Legends

 

Here are some of our pieces:

 

Duart Castle

 

True Love – The Marriage of Lachlan Lubanach and Mairi MacDonald

 

Pins and Needles – cattle rustling, MacIain Giharr and the wrath of the witches of Mull

 

Lady's Rock – abandoned by her husband to die on a rock, the wife lives to tell the tale

 

Clara's Theme – unrequited love and the Spanish Armada

 

The Swan – Cromwell's ships sent to quell the Royalists on Duart, a storm and a shipwreck

 

 

Southend Kintyre

 

Columba – the arrival of the great man and his followers, as viewed through the eyes of local women

 

Blood Rock by Len Brown – a journey through the history of Kintyre, the arrival of Columba, the

feuding of the clans, right up to the present day – Mull of Kintyre and the new religion – golf!

 

 

 

Evolution to Devolution – Scotland's history from the Ice Age to the first Kings

 

Grand Design – the story of the Scottish Parliament building in Holyrood, a symbol of Scotland's emerging independence

 

Fish and Chips by Len Brown written for the Oban Bi-Centennial, Oban's story over the last 200 years

 

Brides of Bonawe by Sheila Hannon, a celebration of the three Bridgets (or one Theresa Murray) and her/their quest for a mate.
Fact or fiction? We don't know but we have seen the photo of Frank Lentini!

 

The Return of the Ring is the story of the legend of Kilchurn Castle involving Sir Colin Campbell the Crusader and his wife Marriott

 

Deidre of the Sorrows - her soulful lament in the familiar story of her passion for Glen Etive and her adopted country, her enduring love for Naoise and her grief at his passing

 

Grand Designs – the history of St Conans Kirk, Lochawe and its creator, Walter Campbell

 

Brucie – the larger than life effigy in St Conans Kirk, Lochawe, impresses two wee boys

 

Mary of Callart – celebrates the tragic union of Mary and Patrick Campbell of Inverawe, featuring the voice of
Brigadier John MacFarlane

 

Diarmid – tells the story of a hero made immortal by being plunged into a sacred pool and his fatal love for the wife of an Irish King

 

The Ghosts of Cockcrow – Enslaved and Expelled – written by Len Brown, tells first of the Scottish Exodus and its dark involvement with slavery and then of the Highland Clearances and the greed of absentee landlords