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Bha mi ag innse dhuibh mun droch shuidheachadh ann am Be脿rnaraigh Le貌dhais o chionn ceud gu leth bliadhna. Th脿inig tri霉ir mhaor don eilean le p脿ipearan b脿irlingidh 鈥� eviction notices 鈥� do na croitearan. Bha na croitearan feargach.

Thuirt na croitearan gun robh am maor-fearainn, Seumas MacRath, eas-onarach. Bha e a鈥� feuchainn ri c霉mhnant a bhriseadh. Cha d鈥� fhuair iad 猫isteachd. Mar a sgr矛obh am b脿rd is sgoilear Be脿rnarach, D貌mhnall MacAmhlaigh, 鈥楧healaich an d脿 bhuidheann ri ch猫ile gl猫 mh矛-riaraichte.鈥�

Nuair a dh鈥檉halbh na h-oifigearan, lean 貌igridh iad. Thilg iad caoranan agus plocan orra. Thuirt an t-oifigear-siorraim 鈥� Cailean MacGillFhinnein 鈥� nam biodh gunna aige, gum biodh m脿thraichean ann am Be脿rnaraigh a鈥� caoidh b脿s am mac.

Chuir na h-oifigearan seachad an oidhche aig Tuath Th脿cleit. Nuair a thill iad a bhruidhinn ris na croitearan sa mhadainn, mhaoidh MacGillFhinnein orra a-rithist. Bha buidheann a鈥� feitheamh ris na h-oifigearan nuair a r脿inig iad an t-eathar aca air a鈥� chladach. Bha tuasaid ann. Sheas tri霉ir chroitearan a-mach mar fhir-labhairt dhaibh. B鈥� iad sin Aonghas Thormoid, Iain Chaluim agus Tormod Mhurchaidh.

Ceala-deug an d猫idh seo, bha Aonghas Thormoid ann an Ste貌rnabhagh. Chunnacas e. Chuir na poilis an gr猫im e oir b鈥� esan fear de na 鈥榬eubaltaich Bhe脿rnarach鈥�. Chruinnich sluagh airson taic a thoirt dha. Chaidh Achd na h-Aimhreit a leughadh.聽

Bha Aonghas air a leigeil mu sgaoil oir bha buidheann mh貌r 脿 Sg矛r鈥� 脵ige a鈥� d猫anamh air Ste貌rnabhagh. Chaidh iad a bhruidhinn ris an uachdaran, Sir Seumas MacMhathain, ann an Caisteal Le貌dhais. Dh鈥檃ontaich esan a鈥� ch霉is a rannsachadh.

Tr矛 seachdainean an d猫idh sin, chaidh Aonghas Thormoid, Iain Chaluim agus Tormod Mhurchaidh a ghairm gu c霉irt ann an Ste貌rnabhagh. Bha iad fo chasaid gun tug iad ionnsaigh air Cailean MacGillFhinnein.聽

Air an t-seachdamh latha dhen Iuchar, ochd ceud deug, seachdad 鈥檚 a ceithir (1874), bha a鈥� ch霉is-ch霉irt ann an Ste貌rnabhagh. Bha Te脿rlach Innes, fear-lagh 脿 Inbhir Nis, a鈥� riochdachadh nan croitearan. Bha e f矛or mhath. Agus fhuaireadh an tri霉ir chroitearan neoichiontach.

Mhisnich an gnothach croitearan air feadh na G脿idhealtachd. Cha deach an fheadhainn ann am Be脿rnaraigh a chur 脿s an taighean. Dh鈥檉huiling D貌mhnall Rothach, Siamarlan Le貌dhais, call cli霉, agus chaochail e ann am bochdainn.

I was telling you about the bad situation on Great Bernera a hundred and fifty years ago. Three officers came to the island with eviction notices for the crofters. The crofters were angry.

The crofters said that the land agent, James MacRae, was dishonest. He was trying to break an agreement. But they did not get a hearing. As the Bernera bard and scholar, Donald MacAulay, wrote, 鈥楾he two groups parted from each other, very dissatisfied.

When the officers departed, young people followed them. They threw peats and clods of earth at them. The sheriff officer 鈥� Colin MacLennan 鈥� said if he had had a gun, that mothers in Bernera would be mourning the death of their sons.

The officers spent the night at Haclete Farm. When they returned to speak to the crofters in the morning, MacLennan threatened them again. A group of people was waiting for the officers when they reached their boat on the shore. There was a scuffle. Three crofters stood out as spokesmen for them. They were Aonghas Thormoid, Iain Chaluim and Tormod Mhurchaidh.

A fortnight later, Aonghas Thormoid was in Stornoway. He was seen. The police arrested him because he was one of the 鈥楤ernera rebels鈥�. A large number of people gathered to help him. The Riot Act was read.

Aonghas was released because a large group of people from Uig Parish were making for Stornoway. They went to speak to the landlord, Sir James Matheson, in Lews Castle. He agreed to look into the matter.

Three weeks later, Aonghas Thormoid, Iain Chaluim and Tormod Mhurchaidh were called to court in Stornoway. They were charged with attacking Colin MacLennan.

On the seventh of July 1874, the court case was [held] in Stornoway. Charles Innes, a lawyer from Inverness, was representing the crofters. He was excellent. And the three crofters were found not guilty.

The matter heartened crofters throughout the G脿idhealtachd. The ones on Bernera were not evicted from their houses. Donald Munro, the Lewis estate factor, suffered a loss of reputation, and he died in poverty.