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Coinneach Macillinnean le Ainmean-àite / Gaelic Place Names from Kenny Maclennan

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Seo agaibh Coinneach Macillinnein bhon Bhòrd againn agus e ag innse mu eachdraidh ainmean-àite, gu sonraichte a bruidhinn mu Chalanais.

Kenny Maclennan, a local Calanais resident and Urras nan Tursachan board member, speaks in Gaelic about the history of place names, focusing on Calanais.

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