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Tha an teacsa agus faidhle chlaistich de "Litir do Luchd-Ionnsachaidh" le Ruairidh MacIlleathain ri fhaotainn an seo gach feasgair Dihaoine. Br�th an �omhaigh airson �isteachd ris an Litir fhad �s a tha thu a� leughadh na teacsa. Primary Format : Ethnic Language : Gaelic Also Listed as: Ethnic City : Glasgow State/Province : Scotland Country : United Kingdom Region : EU User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: Ethnic | View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Letter to Gaelic Learners Podcasts Methings.com listings of Letter to Gaelic Learners Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

Letter: 26 Jun 2009: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 521 This week, Ruairidh invites you to listen to the tale of a sailor called Black-haired John! Sit back and relax and learn of this character from the Isle of Lewis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 19 Jun 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 520 Although the Cromarty Fisherfolk was a form of Scots, there were loads of words that came from Gaelic. Ruairidh runs through some of them. Have a listen to learn more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 12 Jun 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 519 Ruairidh got a new book recently; it's about a dialect in the Highlands that is becoming extinct. Interestingly, he's not talking about a dialect of Gaelic, but English. It’s the “Cromarty Fisherfolk Dialect”. Learn more in this week’s podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 05 Jun 08: Litir do Luchd ionnschaidh 518 Ruairidh moves away from Raasay and talks about a lochan in Islay called Lochan na Nigheadaireachd. He wonders if washing was carried out in this lochan. Flora Macdonald wrote memoirs of her youth in Benbecula, in this she describes the joy of clothes washing! Listen to this fascinating tale and learn new words, phrases and Gaelic similes in this week's podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 29 May 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 517 This wee Ruairidh takes us to Loch nam Mnà in Raasay. Find out how the loch got its name and who was the mysterious lady of this particular lake! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 22 May 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 516 This week, Ruairidh tells us a bit more about Gilleasbaig, or Archibald, Cook. He was a church minister who gave sermons in both English and Gaelic. Sometimes his sermons were so popular, they had to be held outside the church. He also had an opposing view to alcohol to many of his contemporaries. Learn more in this week's podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 15 May 09: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 515 This week Ruairidh introduces us to two more Gaelic characters; Archibald and Finlay Cook. Both were born on the island of Arran, but both spoke different dialects of Gaelic. Both brothers were ministers. Archibald travelled and preached in different areas of Scotland. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 08 May 09: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 514 Among those who are buried in Inchmahome, near The Lake of Menteith, is Robert Cunninghame Graham, or Don Roberto as he was known in his second country, Argentina. Learn all about this man who came from the gentry and what happened on the very first ever day that came to be known as ‘Bloody Sunday’. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 01 May 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 513 We have a treat at the start of this week's podcast! It's another Gaelic riddle, why not pause the podcast and try and solve it? After the riddle, we travel back in time to learn of an important left-wing figure in Scottish politics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 24 Apr 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 512 In the Norwegian town of Otta, there is a statue of a young woman named Pillarguri. She is well known in Norwegian history. In the statue she is blowing a horn. She is commemorating an attack on Scots in Sweden in 1612. In this week’s podcast, find out why the Scots were there and why the Norwegians had to attack! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 17 Apr 07: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 511 Have you ever heard of the Battle of Kringen? It is a famous Norwegian battle. Find out all about it and Scotlan's relevance to it, in this week's letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 10 Apr 09: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 510 Roddy has been ski-ing in mountains in the Rodane in Norway. The Rodane became a national park in 1962. There are small huts and bothys in the Rodane and the Norwegian names for these are very similar to the English names. Find out about these lodges and one in particular with this week's podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 03 Apr 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 509 "Mark my word, Pat, she'll be an unlucky ship." This week, hear how Peter Morrison from Grimsay overheard two Irishmen talking as the Titanic launched in Belfast. Did one of the old men see an omen or supernatural warning? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 27 Mar 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 508 Roddy has a new book, Thugam agus Bhuam, by Patrick Morrison. It is a collection of stories. A wee bit of Patrick's own tale is given and Roddy begins a new tale about when Patrick saw the Titanic. NEW! AN LITIR BHEAG, or The Little Letter is now available as a podcast! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 20 Mar 09: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 507 This week, Roddy tells of a place close to Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh which iscalled Croft-an-Righ. Not Croit anRìgh, but Croft-an-Righ. Without question, it’s a Gaelic name. Howdid it get its title? Find out in this week's podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 13 Mar 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 506 There is a route in Edinburgh called Piper’s Walk. It’s on Arthur’s Seat. Roddy will tell you how Piper’s Walk got its name – at least, according to oral tradition. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 06 Mar 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 505 This week, Roddy researches how Arthur's Seat, situated in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park, got its name and whether or not it's connected to King Arthur. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 27 Feb 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 504 Roddy got a letter himself this week. The correspondent advised him to type in 'Caithness' into the online version of Dwelly. One hundred and twenty four words cropped up and Roddy takes us through the most unusual words Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 20 Feb 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 503 A valuable resource for Gaelic learners over several generations has been Edward Dwelly's dictionary. There are many interesting words to be found within its pages, Roddy looks at some of these words and their origins. Two plucky people recently put the dictionary online, listen to how they achieved this mammoth task! