Guest blog by Roddy Macdonald
Top tips for Folkies: Avoid anyone with the surname Greig if you have a wee drinkie inside you. Somewhat bizarrely, relaxing after a curry in an off-piste bar in Glasgow at Celtic Connections this year, I found myself being persuaded to volunteer for the committee of Bothan Dùn Èideann by John Greig, despite just having started my second term of Gaelic classes. Last week, a Facebook message from his son Robbie reminded me that I’d said I’d write a piece on the Festival; A chip off the old block, indeed.
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