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This is Episode 6 of This Is Islay, a volunteer-led podcast celebrating the people, places, events and connections of Islay and Jura. This month’s podcast is hosted by Gemma MacLean and Jolyon Thurgood and features:

1. Glen Roberts with Larah McKay, Manager at the Mactaggart Youth Community Cybercafe (the "Cyber") together with Orla Campbell and Mara McGillivray of the Youth Forum

2. The Òrain Ìleach Project: Gaelic Songs of Islay by Lynn McDonald and Kenneth Thomson, featuring:

· "Ò Albainn Caoidh" performed by Còisir Ghàidhlig Ìle Islay Gaelic Choir

· Lynn McDonald and Kenneth Thomson in conversation

· "Bheir mi cliu don'eilean mhor" performed by the late Donald MacLeod

3. This month's factoid: National Mòd Gold Medallists

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Music featured this month was:

"Ò Albainn Caoidh" performed by Còisir Ghàidhlig Ìle Islay Gaelic Choir, from the CD “Sruth air a' Charraig" 2014. Available on Spotify at spotify:album:6G88RcyK3qrQNv5nh1otws or on Amazon Music https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LZW1QUU/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp

"Bheir mi cliu don'eilean mhor" performed by the late Donald MacLeod, from the CD "An t-Eilean Mor" 2007. Available on Amazon UK at https://www.amazon.co.uk/t-Eilean-Mor-Donald-M-MacLeod/dp/B0040QWZJE/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=donald+macleod+an+t-eilean+mor&qid=1615497981&sr=8-1

Our theme music is '£50 Cashback' from The Fraser Shaw Trust. Keep up to date on Islay Sessions and the work of the Trust in support of the relief of multiple sclerosis at https://frasershawtrust.com .

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