An T-Eilean: Skye Place Names Islands the book has been noted

the book has been noted for its engagement with questions of place and language

He also discusses a wide range of other ideas

In this book

he does not shy away from depicting the darker aspects of life and his mother's struggles to adapt to the island in those decades when the island's traditional culture was itself having to adapt to change

‘It was only in the Seventies

An T-Eilean: Skye Place Names Islands the book has been notedBuilding on his recent book Travels in Another Country, this 178 page guide to Skye by Coinneach Maclean takes a deeper dive into the Skyes places and the fascinating stories associated with them. It particularly aims to correct the many misrepresentations of Gaelic history and placenames over the centuries by writers from the outside, for example todays tourist literature promoting Skyes Fairy Bridge, Fairy Pools, and Fairy Glen. An t Eilean, Skye,