Ceòlas yaz okulu

Le Gordon Wells

Güney Uist adasında bulunan Daliburgh kasabasinda her sene düzenlenen, İskoç Galcesi ve Galik müziği eğitimi veren Ceòlas yaz okulu hakkında kısa bir belgesel.

The Island Voices project is very grateful to Şirin Bryson for this Turkish version of our Series One documentary on the Ceòlas summer school – yet another addition to our “Other Tongues” collection!

Şirin works as a Pupil Support Assistant at Bun-Sgoil Taobh na Pairce in Edinburgh, where she puts her Certificate of Higher Education in Gaelic to good use. She also speaks English, in addition to her Turkish. And she’s learned Japanese too. “I believe learning multiple languages has many benefits. One of them being able to connect to the culture where the language comes from.” Cho fìor ‘s a ghabhas!

As usual, we have also created a Clilstore unit for this film, so you can read a wordlinked transcript while you watch and listen to the embedded video: http://multidict.net/cs/8726


Tadhail air Island Voices – Guthan nan Eilean

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The Basse Yutz Flagons and BBC Myth-Making

Le Bella Caledonia Editor

In Neil McGregor’s much-admired radio series  A History of the World in 100 Objects he today focused on the early world of the Celts through two bronze drinking flagons, the Basse Yutz Flagons – considered to be the most important and earliest examples of Celtic art. As his programme reaches a crescendo of analysis he […]

Tadhail air Ghetto na Gàidhlig – Bella Caledonia

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Am Fear a Chuir Ruaig air na Speachan

Le Alistair Paul

Le ràith nan speuchan a dlùthadh oirnn seo duan mu ghaisgeach a chuir ruaig air na biastagan buaireanta sin. Am faram a thàinig às a chàr Am fear a chasgair na speachan Chuireadh e clisg air na bodhair Ceithir cuibhlichean cuagallach A’ bogadaich gu aighearach Bho phoit-tholl gu poit-tholl Aig astar a bha smuaineachail An …


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Bailtean nan Gàidheal

Le lasairdhubh

bal element in Scottish placenamesRi linn Covid19 is a bhith fo ghlais aig an taigh, chuir mi an dealbh seo ri chèile dha Uicipeid, agus shaoilinn gun cuirinn suas an seo e cuideachd. Seo ainmean àite leis an eileamaid ‘bal’ (baile) annta agus a sheallas cho farsaing ’s a bha tuineachadh nan Gàidheal anns na meadhan-aoisean. Thog mi a’ chuid as motha dhe na dàta bho McNeill agus MacQueen (a fhuair iad bho W. F. H. Nicolaisen o thùs), agus le beagan a bharrachd dhàta bho Dixon. Abair obair! Bha mi uairean is uairean ga chur ri chèile ann an Gimp, ach thàinig e a-mach glè mhath, saoilidh mi. Sgaoil fad is farsaing e ma thogras!

Dixon, 1947, Norman, The place names of Midlothian, PhD diss., University of Edinburgh.

McNeill, Peter agus Hector L. MacQueen, 2000, An Atlas of Scottish History to 1707, 2000, Edinburgh: Scottish Medievalists.


Tadhail air Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach

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“An Tìr, an Cànan, ‘s na Daoine”

Le Gordon Wells

“Gaelic activists clash” was the frontpage teaser. Guthan nan Eilean won’t be complaining about deepening interest in Hebridean Gaelic…


Tadhail air Island Voices – Guthan nan Eilean

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Kerr’s Miniature Railway, Obar Bhrothaig gu bhith a’ dùnadh #gàidhlig

Le alasdairmaccaluim

Às dèidh 85 bliadhna, tha Meanbh-rathaid-iarainn Kerr’s gu bhith a’ dùnadh.

Tha an loidhne bheag seo ann am pàirc eadar prìomh loidhne a’ Chosta an Ear gu Obar Dheathain agus an tràigh⠀.


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Tha àireamh an luchd-cleachdaidh air a bhith a’ dol an lughad fad bhliadhnaichean agus an-uiridh, cleachd nas lugha na 3,000 duine an rathad-iarainn fad na bliadhna. ⁠⠀
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Tha John Kerr leis a bheil an rathad-iarainn ag ràdh gum bi e fosgailte airson a’ chòrr den t-seusain agus gun tèid fios a sgaoileadh mu na làithean fosgailte mu dheireadh a dh’aithghearr air Facebook agus air an làraich-lìn.⁠ Tha e ag ràdh nach e cùis airgid a th’ ann ach gu bheil na saor-thoilich is e fhèin air an dì-mhisneachadh gu mòr le cho beag dhaoine a tha ga chleachdadh.
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Thuirt e cuideachd gu bheil grunn dhaoine is bhuidhnean air fios a chur thuige mu bhith ag ath-fhosgladh na loidhne ann an cruth no àite eile ach nach bi e fhèin an sàs ann. Chì sinn dè thachras. ⁠⠀

Alasdair
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Aithisg Bhliadhnail 2019-20 ri faighinn #gàidhlig

Le Oifigear Gàidhlig

Chaidh aithisg bhliadhnail ùr na Pàrlamaid fhoillseachadh an-diugh. Tha i ann an cruth dà-chànanach sa Ghàidhlig agus sa Bheurla. Anns an aithisg, gheibh sibh a-mach na bha a’ dol sa Phàrlamaid agaibh ann an 2019-20 le staitistearachd agus fiosrachadh gu leòr! Agus ma tha BSL agad, gheibhear geàrr-chunntas den aithisg sa chànan sin cuideachd. Alasdair … Leugh an corr de Aithisg Bhliadhnail 2019-20 ri faighinn #gàidhlig

Tadhail air Blog Pàrlamaid na h-Alba

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Agallamh le Ruaraidh MacLabhrainn, Marta Ò hEaghra

Le Alistair Paul

Dealbh le Yohei Yamashita Le pròiseact iongantach Gàidhlig ga chur gu dol fhuair an neach-aithris againn, Marta, facal air fear a tha air a bhith aig teas meadhan na h-iomairte. Bha mi air bhioran is mo latha agam, mu dheireadh thall. Às dèidh a h-uile car is lùb tron deach mi; na litrichean iarraidh, an …


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