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Fiona J Mackenzie

Thig crioch air an t-saoghal ach mairidh gaol is ceòl...... The world will end, but love and music will endure

Scottish Gaelic Singer from the Highlands of Scotland,

but with the Isle of Canna at her heart

Canna bay

Dualchas Chanaigh
Canna Heritage Consultancy

Read just some of my articles about the Campbells, their work and Canna itself. You will find more on the NTS Stories website.

Explore the remarkable account of John Lorne Campbell's marriage to Margaret Fay Shaw in "Brides, Banns & Braces." I researched this from original letters and diaries of both John and Margaret

Follow my journey where I myself followed Margaret's footsteps through the Hebrides

A Hebridean Halloween - read of traditions and folklore associated with Samhain in the Hebrides

A snapshot of John Lorne Campbell's Life

Tè an ath-dhorus- the Woman next door. The many-faceted lives of women and examines how their lives do (or do not) change, by comparing their work, fashion, pastimes and families as they’re represented in the Thom family and Margaret Fay Shaw photographic collections of Canna House.

It’s a dog’s life – Canna’s Cairns and other canines

Read about Margaret Fay Shaw's family story in Pittsburgh

Margaret was one of the last civilians to visit the island of St Kilda before its evacuation- read of her time there and the people she met

some fascinating excerpts from John Campbell's farm diaries on Canna

To find out more about the heritage and culture of Canna, please get in touch

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