s

On The Road - Stornoway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxy5pLjzEaI&t=489s

Stornoway 1964 (footage by Ken Holgate, provided by Stornoway Historical Society)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2b-DhNUD2g&t=435s

The Corncrake and the Croft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSJNAFfX_K0&t=1346s

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Видео Isle of Lewis Music Video канала Calum Bartlett