Kate Kennedy nee Campbell (1883-1959) was born and brought up at No 6 Bohuntin in the house where her nieces Sally and Ishbel still reside(2020). She was the grandmother of the Mackintosh family, Altour Cottage. She became a qualified teacher and a keen Gaelic scholar. She started married life living at the head of Glenroy and in the 1930s the family moved to settle in Achaluachrach. This little talk has been translated from the original Gaelic writing and finds her in later life reflecting on one aspect of what seems to us an idyllic childhood, in the midst of the vibrant native Gaelic speaking community of Brae Lochaber. This was before this little enclave was thrown open to the wider world with the coming of the railway in the 1890s and the momentous changes of the 20th century. While bringing many social and material improvements to the area nothing was done to halt the dispersal of the indigenous people and the virtual eradication of their rich and ancient culture.
