_106 Mairi MacLean (Na Buaile) "Sgriobh M\u00e0iri NicIllEathain (1921-2004) sgeulachdan a bharrachd air b\u00e0rdachd agus chaidh a chiad leabhar aice Sunbeams and Starlight fhoillseachadh ann an G\u00e0idhlig agus ann am Beurla ann 1947. Choisinn i Cr\u00f9nn a Bh\u00e0ird aig M\u00f2d N\u00e0iseanta Dhun \u00c8ideann ann an 1951 a\u2019 moladh Beinn Eubhal. Thug i gealladh p\u00f2sadh don bh\u00e0rd ainmeil \u00e0 Uibhist a Deas, D\u00f2mhnall Iain D\u00f2mhnallach. Bha i airson a bhith neo-eismealachd ge-t\u00e0 agus brist i an gealladh p\u00f2saidh ann an 1954. Ged a ph\u00f2s an D\u00f2mhnallach an ath bhliadhna, cha do ph\u00f2s i riamh ach bha buaidh mh\u00f2r aice air obair. Ch\u00ec Mi (Acair 2021)\r\n\r\nMary Maclean (1921-2004) wrote stories as well as poetry and published her first book of poems in Gaelic and English as Sunbeams and Starlight in 1947. She won the Bardic Crown at the National Mod in Edinburgh in 1951 with a tribute to Ben Eval. She was engaged to well-known South Uist bard Donald John MacDonald. However, she was reluctant to lose her independence and broke off the engagement in 1954. Although MacDonald married the next year, she never did - but remained a major influence on his work. See Ch\u00ec Mi (Acair 2021)" eulac3d Organisation TEXT "Sgriobh M\u00e0iri NicIllEathain (1921-2004) sgeulachdan a bharrachd air b\u00e0rdachd agus chaidh a chiad leabhar aice Sunbeams and Starlight fhoillseachadh ann an G\u00e0idhlig agus ann am Beurla ann 1947. Choisinn i Cr\u00f9nn a Bh\u00e0ird aig M\u00f2d N\u00e0iseanta Dhun \u00c8ideann ann an 1951 a\u2019 moladh Beinn Eubhal. Thug i gealladh p\u00f2sadh don bh\u00e0rd ainmeil \u00e0 Uibhist a Deas, D\u00f2mhnall Iain D\u00f2mhnallach. Bha i airson a bhith neo-eismealachd ge-t\u00e0 agus brist i an gealladh p\u00f2saidh ann an 1954. Ged a ph\u00f2s an D\u00f2mhnallach an ath bhliadhna, cha do ph\u00f2s i riamh ach bha buaidh mh\u00f2r aice air obair. Ch\u00ec Mi (Acair 2021)\r\n\r\nMary Maclean (1921-2004) wrote stories as well as poetry and published her first book of poems in Gaelic and English as Sunbeams and Starlight in 1947. She won the Bardic Crown at the National Mod in Edinburgh in 1951 with a tribute to Ben Eval. She was engaged to well-known South Uist bard Donald John MacDonald. However, she was reluctant to lose her independence and broke off the engagement in 1954. Although MacDonald married the next year, she never did - but remained a major influence on his work. See Ch\u00ec Mi (Acair 2021)"