Sruth a' Mhetagama/In the Wake of the Metagama

BBC Alba HD

9:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Monday 4 November

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On Saturday 21 April 1923, the SS Metagama departed Stornoway, bound for Canada. Aboard were hundreds of young islanders who were leaving the hardship of island life after the First World War and the Iolaire disaster, in search of new opportunities. One hundred years on, musician Liza Mulholland collaborated with writer Donald S Murray to create a unique and moving, personal musical tribute to the island communities affected by the 1920s mass emigration from the Western Isles to Canada and America. This is the story of their creative journey