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Dealan-dè

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Date
Track ID 30863
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

DealanDe 1986.06.24

Summary

The renovation of a Skye school.

A school in Skye which presently [1986] has twenty pupils has been renovated. The teacher talks about the renovations and another contributor talks about the school, its catchment area and his memories of when he attended it 79 years previously. He names the school builders and the teachers who taught in it at the beginning of the twentieth century. The pupils of the school sing songs and recite a poem.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Skye

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Skye

Language

Gaelic

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good