GhettoNaGàidhlig

Bithidh coma – stop being so polite

Uill, a’ Ghàidhlig chòir. Tòrr smuaintean a dol aig a h-uile duine, seo beagan meòrachadh bhuam fhìn [A few thoughts on the present situation about Gaelic. This is a very important juncture for Gaelic. English below]. Tha naidheachd mun rannsachadh ùr seo air eagal a chuir air grùnnd dhaoine. Tha tòrr ag radh air na […]

Tadhail air Ghetto na Gàidhlig – Bella Caledonia

Gaelic and the Hebrides are Valuable – Let’s Strengthen Them

Le Bella Caledonia Editor

Charles (Teàrlach) Wilson argues that the Hebrides are not a remote archipelago with nice views and old-fashioned ways of life: they are a crucial and important part of Scottish society, identity, history. If we reconceive the problems of Gaelic as not a crisis of language but a crisis of how we see rural and Highland […]

Tadhail air Ghetto na Gàidhlig – Bella Caledonia

Smuaintean, fo Ghlasadh-Sluaigh

Le Bella Caledonia Editor

In this piece Fiona MacIsaac explores the impact that the lockdown has had on her mental health. Isolated in a way in which is multi-layered, from friends and events on the mainland, the sense of loneliness is only heightened. Time has lost its rigidity and seems to stretch into one infinite day. Current events […]

Tadhail air Ghetto na Gàidhlig – Bella Caledonia

On Sacred Cows

Le Bella Caledonia Editor

There’s a gap between the reality of the mass of people appreciating the centrality of gaelic language and culture to Scotland – and small handful of mainstream media outlets cultivating hatred and grievance. First the good news. After the spectacular success of Gaelic Duolingo – covered here and here – and after the critical reflection […]

Tadhail air Ghetto na Gàidhlig – Bella Caledonia