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 13 Feb 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 502 Do you know the word muir? It means “sea”. A’ mhuir – the sea. Do you know the word tìr? It means “land”. An tìr – the land. Muir is tìr – the sea and the land. Both are important in the Gaidhealtachd. Well, this week Roddy has a conundrum for you: what does 'Muir-thìreach' mean? He explains in the later and brings a whole host of intriguing words that appear in a new online dictionary. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 06 Feb 2009: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 501 Do you know what the word Cùtach means? Many apply it to today's dialect of Gaelic. Do you agree? The word also leads Roddy to think about the dialect of Gaelic that orginated from Aberdeen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 30 Jan 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 500 Roddy is delighted to present the 500th Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh and would like to thank those who have contacted him regarding Litir. This week's letter concludes the tale of Cù Fhearchair Bhàin. What exactly happened to Fraoch on that night? What was that devilish sound the couple heard? Find out by listening to this week's podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 23 Jan 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 499 Listen to the story of an amazing dog in Cù Fhearchair Bhàin. It is about a wonderdog called Fraoch who was an excellent sheepdog and was quite a character! In this tale, we'll hear of what happened to a couple who came to the master's house one eerie night........ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 16 Jan 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 498 We come to the end of our fascinating journey along the Antonine Wall. Roddy looks at the other names of Forts that may have originated from Gaelic. He finishes by ruminating that although the Romans only used the wall for a generation, the legacy has lasted much longer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 09 Jan 09: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 497 More fascinating stories emerge from the forts that run along the Antonine Wall. Are you familiar with how the name Bearsden came to be the name of the town. It was not the original name of the town and only came to be after a technological advancement. find out what it was and much more in this week's podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 02 Jan 09: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 496 Bliadhna Mhath Ùr! The first letter of the year and Roddy is looking at the biggest structure that the Romans ever built in Scotland, the Antonine Wall. A brief history of Antoninus is given, connections and comparisons to Hadrian are made, before Roddy gives us an introduction to the first couple of forts along the wall. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 26 Dec 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh Roddy examines more Galatian history and culture and wonders what sort of language they spoke Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 19 Dec 08: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 494 Roddy looks at one of the most famous letters ever written, one that's been translated into many different languages. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 12 Dec 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 493 As the sorry chapter of Robbie Northway ends, another opens about another bothy-dwelling character. The old fox, or James McRory Smith, lived in a bothy in Strathcailleach for thirty years. Listen to this week's podcast to learn all about his wiley ways! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 05 Dec 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 492 The final instalment of the strange tale of the Northways unfolds. The twists and turns unfold and unfurl, but does the tale of Robbie echo similar circumstances to events that happened years ago in the area? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 28 Nov 08: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 491 The strange case of the Northways and their animals moving into a bothy caused uproar with local crofters. It caused the authorities quite a headache. Learn more by listening to the podcast! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 21 Nov 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 490 This week, Roddy examines several Sutherland place names. Also, hear an unusual story about a couple who moved into Srathan Bothy in 2000 along with their animals. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 14 Nov 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 489 This week Roddy re-acquaints us with an offical bird of state in America. The name of the bird looks like a Greek word, however the name originated from Gaelic. Find out about the name, the state and the mighty bird itself! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 07 Nov 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 488 The final instalment of the fascinating school, Keil School, is given. Rugby and Gaelic are added to the school's curriculum - two big, bold moves! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 31 Oct 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 487 The foundations of the school in Keil were laid by Sir William MacKinnon. Find out more about the Kintyre Technical School Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 24 Oct 08: Litir do luchd ionnsachaidh Campbeltown in Kintyre is the setting of this week's letter. Roddy points out a striking memorial in the town. The figure is of William MacKinnon, a wealthy mercant who originated there. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 17 Oct 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 485 In this final instalment, we find out what effect McKenzie's policies had on the Maori. We learn which areas he was radical in and what area he was extremely conservative in. We also learn of how Sir John died. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 10 Oct 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 484 Last week we found out what incident shaped Sir John McKenzie's policies. Find out this week about one of those policies and the "999 year lease". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 03 Oct 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 483 Sir John McKenzie, a famous Gaelic-speaking 19th century politician, is the subject of this week's letter. Find out how some etched names on a church window influenced him Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 26 Sep 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh The terrible consequesnces of the statutes of Iona are further explored in this week's letter. Find out the effects that this had on the Gaels and Gaelic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 19 Sep 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 481 A terrible event in the Gaels' history occurred 400 years ago. Roddy looks back on the Statutes of Iona and the terrible effect that they had on the Gaelic language. