Poetry

Fios naidheachd: Lagh Cànan Soidhnidh na bhuannachd air leth, ach tha dùbhlain ann fhathast

Tha Achd a tha ag amas air cleachdadh Cànan Soidhnidh Bhreatainn (BSL) a bhrosnachadh ann an Alba air beatha làitheil luchd-cleachdaidh BSL a leasachadh gu mòr, a rèir aithisg le BPAan air Comataidh Co-ionannachd, Chòraichean Daonna agus Ceartas Catharra Thaigh an Ròid. Dh’innis luchd-ùidh don Chomataidh gu bheil an Achd air BSL a dhèanamh nas … Leugh an corr de

Tadhail air Blog Pàrlamaid na h-Alba

Duncan Ban in the Park

Le Gordon Wells

The sonorous verse of Duncan Ban MacIntyre can now be heard on your phone any time you visit the Scottish Poetry Rose Garden in Glasgow’s Queen’s Park.

Friends of Queen’s Park invited Alan Riach and Allan MacDonald to mark his 300th anniversary last year, and they provided a remarkable open air music and poetry double act in the garden, presenting extracts both in the original Gaelic and in English translation.

Island Voices were on hand to film the event, and we’re delighted that visitors can now access the recording in situ through these displayed QR codes, and so get a taste again of a magical occasion.

Queen’s Park will be humming again with snippets of Moladh Beinn Dòbhrain…

Tadhail air Island Voices – Guthan nan Eilean

Cò bh’ ann an Nighean Sheadna? An t-ainm-àite neo-àbhaisteach aig Sgìre Phàrlamaideach.

Le Oifigear Gàidhlig

Thàinig mòran ainmean sgìrean-pàrlamaid Pàrlamaid na h-Alba bhon Ghàidhlig o thùs. Tha eachdraidh air leth inntinneach aig aon ainm sgìre-pàrlamaid ann an Glaschu agus tha e ag innse tòrr dhuinn mun bhaile. Bhruidhinn an sgioba Gàidhlig againn ris an eòlaiche ainmean-àite, an t-Oll Alasdair MacIlleBhàin, Òraidiche ann an Onamastaig Cheilteach aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu agus ùghdar … Leugh an corr de

Tadhail air Blog Pàrlamaid na h-Alba

Coitcheann – Common Ground

Le Bella Caledonia Editor

Lorg Ghlaschu – In Search of the Dear Green Place, is a SNH commission for Mòd Ghlaschu 2019 celebrating Glasgow’s people, places and stories through her Gaelic and other placenames. Here’s a poem by Mary Ann Kennedy, inspired by Cathkin Braes – the highest point within the city boundaries, giving an unrivalled view of the […]

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