Hector Mackinnon

Hector Mackinnon

Bha a cho-aoiseach Eachann MacFhionaghain à Bearnaraigh(1886-1954) e fhèin anns a’ chogadh mhòr – ach anns a nèibhidh. Nuair a thàinig e beò às a’ bhàta aige a chaidh fogha anns na Dardanelles ann an 1915, thug e buidheachas seachad le bhith a’ cleachdadh a’ ghibht airson laoidhean a sgrìobhadh. Thugadh am fear as fhèarr a dh’aithichear An Neamhnaid Luachmhor mar tiotal air an leabhar dhan sgrìobhadh aige (Stornoway Religious Bookshop 1990). His contemporary, Hector Mackinnon of Berneray(1886-1954) also served in WW1 – but in the navy. When he survived the sinking of his ship in the Dardanelles in 1915, he gave thanks by turning his gift to the composition of hymns. One of the best known is An Neamhnaid Luachmhor which gave title to the book of his work (Stornoway Religious Bookshop 1990).

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1886

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1954

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