Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Tommy Macdonald talks to Lawrence Maceachen in his thatched house in Iochdar, South Uist, inherited from his aunt. In Part 1, he explains how it had been used as a byre for a time before he did it up again for his own use. It’s due for re-thatching again – in some respects a less arduous task than it used to be.

A wordlinked Clilstore transcript, with the video embedded is available here: multidict.net/cs/11944

Links to the other clips in the conversation:

Part 2 - youtu.be/QzXd4L1MmyE
Part 3 - youtu.be/8wHOcPpvLz0

Omnibus - youtu.be/A0mWX7j1iP4