Iain Moireach

Iain Moireach (John Murray) (27 March 1938 – 17 November 2018)^[1] was a Scottish Gaelic writer from Barvas, Isle of Lewis.^[2][3] He wrote poetry, screenplays, and short stories.^[4][5]

Iain Moireach
Born	(1938-03-27)27 March 1938 Barvas, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Died	17 November 2018(2018-11-17) (aged 80)
Pen name	John Murray
Occupation	Writer
Language	Scots Gaelic
Nationality	Scottish
Education	Nicolson Institute
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Genre	Poetry, screenplays, and short stories
Notable works	An rathad dhachaigh
Spouse	Nora Murray
Relatives	Finlay and Jessie Anne Murray

He published many short stories in the Gaelic magazines Gairm and Gath.^[6]

Life

Moireach was born in Barvas, Lewis. He was educated at the Nicolson Institute and at the University of Edinburgh.^[7] He taught at a school in Musselburgh.^[7] He was the editor for Comunn nan Leabhraichean since 1969.^[7]

He was the son of Finlay and Jessie Anne Murray (née MacLeod), and married his wife Nora Murray (Borve, Isle of Lewis) on 29 July 1968. Nora died on 5 April 2010.

Notable short stories

• 'Am Bucas'
• 'Am Partaidh'
• 'Briseadh na Cloiche Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine'
• 'Dà mhionad, no Fracas'
• 'An Dealachadh'
• 'Feòil a' Gheamhraidh' Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• 'Mo Chrannchur'

Books

Novels

• An rathad dhachaigh (Stornoway: Acair, 1994)

Short stories

• An Aghaigh Choimheach (1973)

Scripts

• Snìomh nan dual (Stornoway: Acair, 2007) consisting of:

• Feumaidh sinne bhith gàireachdainn
• Balaich a' chruidh
• An coigreach
• Rèiteach
• An treas fàd

Editing

• Caimbeul, Aonghas. Suathadh ri iomadh rubha: eachdraidh a bheatha ed. Iain Moireach (Glasgow: Gairm, 1973)