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A Scottish scholar and his American wife boughtan island, spent decades preserving Gaelic culture

Scottish Gaelic scholar John Lorne Campbell and American musician Margaret Fay Shaw bought the remote islands of Canna and Sanday in 1938 and made Canna House their home. For decades, they collected Gaelic songs, stories, photographs and historical records. In 1981, Campbell gift

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TOI World Desk26 Aug 2026, 09:15 amUpdated 2h ago1 min readWorldWorld
A Scottish scholar and his American wife bought an island, spent decades preserving Gaelic culture

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Scottish Gaelic scholar John Lorne Campbell and American musician Margaret Fay Shaw bought the remote islands of Canna and Sanday in 1938 and made Canna House their home. For decades, they collected Gaelic songs, stories, photographs and historical records. In 1981, Campbell gifted Canna, their home and their extensive collections to the National Trust for Scotland, preserving their life’s work for future generations.

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Source: Times of India · TOI World Desk. Published 26 Aug 2026, 09:15 am.

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