Research Seminar: Liam Crouse

Uist Gaelic legendry from the 20th century 

Wednesday 18 November 2026 | 13:00
Seòmar Shomhairle, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

This seminar will be available live online. Register below and a Zoom link will be emailed to you on the day of the seminar.

This talk will explore change and variation in Gaelic legend folklore from Uist as embodied within some of the principal twentieth-century collections of oral tradition, including the Tobar an Dualchais resource. Focussed on case studies from two island communities – Èirisgeidh and Beàrnaraigh na Hearadh – the performance and transmission of folklore will be examined diachronically as a product of both individual and social-group dynamics to recontextualise and reassess notions of cultural conservatism within Gaelic folkloristics. The work represents a synopsis of PhD research undertaken at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI.