About Findhorn, Nairn & Lossie Rivers Trust Podcast
Shared within this podcast is some of the rich social and ecological history to be found in place names, poetry, story and song. It traces the course of the river from where it rises high in the hills of the Monadh Liath and down through Srath Èirinn (Strathdearn) to where the river’s flow is reigned at Na Srianabh (the bridles), known locally as The Streens.
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Òrain, Fuinn agus Seanchas | Songs, Tunes and Stories part 2
This is the second of two episodes sharing music, song, story, and poetry from the upper reaches of the River Findhorn. This landscape carries a cultural memory of lives once lived—of reivers, drovers, lovers and otherworldly creatures. To hear again the songs that describe the sun on the river or the wind from the heights—to recall the grief and love that happened here—is to heed some of the human story that binds us to this place and those who walked before us.
This episode features Gaelic love songs, lively pipe jigs, beautiful local poetry set to a newly composed melody, tales of the McIntosh clan, haunting Jacobite laments, a traditional spinning song, a new tune for the last wolf and a beautiful slow air for the river.
With thanks to Munro Gauld for help with musical research.
This podcast was produced by Raghnaid Sandilands and Mairi McFadyen in collaboration with the Findhorn Watershed Initiative - a multi-generational vision to restore a mosaic of nature rich habitats, grow a local culture of nature connection and enable a thriving nature-positive economy for the people and places of the River Findhorn’s watershed area, from the Monadhliath Mountains to the Moray Firth.
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13 Jun 2025
Òrain, Fuinn agus Seanchas | Songs, Tunes and Stories part 1
This episode explores the cultural memory embedded in the River Findhorn landscape through songs, tunes, stories, and poetry, revealing the human connection to the land and its history.
16 Apr 2025
Introduction and Placenames
This episode introduces the idea of human ecology and the significance of cultural memory. Gaelic, like all languages long of a place, has so much to say about seeing, naming and experiencing the natural world. It can help us remember, offering us a view of the world that can focus our attention and deepen our sense of place, inviting us to consider other ways of seeing.
This podcast was produced by Raghnaid Sandilands and Mairi McFadyen in collaboration with the Findhorn Watershed Initiative - a multi-generational vision to restore a mosaic of nature rich habitats, grow a local culture of nature connection and enable a thriving nature-positive economy for the people and places of the River Findhorn’s watershed area, from the Monadhliath Mountains to the Moray Firth.
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