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Scottish island bought by couple was gifted to National Trust 43 years later

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. John Lorne Campbell and Margaret Fay Shaw had already spent years recording Gaelic songs, stories and traditions when they made the remote Isle of Canna their home in 1938. The Scottish folklorists continued that work from the island for more than four decades before Campbell gifted Canna, their home, library, archives and sound recordings to the National Trust for Scotland. Scottish island bought by couple was gifted to National Trust 43 years later

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