THE voices of farmers, crofters and fishermen are to speak to the world as a university releases recordings from its Gaelic archive.
More than 40 audio files recorded in Scotland and Canada have been put online by Glasgow University. They include everything from fairy tales to fishing terminology and stories about dating, with the earliest dating back to the 1970s.
Now the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic (DASG) is seeking the families of those featured in order to reunite them with their relatives’ voices and stories. Many of those who spoke with researchers have since died, and organisers say success will allow their loved ones to hear the clips for the very first time.
Commenting, professor Rob Ó Maolalaigh, professor of Gaelic and director of DASG, said: “Our archive is a living memory connecting us directly through an oral history of storytelling and song to the traditional Gàidhealtachd of previous generations.”