Scotia, MacNeil spread her arms wide and cried, "You are my people!" The hundreds of Canadian-born Gaels in the audience erupted into loud cheers. In 2005, Alan Lomax's recording of the 1951 Ceilidh was released for purchase on compact disc by Rounder Records. This and all of Lomax's other recordings have since been digitized and made available online by the Association for Cultural Equity. Personal life In 1955, Flora MacNeil married fellow Barra native, Alister MacInnes, who worked as a lawyer in Glasgow, where the couple raised their five children; Kenneth, Cairistiona, Seumas, Maggie and Donald. Death and legacy Flora MacNeil died after a short illness on 15 May 2015, aged 86. Numerous Gaelic traditional singers such as Karen Matheson and Julie Fowlis have cited MacNeil as an important influence on their careers. Flora's daughter, Maggie MacInnes, is also a Gaelic traditional singer and harpist. References Further reading Edited by Eberhard Bort (2011), 'Tis Sixty Years Since: The 1951 Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh and the Scottish Folk Revival, Grace Note Publications, Grange of Locherlour, Ochertyre, Scotland. Edited by Peter Kennedy (1984), Folksongs of Britain and Ireland, Oak Publications. External links Alan Lomax Recordings Traditional Music Hall of Fame Description of a 2000 Ceilidh in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 1928 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Scottish women singers British storytellers Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated by school in the Outer Hebrides People from Barra Scottish Gaelic singers Scottish Roman Catholics