A major new artwork commemorating 100 years since the Iolaire tragedy has premiered at An Lanntair on Lewis. The clocks went back in a very diTherent way last Saturday evening for Sàl, composed by Iain Morrison with imagery by artists Dalziel and Scullion.
Sàl, which can mean, salt, saltwater, the open sea and suggest tears, is the first of a series of special events at An Lanntair in Stornoway to mark the Iolaire centenary.
The Iolaire tragedy is an anguished story of wrecked lives and ravaged communities. On the morning of January 1, 1919, a war-weary community, exhausted by loss, who had prepared for peace, reconciliation and return, were engulfed by impenetrable grief when the Iolaire, carrying servicemen home, sank.