BANNAL, a Glasgow-based Gaelic Waulking group, was formed in 1989. They are a remarkable group of women brought together by a common interest in and love of the songs associated with the making of the cloth known as tweed, an Clo mor.

Before modern mechanical methods took over, waulking, the final process in the fulling of the tweed, was done by hand, usually by women, in sessions which could last for several hours depending on the length of the tweed and the thickness required. To lighten the task songs were sung to the steady beat of the wet cloth on a wooden board. The songs, ORAIN LUADHAIDH, range over many subjects. They are characterised by their compelling rhythmic precision and phenomenal energy.  The singers are all Gaelic-speaking islanders resident in or near Glasgow. They are Chrissie MacInnes, Kenna Campbell, Catherine Fletcher, Christine Grant, Wilma Kennedy, Chrissie Martin, Main MacArthur, Maeve MacKinnon and Mary C. MacLean.