George Brown’s accent apparently ‘sounded exactly like his Sutherland mother’. Called ‘Mary Jane’ in Stromness, she would sing Gaelic songs as she worked in the kitchen. Clan Mackay came from northwest Sutherland, and Mhairi Brown’s first language was Gaelic. In Stromness, he was known as George Brown – ‘Georgie Broon’ for his writing persona, he adopted his maternal grandfather’s name. The author who has been systematically co-opted in this process of ‘monetization’ of the Orkneys is George Mackay Brown, a gifted writer of numerous novels, poems, plays and short stories. The author who has been systematically co-opted in this process of ‘monetization’ of the Orkneys is George Mackay Brown, a gifted writer of numerous novels, poems, plays and short stories.
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