A new addition to our publications, this recipe book was originally compiled by Pairc Community Association in the late 70’s and is now reprinted by Pairc Historical Society.
The book has 44 pages of recipes including a small number in Gaelic. The recipes relate to a time when there were far less choice of ingredients [...]
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Recipes from Pairc from the 70’s
Kershader man shot
Attacked on Street
Murdo Macleod, a native of Kershader Lochs, who for some time was employed in the Labour Exchange at Stornoway, and is presently a supervisor in the Castleford Labour Exchange, was last week shot in the thigh at Leeds, and had to be removed to the General Hospital there. In connection with the affair, [...]
Gaelic students visit Gravir Museum
A group of Gaelic students spent an interesting week in the Pairc community as part of a new initiative by Co-Chomunn na Pairc.
The residential course was based at Ravenspoint in Kershader with students staying in the on-site hostel. Each day the students had a Gaelic class in the morning and in the afternoon they visited [...]
Lemreway and the Puffin Hunt, 1958
by Donald Mackay, Kershader, in 1958-59
Lemreway was one of the villages affected by the Park clearances. It was resettled in 1861 when those who were removed from Brollum to Stiemreway were in that year removed to Lemreway on the outskirts of the Park sheep farm. None of those who had originally been evicted from Lemreway [...]
Garyvard Village Shops in the Early 1900’s
In these days when village shops are all but gone it is hard to imagine that even a small village could have half a dozen shops in the early 1900’s
Buth Dhomhnull a Gharraidh (Donald Macleod) 1 Garyvard.
After the first world war Domhnull a Gharaidh set up a shoemaking business in an extension to Seoc a [...]
The GAMA Award, 2009
The Gatliff Trust and the Angus Macleod Archive have combined forces to establish the GAMA (Gatliff Angus Macleod Archive) award, offering funds to a student or researcher at a British college or university for the summer of 2009.
The purpose of the award is to encourage research on an aspect of history, geography, culture or environmental [...]
Orinsay
The name Orinsay derives from the Norse for ‘ebb-flow island’. When it was first settled is unknown, but the situation is sheltered, with both arable land and good fishing to hand. In 1810, a Mary Maciver (to whom the land had evidently been let) wrote that the ‘place is considerably infested with ravens’ which [...]
Memories of Caversta
Reminiscences of Ruaraidh Rob Mackinnon, 2 Garyvard, who was born in Caversta in 1909. Translated by Elizabeth MacGowan from the articles in Tional in 1992/93
It was from Cluthar in Harris that the Mackinnons on my father’s side came. Domhnull Mhaoil Domhnaich came to work in Crobeg. At that time, Caversta, Torostay, and Orinsay belonged to [...]
Caversta
The village of Caverstay is located on the south side of Loch Erisort, just across Tob Caverstay from the somewhat larger village of Garyvard. It consisted of just four crofts, though the neighbouring hamlet of Torostay was considered an extension of Caversta so the two crofts there became numbers 5 and 6.
The village was once [...]
Kershader
Kershader is a village of 12 crofts on the south shore of Loch Erisort, opposite the village of Laxay in Kinloch. The name of the village is of Norse origin, possibly referring to “shieling of the marsh or thicket”. Shader is Norse for shieling, a shed at some distance from the main farm and at [...]
Comunn Eachdraidh na Pairc AGM
The Comunn Eachdraidh AGM will be held on Tuesday 3 February at 8pm at the resource centre in Kershader, and will be followed by the formal launch of this new website.
Photos from Comunn Eachdraidh outings for the last 12 years will be shown as well as many other photos and stories of local interest. All [...]
Witness to Tragedy in Loch Erisort
On 7th December 19061 witnessed a drowning tragedy in Loch Erisort. It was during the mid-day interval at Kershader School as we gathered on the hill in between the school and the shore to watch the “TRANSIT” steaming up the Loch against a strong westerly gale force wind.
The “Transit” was a paddle driven steam pleasure-boat [...]
Habost
Habost is said to be one of the oldest settlements in Park. The name is Scandinavian, the suffix “Bost” meaning a homestead or farm in Norwegian. Under the Highland clan system Habost was a tack and the various tacksmen surrounded themselves with small-holders on a year by year tenancy.
It is difficult to trace the names [...]
Calbost
‘The village of Calbost in Pairc, Isle of Lewis, comprises 14 crofts. Local tradition maintains that some of the Calbost settlers such as Norman Mackenzie, Tormod Buidhe (1780-1864) came to Calbost towards the end of the 18th century. Both Kenneth Macleod and Norman Mackenzie, who settled at 3 Calbost, were among the first seven crofters [...]
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