Editing North Uist (section)

==Literature==
*''The False Men'' by Mhairead MacLeod, author. The novel is set in North Uist during the era of the [[Highland Clearances]] when all residents of the townships around Sollas were forcibly evicted resulting in the Battle of [[Sollas]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Munro|first1=Alistair|last2=(2 August 2017)|title=Traumatic story of the Hebridean Clearances retold|url=https://www.scotsman.com/regions/inverness-highlands-islands/traumatic-story-of-the-hebridean-clearances-retold-1-4520392|website=The Scotsman|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[Iain Mac Fhearchair]] (alias John MacCodrum) (1693-{{ndash}}1779)<ref>Lawson (2011), ''North Uist in History and Legend'', page 32.</ref> was a [[Scottish Gaelic]] poet who spent his life as the "family [[bard]] to Sir James MacDonald of Sleat".<ref>Campbell (1971), ''Highland Songs of the Forty-Five'', page 246.</ref> One of his most popular songs is "Smeòrach Chlann Dòmhnaill" ("The [[Mavis]] of [[Clan Donald]]"), in which the bard "praises the isle of his birth".<ref>Lawson (2011), pages 29-30.</ref> The song was recorded by fellow North Uist native [[Julie Fowlis]] on her 2014 album ''[[Gach sgeul – Every story]]''.
* The [[war poet]] [[Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna]] (1887–1967), a major figure in 20th-century [[Scottish Gaelic literature]], was born on North Uist and lived his life there. Due to his vivid descriptions of his combat experiences during the [[First World War]], he is often referred to as "The Voice of the Trenches".
* [[Pauline Prior-Pitt]], a British poet, lives on North Uist.
* [[Sollas]] beach on North Uist is featured in the novel ''The Chessmen'' by [[Peter May (writer)|Peter May]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitouterhebrides.co.uk/see-and-do/peter-may-trilogy-sollas-beach-p545001|title=Peter May Trilogy - Sollas Beach|publisher=Visit Outer Hebrides|access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref>