Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
A short documentary about writer Donald S Murray, narrated in Shaetlan by Christie Williamson. Alongside samples of Donald's Gaelic poetry and conversation, this film contributes to a small collection which forms one part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.
More info, with Christie's thoughts on the production here: guthan.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/shaetlan-connections
The Donald S Murray Collection:
Gael in Shetland documentary in various languages –
Gaelic youtu.be/ilIyP19OFwc
English youtu.be/2-v-6xdGuag
Jamaican youtu.be/5HaY3L_DWUw
Welsh youtu.be/ecPCWK8qEAk
Catalan youtu.be/kHq5L9GP5n8
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
Subtitling note: unfortunately, Shaetlan is not recognised as a language by YouTube or Google Translate. This has led to the contradictory position of labelling the language used in this film as "English" in order to enable the subtitling function to work for the Shaetlan language, if you wish to read Christie's text. "English (auto-generated)" subtitles - also available in the settings wheel - will struggle with all parts of the film not in Standard English.
A short documentary about writer Donald S Murray, narrated in Shaetlan by Christie Williamson. Alongside samples of Donald's Gaelic poetry and conversation, this film contributes to a small collection which forms one part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.
More info, with Christie's thoughts on the production here: guthan.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/shaetlan-connections
The Donald S Murray Collection:
Gael in Shetland documentary in various languages –
Gaelic youtu.be/ilIyP19OFwc
English youtu.be/2-v-6xdGuag
Jamaican youtu.be/5HaY3L_DWUw
Welsh youtu.be/ecPCWK8qEAk
Catalan youtu.be/kHq5L9GP5n8
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
Subtitling note: unfortunately, Shaetlan is not recognised as a language by YouTube or Google Translate. This has led to the contradictory position of labelling the language used in this film as "English" in order to enable the subtitling function to work for the Shaetlan language, if you wish to read Christie's text. "English (auto-generated)" subtitles - also available in the settings wheel - will struggle with all parts of the film not in Standard English.
