Moilidh agus Doilidh

About the Book: 

Embark on an enchanting journey through time and tales with Moilidh agus Doilidh, a heartwarming yet poignant narrative that seamlessly weaves together the lives of Moilidh, an orphaned pet lamb, and Dolly, the wise seanchaidh sheep.

In this book, Maoilios Caimbeul invites readers to follow the lives of Molly and Dolly as they explore the picturesque landscape of Sutherland, Skye, Lewis, the Uists, Bara, Mull, Rum and others, amongst the backdrop of the Highland Clearances.

The juxtaposition of Moilidh’s sentimental journey with the intense historical narrative of the Clearances, and eventually the crofter’s rebellion, creates a powerful and thought-provoking reading experience. 

This book will be key for children who speak Gaelic, or are learning to speak. Older readers will also gain a lot from the details about the clearances. Given its younger age demographic, the Gaelic language used will also be accessible to all ages learning Gaelic.

Reviews: 

The writer has a talent for bringing a new world into existence. IAIN CRICHTON SMITH on Talfasg

An enthralling and intelligent testament. DONALD MACLEOD on Island Conversion

Myles’s best poems range from those which are a feast to the eye and ear and which can be understood immediately to those which are a feast for the mind and which require many a careful reading before their depths are quarried. RONALD BLACK on Breaca’-Mhuiltein

About the Author:

MAOILIOS CAIMBEUL lives on the Isle of Skye, where he is from. He writes mostly in Gaelic, although some of his works are available in English translations. He graduated from The University of Edinburgh in 1976 having studied Celtic Studies and History. His interests lie in superstition, miracles, science and religion. He is a highly acclaimed author and poet, having won two Gaelic Books Council prizes, the National Mòd Bardic Crown, the Wigtown Prize, among many more. Besides several short-story collections, Myles Campbell publishes children’s fiction and poetry.