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‘Saoghal Mòr Farsaing’ – Day 2

Outer Hebrides Emigration Conference Wednesday 1 October 2025 (day 2 of 3) In-person & online Venue: Lews Castle, Stornoway, Outer Hebrides

‘Saoghal Mòr Farsaing’ – Day 3

Outer Hebrides Emigration Conference Thursday 2 October 2025 (day 3 of 3) In-person only for day 3 Various field trips across Isle of Lewis

‘Saoghal Mòr Farsaing’ – Day 1

Outer Hebrides Emigration Conference Tuesday 30 September 2025 (day1 of 3) In-person & online Venue: Lews Castle , Stornoway, Outer Hebrides

Co-roinn Drop-in Session & Book Signing

Co-roinn | Glean Drop-in Session

With Alyne Jones from Vanishing Scotland who will give you insight into her work and research with the Isabel Burton MacKenzie diary and photographs.

Islands of Stone – Archaeology Talk 1

Learn about the Islands of Stone Archaeology Project, which has been investigating Neolithic crannogs, and see what the team have discovered in the Outer Hebrides. Talk by Duncan Garrow (University of Reading) & Fraser Sturt (University of Southampton)

Gold in Bronze Age Britain

Dr Neil Wilkin, Curator, Early Europe (Neolithic & Bronze Age collections) at the British Museum talking about the significance of gold in the Bronze Age, celebrating the arrival of the exhibition Gathering Light: A Bronze Age golden sun.

Open Hearth Style Storytelling

An informal storytelling session where you can just listen or get the opportunity to tell your own stories. For new and aspiring storytellers

Interactive Family Storytelling Session – 2

An interactive storytelling session aimed at children/families delivered by award-winning children's author and storyteller Janis Mackay.

Interactive Family Storytelling Session – 1

An interactive storytelling session aimed at children/families delivered by award-winning children's author and storyteller Janis Mackay.