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Heather Dewar draws a colour portrait of teacher Morvern McPhee. Tha Fraoch Nic an DeΓ²ir a’deanamh dealbh dathte dhen tidsear Ìleach Morvern Nic a’Phi.

Combining the role of artist and interviewer, Heather Dewar creates colour portraits of well-known Gaels, while teasing out of them every little detail of their life story!

Heather is back on Islay in Kilchoman where she meets Morvern McPhee. Morvern was brought up on the island and now works there as a teacher. Her great-grandfather was Donald McPhee who, along with his brother John, saved several people from the Otranto after it was wrecked off the west coast of Islay in 1918.

Tha Fraoch Nic an DeΓ²ir a Ìle air ais air an sgrion le sreath ΓΉr de β€œDhealbhan Fraoich”. An dΓ  chuid na tΓ¨-ealain agus na ceasnaiche, tha i a’dΓ¨anamh dealbhan dathte de GhΓ idheil air a bheil sinn eΓ²lach – agus a’tΓ ladh asta iomadh sgeul mu eachdraidh am beatha.
Sa phrΓ²gram seo, tha Fraoch air ais ann an Ìle, aig Cill Chomain, far a bheil i a’tachairt air Morven Nic a’PhΓ¬. Chaidh Morven Γ rach air an eilean, agus tha i a-nist ag obair ann an Ile na tidsear. Choisinn a sinn-seanair DΓ²mhnall Mac a’PhΓ¬ cliΓΉ, e fhΓ¨in agus a bhrΓ thair Iain, nuair a shΓ bhail iad grunnd dhaoine far an t-soitheach HMS Otranto, a chaidh as an rathad air taobh siar Ìle ann an 1918.

In Gaelic with English subtitles

29 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Aug 2024 19:00

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Presenter Heather Dewar
Director Faye MacLean
Producer Ramsay MacMahon
Editor Mairead Morrison
Executive Producer Bill MacleΓ²id

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