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Welcome to Islay's Folklore Project

On this exciting new site you will be able to find out about Islay's unique Gaelic heritage of past and present. The Island's renowned whisky distilling, as well as its Gaelic literature and song and other traditional industries, are still part of life on the island where the Seanchas Ìle project aims to collect, record and preserve this rich Gaelic heritage for future generations.

Islay's children

To get a flavour of what this site is about visit the samples on the right or to find out more about the Seanchas Ìle project visit the links on the left.

Seanchas Ìle book
The Seanchas Ìle book is now available to buy online at Argyll Publishing.com or from The Columba Centre.  This unique book is a collection of stories, memoirs, traditional remedies amongst other things, all collected for the Seanchas Ìle project.


Stories
Whisky
Fiddle player

Argyll and Bute Council   Argyll and the Islands Enterprise   EEC   The Nadair Trust   Comumn na Gàilhig   Heritage Lottery Fund

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