Poem: ‘The Clearance of Aoineadh Mòr, 1824’
Tarn MacArthur, 21 May 2026
The people of Unnimore thought that ‘flitting’ would not come upon them while they lived. As long as they paid the rent, and that was not difficult to do, anxiety did not come near them; and a lease they asked not. It was there that the friendly neighbourhood was, though now only one smoke is to be seen, from the house of the Saxon shepherd.
The story of Mary of Unnimore as told by...

