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Ann an 1923 dh鈥檉h脿g d脿 bh脿ta-sm霉ide, an SS Marloch agus an SS Metagama na h-Eileanan an Iar a鈥� d猫anamh air Canada le faisg air 600 eilthireach air b貌rd, a鈥� sireadh beatha nas fhe脿rr ann an Aimeireagaidh a Tuath.

Bha an d脿 bh脿ta seo a鈥� riochdachadh iomairtean gu math eadar-dhealaichte bho ch猫ile. Chaidh am Marloch a l矛onadh le teaghlaichean air am mealladh leis a鈥� gheall gun deidheadh coimhearsnachd 霉r Chaitligeach a st猫idheachadh ann an Red Deer, Alberta. Air a鈥� Mhetagama, b鈥� e Le貌dhasaich 貌ga, singilte a bh鈥� anns a鈥� mh貌r chuid, a鈥� lorg chothroman nach robh rim faighinn anns na h-Eileanan. Ach, chaidh buaidh mhaireannach a thoirt air na coimhearsnachdan a dh鈥檉h脿g iad 脿s an d猫idh 鈥� coimhearsnachdan a bha fhathast a鈥� str矛 ri buaidh a鈥� chogaidh, pr矛obhaideachd eaconamach, agus bho thaobh Le貌dhais agus na Hearadh, call na h-uimhir air an Iolaire. Th脿inig an t-sreath bho na sgeulachdan aig cuid a bh鈥� air b貌rd.

Anns a鈥� phrogram seo, tha 鈥淎n Le貌bag鈥� ag innse mar a dh鈥檉heuch esan air a h-uile rud ann an Aimeireagaidh, 鈥榮 e a-nise deiseil airson sealltainn don h-uile duine eile c脿it a bheil iad a鈥� dol ce脿rr!

In April 1923, two steamers left the Western Isles for Canada with nearly 600 emigrants on board; the SS Marloch and the SS Metagama sailing from Lochboisdale and Stornoway with nearly 600 islanders seeking a better life in North America.

These two ships represented very different ventures. The Marloch was filled with families enticed by the promise of a new model Catholic community being set up in Red Deer, Alberta. The majority of passengers on the Metagama were young, single Lewismen looking for opportunities not available to them at home. What they had in common was a lasting impact on the communities they left - communities still struggling with the effects of war, economic privation and in the case of Lewis and Harris, the loss of so many on the Iolaire.

Marloch is Metagama: Guthan is a series of dramatised monologues inspired by the stories of some of those on board. In this episode we meet 鈥淭he Flounder鈥� who did it all in America, and who鈥檚 now home and more than willing to show everybody else where they鈥檙e going wrong!

In Gaelic with English subtitles