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Bha mi ag innse dhuibh mu Sheachdnar Chn貌ideirt, agus mar a rinn iad agairt air fearann ann an naoi ceud deug, ceathrad 鈥檚 a h-ochd (1948), an aghaidh toil an uachdarain, am Morair Brocket. Bha airgead m貌r aig Brocket, a bh鈥� air a bhith na bhall-p脿rlamaid T貌raidheach, a鈥� riochdachadh p脿irt de Liverpool, mus deach inbhe morair a bhuileachadh air anns na tritheadan. Bha droch chli霉 aige oir bha e taiceil do na Natsaich anns a鈥� Ghearmailt agus bha e na charaid do dh鈥橝dolf Hitler. Chaidh e gu p脿rtaidh airson an caogadamh ceann-bliadhna aig Hitler a chomharrachadh, agus bha e thall sa Ghearmailt airson Co-chruinneachadh m貌r Nuremberg anns a鈥� bhliadhna trithead 鈥檚 a h-ochd (1938).

听听听听听听听听听听听 Deich bliadhna an d猫idh Nuremberg bha Brocket a鈥� str矛 anns a鈥� ch霉irt an aghaidh feadhainn a bh鈥� air a bhith a鈥� sabaid an aghaidh Hitler 鈥� feadhainn a bhuineadh don oighreachd aige ann an Cn貌ideart. Agus cha robh na reudairean gun taic. Bha an sagairt, Mgr Cailean Mac a鈥� Phearsain, a bhuineadh do dh鈥橴ibhist a Deas, gu math taiceil dhaibh. Agus bha an riaghaltas air aontachadh, aig 脿m a鈥� chogaidh, nach robh Brocket a鈥� d猫anamh gu le貌r leis an fhearann aige. Ach, aig deireadh a鈥� chogaidh, lean Brocket air leis na poileasaidhean a bh鈥� aige ron chogadh. Chuir e cuid mhath de luchd-obrach na h-oighreachd a-mach 脿s na taighean aca.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Bha na reudairean dhen bheachd gun robh iad a鈥� leantainn ann an cas-cheumannan ghaisgeach ann am Bhatarsaigh, san Eilean Sgitheanach, ann an Le貌dhas is 脿iteachan eile, far an do sheas na daoine an c貌raichean a bhith a鈥� fuireach air fearann an sinnsirean. Agus d猫 rinn an t-uachdaran? Mar a chuir Seumas MacEanraig na faclan ann am beul Bhrocket 鈥榊ou鈥檙e a shower of tartan bolshies, but I鈥檒l soon have you licked, I鈥檒l write to the Court of Session for an interim interdict鈥︹��

听听听听听听听听听听听 Agus 鈥檚 e sin a thachair. A r猫ir 鈥楾he Men of Knoydart鈥�: Then spoke the men of Knoydart, 鈥榊ou have no earthly right, for this is the land of Alba and no the Isle of Wight. When Scotland's proud young Fianna are assembled in the van, we'll show the world that Highlanders have a right to Scottish land鈥�. Uill, 鈥檚 d貌cha gun robh c貌raichean moralta aca, ach cha d鈥� fhuair iad taic na c霉irte. Ged a bhuannaich e sa ch霉irt, ge-t脿, dh鈥檉h脿s Brocket sg矛th dhen str矛, agus reic e an oighreachd ann an caogad 鈥檚 a dh脿 (1952).

听听听听听听听听听听听 Eadar a鈥� bhliadhna sin agus naochad 鈥檚 a naoi (1999), bha Cn貌ideart ann an l脿mhan sreath dhaoine eile 鈥� An Coirneal Sir Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre, Major Nigel Chamberlayne-Macdonald, Philip Rhodes, Reg Brealey agus Stephen Hinchcliffe. Bha aon rud sa chumantas thar nam bliadhnaichean sin. Bha sluagh na h-oighreachd a鈥� dol an lughad, agus cha robh cothrom aig muinntir an 脿ite leasachaidhean m貌ra a dh猫anamh.

