Gaelic Tales, Poems and Translations

Battle of Port-a Bheathain, read in Gaelic and English by Brigadier John Macfarlane.

This gripping tale of clan wars is told in both languages by John who speaks Mull Gaelic and is a frequent broadcaster in Gaelic and English for BBC Alba television and radio.

Battle of Port-a Bheathain, read in Gaelic and English by Brigadier John Macfarlane.

This gripping tale of clan wars is told in both languages by John who speaks Mull Gaelic and is a frequent broadcaster in Gaelic and English for BBC Alba television and radio.

Sorley MacLean’s poem The Spartans of the North read by Dr Alastair Whyte in Gaelic and English.

Sorley was sheanachie to the clan and wrote this great poem for the 1992 International Gathering where he read it to great acclaim. Here it is read again for us by Alastair Whyte, who is from Mull and is anaward winning singer, songwriter, playwright, actor and presenter.

Battle of Traigh Ghruinneard, read in Gaelic and English by Brigadier John Macfarlane.

The Battle of Gruinart Strand, or beach, was a Scottish clan battle fought on 5 August 1598, on the Isle of Islay. It is told here in Mull Gaelic and English by John who is a frequent broadcaster for BBC Alba.

Do Shir Eachann MacGilleathain, read in Gaelic and English by Brigadier John Macfarlane.

A poem written by a Clansman to the reported death of Sir Hector Of Duart 4th Baronet during his capture in the Tower of London.