An impressive illustrated new publication about the history of the Eishken estate in Pairc, Lewis, written by well-known historian David Jones, was launched by Comunn Eachdraidh na Pairc at Orinsay Village Hall recently.
The huge extent of the peninsula of Pairc, which but for a narrow neck of land between the heads of Loch Erisort and [...]
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NEW BOOKLET ON EISHKEN ESTATE LAUNCHED IN ORINSAY
Hudson plane crash site photographs
A few months ago we published an article on the Hudson bomber which crashed at Mulhagery in Southern Pairc and received the note below from Dave Earl.
‘Nice article on the Hudson. I am an aviation historian/author living E of Manchester and have for a number of years been researching losses of aircraft around the Scottish [...]
Eiskein outing 27th June 2009
A great turnout at the Deer Park Raiders monument and a beautiful sunny day – John Randall spoke of the history of the deer park raids and Angus Macleod’s role in commisioning a series of cairns to commemorate the land struggles. The next stop was at Seaforth Head where Ken Roddy Mackay spoke on the [...]
Unidentified – from Gravir?
This photo comes from Uig, where it was lying unidentified in the Comann Eachdraidh collection. It’s marked on the back “M Campbell, Gravir” and there was a mark over the chap on the left. But who was he, who are the others, what’s it doing in Uig and where was it taken?
Calum Macritchie believes that [...]
Unidentified Wedding
Can anyone identify this family?
Stornoway, UNITED KINGDOM