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Doogie MacKay

Scottish storyteller and workshop leader rooted in the Highlands, performing traditional Celtic and folk tales across four continents

Aug 7, 2026

16:09
And it's such a lovely story that I would absolutely love for you to share it with everyone who's listening so they can be transported into that wonderful realm and feel the power of the land and the
16:24
Nice.
16:25
Yeah, I'd be happy to tell that.
16:26
It's one of my, yeah, it's one of my favourite tales for telling.
16:30
It comes from the Isle of Skye and it was passed on to me by an older storyteller called David Campbell.
16:37
He's in his 90s now and I think he found it in a book, a book of stories collected by a woman called Otta Swire.
16:45
So that's the kind of heritage of the story.

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49:43
So could you tell us a little bit, I mean, this could be a whole podcast episode in and of itself, but could you tell us a little bit about the impact of British colonialism in the Highlands and some of the ongoing challenges of keeping Highland culture alive?

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