The documentary Gillean Grinn explores the effects that WW1 had on Hebridean communities through themes such as poetry, shinty and the legacy of the war. Gillean Grinn shines a light on a bloody war from a singular perspective; that of Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna, the poet from North Uist.
Dòmhnall fought at First Ypres and his elegy to the dead, "Dh'fhalbh na Gillean Grinn", details fierce fighting in October 1914.

Gillean Grinn looks at war through the prism of shinty as broadcaster Hugh Dan MacLennan reveals how the Battle of Festubert was a pivotal point during the war and the devastating effects were keenly felt in Scotland. WW1 cast a long shadow and is now viewed as being the defining event of the 20th Century; impacting on a global and a local scale. Show less