April 1923 Hundreds of emigrants left the Scottish Western Isles and sailed for Canada on the SS Marloch and SS Metagama. Donald MacDonald wrote the song Fagail Bhornais about this.

FAGAIL BHORNAIS   -  Mairi MacInnes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWYVtpntB4Y

Fagail Bhornais -several other recordings on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Fagail+Bhornais

Mudcat: Lyr Add: Fagail Bhornais (Donald Macdonald     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=172513&messages=3
Emigration from Stornoway from Stornoway Historical Society     https://stornowayhistoricalsociety.org.uk/emigration/
Metagama exodus shows how 1,500 people left the Western Isles a century ago article from P& J Website     https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/5592385/metagama-exodus-1500-people-left-western-isles-century-ago/
Information from "Scotish News"https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/5592385/metagama-exodus-1500-people-left-western-isles-century-ago/
GUR MI BHA GÒRACH A' FÀGAIL BHÒRNAIS :Information about the song and recording from Tobar an Dualchais  https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/34645?l=en