Tillidh mi Dhachaigh
HEBRIDEAN HOMECOMING
2023 - 2025
Lewis Society of Cleveland, Ohio.
Photo credit: Comunn Eachdraidh Nis
'Tillidh mi Dhachaigh'
'I'll return home'
Hebridean Homecoming is a three-year events programme engaging both islanders and diaspora populations of the Outer Hebrides in the themes of emigration and return.
It begins in 2023, on the centenaries of the emigrant ships 'Metagama' and 'Marloch', when people left in search of adventure and opportunities not available at home.
Hebridean Homecoming events will connect islanders, diaspora populations and visitors through exhibitions, talks, productions, monuments, and more.
Maritime Timetable Images -
Björn Larsson collection
'White Star Line - Canada's Call to Women'
Library and Archives Canada
Ref: 1990-119 DAP, 00001, Box number: C047
“'S e feasgar latha Sàbaid ann
' S bha bàtaichean mun cuairt
Toirt Beannachd -nam Beann-Arda dhaibh
Mun tairneadh iad gu cuan;
Bu dùilich leam 's bu chràiteach e
Bhith facinn phàisdean truagh,
'S ag eisdeachd osnaich mhàthraichean
'S an cridh 'ga fhàsgadh cruaidh.”
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Donald Mackinnon (Mac Iain Mhurchaidh Fhionnlaigh), Caolis - 'Cumha Barraich 1923'
Tachartasan | Events
Tha tachartasan ann tro na h-eileanan, bho Rubha Robhanais gu Barraigh is Bhatarsaigh. Cliog air na tachartasan gu h-ìosal airson barrachd fiosreachadh fhaighinn.Ma tha sibh ag iarraidh am mìosachan fhaicinn, cliog an seo.
Events are running throughout the Outer Hebrides, from the Butt of Lewis to Barra and Vatersay. Click on an individual event below for more information.
You can also see a calendar of events by clicking here.
Goireasan | Resources
Leig fios thugainn ma tha sibh ag iarraidh bruidhinn ri comainn eachdraidh,
taighean-tasgaidh air neo tasglannan.
Looking to contact historical societies, museums or archives
to trace your own family members?
Click here.
Metagama in Princes Dock.
Graham Lappin Collection
"I remember when she was goin' by the Butt o' Lewis, well, they were blowin' the horn all the time, and everybody in Ness was out makin' bonfires. Even my father was cryin'. And we were on deck until we seen the last flicker o' light disappear. So then we went down below - and that's it. We never seen that light again.
I never saw my mother or father again."
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Angus MacDonald
Source: 'Metagama - A Journey from Lewis to the New World ', Jim Wilkie, 1987