Comann Eachdraidh an Taobh Siar (CEATS) was one of the earliest groups of its kind to be set up in the Western Isles. Its aim was to have a small team of workers working in the local townships of Shawbost, Bragar, Arnol and Dalbeg gathering together a range of cultural items, stories and Songs which would help preserve something of the way people had lived there, especially throughout the twentieth century.
In 2003, a quarterly newsletter ‘Fuaran’ was established, and in 2015 two books of “Eachdraidh nan Croitean” were published.