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Cathy MacDonald visits Strathnaver in the north of Scotland 鈥� the Sutherland glen from which some 2000 people were forcibly removed during the Highland clearances of the early 19th century. This dark period in Highland history forms the backdrop to Iain Crichton Smith鈥檚 classic novel 'Consider the Lilies'. Cathy explores the fact behind the fiction in this moving tale.

It is through the character of Mrs Scott, an elderly and devout woman, that the author explores this time and place. Threatened with eviction from the only home she has ever known by the notorious factor Patrick Sellar, one of several real life characters to feature in the book, Mrs Scott is thrown into a crisis that prompts her to re-evaluate the touchstones of her life.

Tha Cathy NicDh貌mhnaill a鈥� tadhal air Srath Nabhair an ceann a tuath na h-Alba, an gleann ann an Cataibh 脿s an deach d脿 mh矛le neach a ruagadh an aghaidh an toil, aig 脿m Fuadaichean nan Gaidheal, tr脿th san 19mh linn. 鈥楽 e sg脿il na lathaichean dorcha seo ann an eachdraidh na G脿idhealtachd a th鈥檃ir c霉l an nobhail 鈥淐onsider the Lilies鈥� aig Iain Crichton Mac a鈥� Ghobhainn. Tha Cathy a鈥� lorg na f矛rinn air c霉l ficsean na sgeulachd thiamhaidh seo.

Tha an t-霉ghdar a鈥� sealltainn na thachras tro bheatha sheann bhoireannach dhiadhaidh, a鈥� bhean-ph貌sta Scott. Tha maor an droch chli霉, P脿draig Sellar 鈥� fear a bh鈥� ann d脿-r矛reabh - a鈥� maoidheadh a鈥� cur 脿s an aona dachaigh a bha riamh aice: c霉is-猫iginn a tha ga gluasad gu ceistean a thogail mu na nithean a bha riamh nam bun-st猫idh na beatha.

In Gaelic with English subtitles