Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 56 minutes ago
James MacLetchie, from Sollas, North Uist, tells Gordon Wells the story of his earliest childhood memories of coming to live on the island and meeting his new parents. He paints a vivid picture of his first impressions, and goes on to describe his acquisition of Gaelic in its natural community context. He doesn’t remember actively learning it. It came to him.
Full description, with additional links, here: guthan.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/james-macletchie-in-conversation
James MacLetchie, from Sollas, North Uist, tells Gordon Wells the story of his earliest childhood memories of coming to live on the island and meeting his new parents. He paints a vivid picture of his first impressions, and goes on to describe his acquisition of Gaelic in its natural community context. He doesn’t remember actively learning it. It came to him.
Full description, with additional links, here: guthan.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/james-macletchie-in-conversation
