Wild West Sweeny
Sweeny follows in the footsteps of Gaels who transformed America鈥檚 Wild West. Sweeny a鈥� leantainn Gh脿idheil a dh鈥檃tharraich Iar-Fhiadhaich nan St脿itean.
Crofter and TV personality, Sweeny, sets out on his first adventure to the US where he finds out the truth behind the Western movies that he has always loved. Discovering that some of the largest and most successful ranches in US history were owned and run from Scotland, Sweeny follows in the footsteps of Gaels who transformed America鈥檚 Wild West.
He saddles up with real life cowboys at the Matador Ranch, once run by Ross-shire Gael and successful cattle baron Murdo MacKenzie. Sweeny catches up with Mackenzie鈥檚 family in Trinidad, Colorado. He swaps stories with a longhorn breeder, experiences a real Texan rodeo, and meets members of the Oglala Lakota Nation who share the detrimental impact that that cattle industry has had on their people.
An 脿ite mar as 脿bhaist a鈥� s脿s ann an croitearachd agus obair teilebhisean an Le貌dhas ch矛 sinn Sweeny a鈥� d猫anamh air na St脿itean airson a鈥� chiad uair na bheatha gus an fh矛rinn fhaighinn mu filmichean an iar air a bheil e cho measail. A鈥� faighinn a-mach gur ann sti霉irichte le Albannaich bho Alba a bha cuid de na bu shoirbhiche agus as motha de rainsichean ann an eachdraidh nan St脿itean, tha Sweeny airson ceumannan nan laoich seo a rinn an atharrachadh a leantainn. Tha e faighinn falbh air eich cuide ri s脿r-bhuachaillean san Rainse Matador, a bha uaireigin air a ruith le Murchadh MacCoinnich, baran cruidh soirbheachail G脿idhealach 脿 Siorrachd Rois.
Coinnichidh Sweeny ri theaghlach ann an Trinidad, Colorado. Tha e fh猫in 鈥榮 fear briodaidh longhorn a鈥� seanchas ri ch猫ile, tha e a鈥� faighinn e貌las air rodeo Teacsan agus coinnichidh e ri muinntir N脿isean Oglala Lakota a mh矛nicheas an droch bhuaidh a th鈥檃ig gn矛omhachas a鈥� chruidh sin air a bhith air an daoine san.
In Gaelic with English subtitles
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