Somersaulting out of a Cave of Gold: thoughts on the current and future condition of the Gàidhealtachd

Iain MacKinnon

Somersaulting out of a Cave of Gold: thoughts on the current and future condition of the Gàidhealtachd

Iain MacKinnon

Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

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Abstract

In this essay I consider two important poetic invocations of the Gaelic Otherworld that deal with isolated figures struggling – and without human support – to understand and bring back to reality their own and their culture’s sincere beliefs and feelings. One is Sorley MacLean’s Uamha ‘n Òir [‘The Cave of Gold’], a poem of resolute struggle and despair which has variously haunted, plagued, and inspired me for fifteen years.

Original language	English
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 22 Sept 2022

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