Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Shetland resident Donald S Murray talks to Gordon Wells about his career as a teacher and then writer, and about his relationship with the Gaelic language. Alongside a recording of a selection of his poems and a short documentary introduction, this film contributes to a small "exile Gaelic" collection which forms one part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used in new contexts and for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.

The Donald S Murray Collection:

Gael in Shetland documentary in two languages –

Gaelic youtu.be/ilIyP19OFwc
English youtu.be/2-v-6xdGuag

Conversation –

Part 1 youtu.be/ILSilMuUBg4
Part 2 youtu.be/PrvE--gsyj0
Part 3 youtu.be/uQMcE5IY-nU
Omnibus youtu.be/T_CiE1jaexw

Poetry youtu.be/QzdB07Khw20

Further background:

guthan.wordpress.com/2024/05/06/gaelic-in-shetland

About Island Voices/Guthan nan Eilean:

guthan.wordpress.com/about