Ishbel MacAskill

Isabella Margaret MacAskill (née MacIver, 14 March 1941 – 31 March 2011) was a heritage activist and traditional Scottish Gaelic singer and teacher, often referred to as the "Gaelic diva".
She was born in Loanhead, near Edinburgh on 14 March 1941, and adopted by the weaver and Royal Naval Reserve seaman Allan MacIver and his wife Christina MacIver; both were natives of Broker, Isle of Lewis. When she was 12, she moved with her family to Stornoway,... meer