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    Hallaig is the most recognized poem of Sorley MacLean, an important Scottish poet of the 20th century. After writing it, MacLean rose to fame in the English-speaking...
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    MV Hallaig is a pioneering Diesel Electric Hybrid ferry built for the Caledonian MacBrayne service between Skye and Raasay. Hallaig was launched in December...
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  • when his works were published in English translation. His later poem Hallaig, published 1954, achieved "cult status": 134  outside Gaelic-speaking circles...
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    created by the Skye icecap in the Pleistocene. Clachan Suisnish Inverarish Hallaig (abandoned) The primary employment is in tourism, working for the ferry...
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  • MV Caledonian Isles MV Carvoria MV Catriona MV Clansman MV Coruisk MV Finlaggan MV Hallaig MV Hebridean Isles MV Hebrides MV Isle of Arran MV Isle of Cumbrae MV Isle...
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    writer, was born and raised on Raasay, where he set his best known poem, Hallaig, about the devastating effect of the Highland Clearances. Aonghas Phàdraig...
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    MV Loch Shira, entered service in 2007 on the Largs–Cumbrae route. MV Hallaig (2013; for Raasay), MV Lochinvar (2013; for Tarbert) and MV Catriona (2015;...
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    some time laid up. Of similar design, but larger than the Loch class, MV Hallaig was launched in 2012 for the Raasay service. She is powered by a hybrid...
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    Sorley MacLean was born on Raasay, the setting for his best known poem, Hallaig. George Orwell wrote much of the novel 1984 whilst living at Barnhill on...
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  • Crackaig, Isle of Mull Gualacholish, Isle of Mull Shiaba, Isle of Mull Hallaig, Isle of Raasay Screapadal, Isle of Raasay Stiomrabhaig, Isle of Lewis...
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