Acclaimed Gaelic singer Flora Macneil has died at the age of 86 years.
She passed away in Mearnskirk Hospital, Glasgow, on Friday night. She had been in ill health for some time.
Flora Macneil was born in Barra in 1928 and raised in Ledaig by Castlebay.
In her childhood she learnt old Barra songs from her mother and aunt, always singing in the sean nòs or unaccompanied style.
In her early 20s, she began singing at public concerts, after taking up a job as a telephone switchboard operator in Edinburgh.
She returned to live in Barra but moved to Glasgow after marrying her husband, Alister Macinnes.
In 1992, she received a MBE for services to Gaelic music
She was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame in 2005.
She was 48 years before she recorded her first album Craobh nan Ubhal -
Her husband died two years ago. Flora Macneil is survived by her five children, including her daughter Maggie who is also a Gaelic singer.
Acclaimed Gaelic singer Flora Macneil dies
19 May 2015