Eilidh Watt

Eilidh Watt (22 January 1908 – 25 August 1996) was a Gaelic broadcaster and writer from the Isle of Skye.

Her mother was Chirsty MacLean, and her father was the local blacksmith in the township of Skinidin.

She then worked as a school teacher, teaching English in Tarbert, Harris, and Portree before marrying Robert Watt and relocating to his native Dunfermline.

[2] Upon her marriage, she was required to retire from teaching, but was brought back into service as a teacher during the Second World War, rising to the position of Deputy Head of Moss-side Secondary School in Cowdenbeath.

[5] Watt retired in 1969 and moved back to the Isle of Skye, where she lived until she died in Inverness on 25 August 1996.