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Wrestling

Listen to a short clip from this recording 01:49–04:56.

There is a transcription available on the same page.

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In this recording, Professor Norman MacDonald is talking to Coinneach MacÌomhair (Kenneth MacIver) about a man who won the bronze medal for wrestling at the 1924 Olympic Games.

In this part of the recording, Norman tells us who Donald Archie MacDonald of Sleat was and he talks about the story of his life.

bonn umha

bronze medal

maor, na maoir

factor, the factors (also bailiffs, officers, constables)

mar bu dual

as people would expect to happen