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 12 Sep 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 480 Roddy travels to Wales this week. He is enchanted by the red kite. The hawk was obliterated in Scotland twenty years ago. The hawk has a rich history which is illustrated in this week's podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 05 Sep 08: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh Roddy explores the history of Stanley in Perthshire this week. The region's Gaelic roots are explored as he looks to the area's cotton mills. The thistle's importance also stemmed from that area, saving Scots from a vicious end from some barefooted, bloodthirsty Vikings! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 29 Aug 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 478 An ancient feud between the MacSorlie family and Clan Chattan in the Glen Nevis area comes to a violent conclusion when an irate piper plays a war tune. You�ll find out what happened and how the cave, Uamh Shomhairle, played its part and got its name in this week�s podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 22 Aug 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 477 Continuing the theme of the Orkney islands, Roddy sails down the �igh-sgeir in the hope of seeing some sharks, but what happens when he and his fellow voyagers get a bit more than they bargained for? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 15 Aug 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 476 Roddy is at sea for this week's letter. On a recent trip to Orkney he discovered seasickness for the first time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 08 Aug 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 475 Could the origin of the ancient Kirkwall Ba' game lie with the battle between two earls? This was a vicious and bloody battle in which even the victor ultimately met his violent end! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 01 Aug 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 474 The place-names of Orkney are examined this week, including the Glens of Kinnaird on Hoy. Roddy questions whether this name is of Highland origin, just as scholar Hugh Marwick had done years beforehand. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 25 Jul 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 473 The similarities between Highland and Scandanavian place names are examined this week. During a recent trip to Orkney, Roddy discovered the majority of the island's place names derived from the old Norse language. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 18 Jul 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 472 Find out what became of the prince in the final instalment of 'The Three Green Dogs' tale. Also, Roddy offers an explanation as to how the village of Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond got its name. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 11 Jul 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 471 The fascinating tale of 'The Three Green Dogs' continues this week. In this part, the prince comes under the influence of somebody out to do him harm. Listen to this letter and find out what the wrongdoer does and how the mighty hounds react to this! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 04 Jul 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 470 A magic tale of three green dogs, Knowledge, Swiftness and Heaviness are the topic of this week's letter. They are bought by a prince and they help him catch deer, but can they help their royal owner overcome battle with some mischievous giants? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 27 Jun 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 469 Gaelic speakers in Scotland are confident that they have a Gaelic minister looking after the language's interests. Roddy looks to the nineteenth century, when there was a movement to protect Scottish and Irish Gaelic, in Canada! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 20 Jun 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 468 Cho be� ri eun, cho marbh ri cloich. Ruairidh brings you a wealth of Gaelic similies in this week's letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 13 Feb 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 467 Gaelic has many names for the fingers! Roddy starts off this week's letter with a rhyme his kids learnt at nursery and muses on how the fingers got their splendid names. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 06 Jun 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 466 This week's letter looks at the Isle of Skye's famous mountains, The Cuillins. There are many theories as to where their name came from, ranging from two Gaelic heroes, a plant, to ancient Norse words from Viking invaders! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 30 May 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 465 We all know of St Columba, who connects Scotland with Gleann Cholm Cille in Ireland, however, this week Roddy tells of another connection. Listen to this tale of a very famous Jacobite fleeing Culloden to Gleann Cholm Cille. Can you guess who it is? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 23 May 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 464 This week, a magic mist in a Donegal glen is explained in a St Columba folk tale. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 16 May 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 463 The traditional tale of "The Lass that Was Sold" reaches its incredible conclusion. Prepare to be amazed as to what happens at the end of her epic journey! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 09 May 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 462 The traditional tale of "The Lass that was Sold" continues in this week's letter Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 02 May 08 Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 461 The traditional tale, The Lass that was Sold, is the subject of Letter 461. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 25 Apr 08 Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 460 This week, Roddy tells about the ghost of the redcoat soldier, Arthur Davies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 18 Apr 08 Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 459 Arthur Davies, a wealthy, well-liked redcoat soldier is the subject of this week's letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 11 Apr 08 Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 458 Roddy continues the tale of the last Jacobite to die on Drumossie Moor at the Battle of Culloden, join him as he recounts the life and times of Patrick Grant! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 04 Apr 08: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 457 The Battle of Culloden is visited in this week's letter. Roddy remembers Patrick Grant, the last man to die on the battlefield and recounts his story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 28 Mar 08 - Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 456 This week's letter discusses Springtime. