Islay-born artist Heather Dewar returns to our screens. Combining the role of artist and interviewer, she creates colour portraits of well-known Gaels, while teasing out of them every little detail of their life story!

Heather travels to Heaste in Skye where she meets Neil MacKinnon, known to many as Niall Heasta. A keen fisherman, Neil is something of a Skye legend who has lived a busy and adventurous life for over nine decades. Neil remains determined to never grow old and is at the very centre of the community he has spent his life in.

Tha Fraoch Nic an Deòir a Ìle air ais air an sgrion le sreath ùr de “Dhealbhan Fraoich”. An dà chuid na tè-ealain agus na ceasnaiche, tha i a’dèanamh dealbhan dathte de Ghàidheil air a bheil sinn eòlach – agus a’tàladh asta iomadh sgeul mu eachdraidh am beatha.

Sa phrògram seo tha Fraoch a’dol gu Heasta san Eilean Sgitheanach a choinneachadh ri Niall MacFhionghain, no Niall Heasta mar a th’aca air. Tha Niall dèidheil air iasgach – agus abair gu bheil e ainmeil air an Eilean, as dèidh ceithir fichead bliadhna sa deich de bheatha thrang, shaotharach. Ach tha e a’cur roimhe nach fhàs e sean idir – agus tha e aig cridhe na coimhearsnachd san do chuir e seachad a bheatha.

In Gaelic with English subtitles Show less