Berneray Historical Society : Comunn Eachdraidh
Eilean Bheàrnaraigh - a' cumail ar n-Eachdraidh beò
The Historical Society's current project - 'Eilean Bheàrnaraigh - a' cumail ar n-Eachdraidh beò' - now has a blog and a Facebook page which are to be found at the following links: eileanbhearnaraigh.wordpress.com and www.facebook.com/EileanBhearnaraigh
Book Launch, Songs by Hector MacKinnon - the Berneray Bard.
This well-attended event took place on Saturday 27 April in the Community Hall. Jointly organised by Acair, the Gaelic book publisher, and Berneray Historical Society. Click for more information. Copies of the book will be available to purchase from The Nurse's Cottage when the visitor centre opens on June 3.
This well-attended event took place on Saturday 27 April in the Community Hall. Jointly organised by Acair, the Gaelic book publisher, and Berneray Historical Society. Click for more information. Copies of the book will be available to purchase from The Nurse's Cottage when the visitor centre opens on June 3.
New project underway - Eilean Bheàrnaraigh - a' cumail ar n-Eachdraidh beò'
Berneray Historical Society's new project, which will provide digital mapping of historic locations throughout the island for the first time, started formally on 4 February 2013. Read the launch press release here.
Book Launch Event
The Nurse's Cottage hosted a big crowd on Saturday 1 December for the launch of the Historical Society's latest publication The Story of Emigration from Berneray, Harris written by Peter Kerr. The book represented the culmination of the Society's most recent project, 'A' tilleadh ar n-eachdraidh dhachaigh', which has run for the last 18 months. The project also included a conference held in the Community Hall in August.
Copies of the book are available for £5 + postage. Please contact the secretary of Berneray Historical Society at The Nurse's Cottage, Berneray, Isle of North Uist, HS6 5BD or email info@bernerayhistorical.com
The Gaelic version of the book is available online as a free download.
Copies of the book are available for £5 + postage. Please contact the secretary of Berneray Historical Society at The Nurse's Cottage, Berneray, Isle of North Uist, HS6 5BD or email info@bernerayhistorical.com
The Gaelic version of the book is available online as a free download.
Alison Dix, chair Comunn Eachdraidh Bheàrnaraigh, Peter Kerr, project worker, and Sue Wilson, project manager
Am Pàipear covered the book launch online and also in the printed paper. There is also a piece on the Guthan nan Eilean website.
Visit the Historical Society collections at The Nurse's Cottage
The Nurse's Cottage is currently closed for the winter months and only open by special appointment. You can contact the Historical Society by leaving a message on the Nurse's Cottage phone at 01876 525001. More info on The Nurse's Cottage here.
Ceilp
A new history of the Uist kelp industry, written in Gaelic with assistance from members of Berneray Historical Society. Costs £5. Anyone interested in purchasing a copy should contact the author directly:
richard.deveria@btinternet.com
36 Market Street
Aberfeldy PH15 2AN
Tel: 01887 820567
richard.deveria@btinternet.com
36 Market Street
Aberfeldy PH15 2AN
Tel: 01887 820567
A' tilleadh ar n-eachdraidh dhachaigh project now concluded
The Historical Society's A' tilleadh ar n-eachdraidh dhachaigh (Bringing Our History Home) project has now come to an end. The project sought to explore the historical and cultural impact of emigrations from Berneray, by establishing who went where, when, how and why? The project discovered aspects of Berneray’s Gaelic island culture that the emigrants took with them and which have been maintained in their new lands by their descendants.
A project conference was held in August 2012 and a book relating to the subject matter of the project is being published. More information will be available here soon.
A' tilleadh ar n-eachdraidh dhachaigh is part-financed by the Scottish Government and the European Community LEADER Innse Gall 2007-2013 programme.
Am Paipear wrote about the project in July 2012 and also here.
A project conference was held in August 2012 and a book relating to the subject matter of the project is being published. More information will be available here soon.
A' tilleadh ar n-eachdraidh dhachaigh is part-financed by the Scottish Government and the European Community LEADER Innse Gall 2007-2013 programme.
Am Paipear wrote about the project in July 2012 and also here.
We receive funding from Bòrd na Gàidhlig to enable us to run Gaelic classes in Berneray at two different levels
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We receive funding from The Heritage Lotttery Fund under their All Our Stories funding stream for the project 'Eilean Bheàrnaraigh - a' cumail ar n-Eachdraidh beò'
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Contact Berneray Historical Society at The Nurse's Cottage, Berneray, HS6 5BD.
Tel: 01876 525001.
For membership or general enquiries, email the secretary Andrew Ross info@bernerayhistorical.com