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 21 Mar 08 - Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 455 The original Gaelic names given to the months of the year are the subject of this week's letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 14 Mar 07: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 454 Saint Paul's mystical powers over animals are the subject of this week's letter Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 07 Mar 08: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 453 A Celtic tale is disclosed, this week. Travel with Roddy to a Breton Monastery and learn about Saint Paul! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 29 Feb 08: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 452 Letter 452 tells the story of The Beggar's Death. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 22 Feb 08: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 451 A Perthshire ghost is the topic of this week's letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 15 Feb 08: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 450 A gaelic song about curling is the subject of this week's letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 08 Feb 08: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 449 This week, Roddy tells us of a 19th century song written about curling. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 01 Feb 08: Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh 448 This week, Roddy looks at the shamrock and the unique position it holds in Irish storytelling. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 25 Jan 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 447 Roddy visits a new exhibition about whales which leads him on to tales about a very famous whale! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 18 Jan 08: Litir do luchd-Ionnsachaidh 446 Various expressions, similar in both Gaelic and Scots, are examined. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 11 Jan 08: Litir do luchd-Ionnsachaidh 445 The sailing boat, The Linnet, is the subject of this week's letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 04 Jan 08: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 444 A tongue twister from Broomton is the topic of this week's letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 28 Dec 07: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 443 A verse about Dornoch is the topic of this week's letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 21 Dec 07: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 442 19th century poverty is central to this week's letter. Roddy outlines the situation and describes a modern group that ensure the impact is never forgotten. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 14 Dec 07: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 441 Find out what happens when Roddy accepts an invitation from an Irish Haad of State to visit the most beautiful place on the Emerald Isle`! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 07 Dec 07: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 440 This week, hear all about Finan MacDonald from Knoydart who fought a bison with his bare hands and survived! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 30 Nov 07: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 439 Another story abouth Boban Saor from Mingulay. This time Roddy explores the extraordinary way that his son got his wife. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 23 Nov 07: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 438 From Mingulay to Cape Breton, Roddy gives us a different account of what happened to Boban Saor in this extraordinary tale! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 16 Nov 07: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 437 A new book about the people of Mingulay is the topic of this week's letter. Although he's reluctant to give too much away, he shares a tale about one of the island's characters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 09 Nov 07: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 436 Johann Von Lamont's short biography comes to its interesting conclusion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 02 Nov 07: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 435 The transformation from to Iain MacIlleDhuibh Johnann Von Lamont, the famous Highland Anstronomer is outlined in this week's letter. A brief history is given on his amazing life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 26 Oct 07: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 434 You'll have stars in your eyes when you listen to this week's letter. Roddy indroduces the most famous astronomer to hail from the Highlands, however from the chap's name, you'd be correct to have your doubts! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 19 Oct 07: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 433 Continuing the recent theme of saints associated with the lovely landscape of Loch Lomond, Roddy turns his attention to a buddy of Paisley. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 12 Oct 07: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 432 Roddy divulges last week's mystery and reveals the popular folklore and the the Scottish hero who's to blame! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 05 Oct 2007: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 431 This week, Roddy takes us on a journey to an island near Loch Lomond, Inchcailloch. He outlines the island's intriguing history and leaves us wondering what exactly is out there? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 28 Sep 07: Litir do Luchd Ionnsachaidh 430 Children's rhymes and sayings from the different areas of Scotland are on the tip of Roddy's tongue this week. Listen and love his comparisons and distinctions from all over Scotland! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 21 Sep 07: Litir Do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 429 Discover what happened in this month's letter when King James I invited the clann chiefs of the Highlands to meet him in 1427. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 14 Sep 07: Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 428 Roddy revisits last week's 15th century poem and examines its inspiration - The Battle of Inverlochy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 7 Sep 2007: Litir Do Luchd-Ionnsachaidh 427 A comparison between a 15th Century Gaelic poem and a traditional: proverb. Roddy wonders what came first? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 31 Aug 07: Litir do Luchd Ionnsachaidh 426 An tale of a spear with supernatural powers! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 24 Aug 07: Litir do Luchd Ionnsachaidh 425 A tale of Cuchulainn's strength and might, as he battles warriors single-handledly in Ireland! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 17 Aug 07: Litir do Luchd Ionnsachaidh 424 Cuchulainn and Fionn MacCumhail make heroic appearances in this week's letter! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letter: 10 Aug 07: Litir do Luchd Ionnsachaidh 423 The 18th Century Gaelic poet Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair is the topic of this week's Letter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website