Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
With his work as a tour guide frequently taking him off-island, James meditates on what “dachaigh” (home) means to him, and its associations with “buinteanas” (connection). In so doing he name-checks many school-friends and other community members, and highlights the natural familiarity that connects them through Gaelic. This stands in awkward contrast with imported changes to the language that he also perceives, and he clings to the memory of his father’s mastery of old poetry.
Full description, with additional links, here: guthan.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/james-macletchie-in-conversation
With his work as a tour guide frequently taking him off-island, James meditates on what “dachaigh” (home) means to him, and its associations with “buinteanas” (connection). In so doing he name-checks many school-friends and other community members, and highlights the natural familiarity that connects them through Gaelic. This stands in awkward contrast with imported changes to the language that he also perceives, and he clings to the memory of his father’s mastery of old poetry.
Full description, with additional links, here: guthan.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/james-macletchie-in-conversation
