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Èis aig àm gaiseadh a' bhuntàta.

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Date July 1977
Track ID 66338
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1977.195.A3

Original Tape ID

SA1977.195

Summary

Famine at the time of the potato blight.

There was a great shortage of food the year of the potato blight, but in Uist the fishing was good that year. There was a very bad year in 1923 and the crops and potatoes were ruined by a very bad summer. Very few were able to get peats home. A distress fund was set up and people got money to construct peat roads.

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - North Uist

Island - North Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good