听听听听听听听听听听听 An uair sin, ann an naoi ceud deug, naochad 鈥檚 a naoi (1999), ghabh Bunait Chn貌ideirt 鈥� buidheann anns an robh muinntir an 脿ite air an riochdachadh 鈥� smachd air an oighreachd le bhith ga ceannach. A-nise, tha barrachd dhaoine 貌g鈥� a' fuireach ann an Cn貌ideart na bha airson 霉ine mh貌r, agus tha leasachaidhean eaconamach a鈥� dol air adhart. Cha do bhuannaich an Seachdnar Reudairean san str矛 aca, ach 鈥檚 d貌cha gun do bhuannaich an spiorad a bha iad a鈥� riochdachadh aig an 脿m sin, seasgad 鈥檚 a c貌ig bliadhna air ais.

Seachdnar Chn貌ideirt: The Seven Men of Knoydart; am Morair Brocket: Lord Brocket; Natsaich: Nazis; sagairt: priest; Mgr Cailean Mac a鈥� Phearsain: Fr Colin MacPherson; Seumas MacEanraig: Hamish Henderson; Bunait Chn貌ideirt: Knoydart Foundation; leasachaidhean: developments.

a bh鈥� air a bhith na bhall-p脿rlamaid T貌raidheach, a鈥� riochdachadh p脿irt de Liverpool: who had been a Conservative member of Parliament, representing part of Liverpool; mus deach inbhe morair a bhuileachadh air anns na tritheadan: before he was awarded a peerage in the thirties; airson an caogadamh ceann-bliadhna aig Hitler a chomharrachadh: to celebrate Hitler鈥檚 50th birthday; Co-chruinneachadh m貌r Nuremberg: The Nuremberg Rally; an aghaidh feadhainn a bh鈥� air a bhith a鈥� sabaid an aghaidh Hitler: against some people who had been fighting Hitler; bha an riaghaltas air aontachadh nach robh Brocket a鈥� d猫anamh gu le貌r leis an fhearann aige: the government had agreed that Brocket was not doing enough with his land; chuir e cuid mhath de luchd-obrach na h-oighreachd a-mach 脿s na taighean aca: he expelled many of the estate workers from their houses; ann an cas-cheumannan ghaisgeach: in the footsteps of heroes; far an do sheas na daoine an c貌raichean: where the people stood up for their rights; a bhith a鈥� fuireach air fearann an sinnsirean: to live on their ancestors鈥� land; 鈥檚 d貌cha gun robh c貌raichean moralta aca: perhaps they had moral rights; ged a bhuannaich e sa ch霉irt, ge-t脿: although he won in the court, however; reic e an oighreachd: he sold the estate; sa chumantas thar nam bliadhnaichean sin: in common during those years; a鈥� dol an lughad: decreasing; smachd air an oighreachd le bhith ga ceannach: control of the estate by buying it; 鈥檚 d貌cha gun do bhuannaich an spiorad a bha iad a鈥� riochdachadh: that the spirit that they were representing won; seasgad 鈥檚 a c貌ig bliadhna air ais: sixty-five years ago.

cha robh na reudairean gun taic: the raiders weren鈥檛 without support. Gun is here a preposition. It normally incurs lenition of the following noun eg gun bhr貌gan 鈥榳ithout shoes鈥�, gun fhe貌il 鈥榳ithout meat鈥�. However, when the initial consonant of the noun is a 鈥榙鈥�, 鈥榯鈥� or sometimes 鈥榮鈥�, the lenition is 鈥榖locked鈥� by the fact that the final consonant in gun is an 鈥榥鈥�. Thus we get gun duine be貌, gun taigh, gun saighdear na chois. This lenition blocking by an 鈥榥鈥� of dental consonants is a common occurrence.

mar a rinn iad agairt air fearann: how they made a claim for land.

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