Category: Programme

‘It was lovely to hear the Gaelic.’ Nàdar de, agus sgrìobhadh ann an Lockdown

Bidh an Dr Pàdraig MacAoidh a’ tighinn a thadhail oirnn oidhche Dhiardaoin.  Tha sinn a’ dèanamh fiughar mhòr ri bhith a’ cluinntinn o Phàdraig agus tha sinn gu mòr an dòchas gun urrainn dhuibh a bhith cuide ruinn.  Chithear ceangal Zoom gu h-ìosal.

Our next meeting (in Gaelic) will be held this coming Thursday at 7.30.  We look forward to welcoming Dr Pàdraig MacAoidh to Comann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu. We hope to see you there and a Zoom link can be found below.

Goireasan airson na Gàidhlig air an Eadar-lìon

Bheir an Dr Caoimhín Ó Donnaíle, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean, seachad fiosrachadh agus taisbeanadh beò air cuid de na goireasan Gàidhlig a tha ri’m faighinn air an Eadar-lìon, gu h-àraid air an fheadhainn anns a bheil e fhèin an sàs. Bidh trì pàirtean aig an òraid:

• Sealladh gu math farsaing, aithghearr air na goireasan gu lèir: làraichean-lìn, faclairean, làraichean ioma-mheadhan leithid Tobar an Dualchais, iGàidhlig, An Sruth.
• Na goireasan aig multidict.net, .i.  Multidict fhéin a tha a’ leigeil do dhuine gluasad gu luath eadar a h-uile faclair Gàidhlig a tha air-loidhne – faclairean annasach ’nam measg.  Clilstore a tha a leigeil do thidsearan aonad a chruthachadh ann am mionaid no dhà air an Eadar-lìon, le bhideo agus tar-sgrìobhadh agus stuth a bharrachd, agus an tar-sgrìobhadh ceangailte facal-air-an-fhacal ri na faclairean air-loidhne.
• Bunadas – stòr-dàta ann an cruth “lìonra” de dh’fhaclan dàimheil (cognates) ann an ioma chànan, gu h-àraid na cànanan Ceilteach.  Barrachd is 80,000 facal gu ruige seo. Comasach air craobhan-sinnsireachd a thaisbeanadh do na faclan.  Comasach air faclan dàimheach a lorg ann am Manannais no Nua-Ghaeilge no Seann-Ghàidhlig. agus a lorg gu furasta ri faclairean leithid eDIL.

Dr. Caoimhín Ó Donnaíle, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, University of the Highlands and Islands, will do a live presentation and talk about some of the Gaelic resources that are available on the Internet, especially the ones that he is involved with himself. There will be three parts to the talk:

• A broad and short overview about what’s available: websites, dictionaries, multimedia sites like Tobar an Dualchais, iGàidhlig, An Sruth.
• The resources at multidict.net, -i.  Multidict itself that lets people move quickly between all the available Gàidhlig online dictionaries – including some uncommon dictionaries.  Clilstore that allows teachers to create units on the Internet in just a few minutes, with a video and transcription and supplementary materials while the transcript is linked word for word with the online dictionaries.
• Bunadas – a “network” database of related words (cognates) in multiple languages, with focus on the Celtic languages.  Already contains more than 80,000 words. It has a feature to display trees for the words’ ancestry.  You can research related words on Manx or Irish or Goidelic and find the easily in dictionaries like eDIL.

Òrain Chiorstaidh Anna NicLeòid (Stiùbhart)

Bidh an Dr Anne Frater, Colaiste a’ Chaisteil, Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean, a’ tadhal oirnn oidhche Dhiardaoin sa tighinn, 7.30f, air a’ cheann gu h-àrd. Tha sinn an dòchas ar faicinn an sin!

Dr Anne Frater will be our guest speaker this month. She will be speaking in Gaelic on the topic outlined above, Thursday 18th at 7.30pm. We hope you can make it along and we look forward to seeing you there!

Bannal Frangag: Frangag Tholmach agus na h-òrain

Bidh an ath choinneamh againn oidhche Dhiaordaoin sa tighinn (21 Faoilleach), 7.30f. Bidh Kenna Chaimbeul, Màiri Anna NicUalraig, Priscilla Scott agus Ainsley Hamill a’ tighinn thugainn le Bannal Frangag: Frangag Tholmach (1840-1926) agus na h-òrain a chruinnich i. Tha sinn a’ dèanamh fiughar mhòr ris a’ choinneamh seo agus gu mòr an dòchas gun urrainn dhuibh a bhith cuide ruinn. Chithear fiosrachaidh mu cheangal-lìn gu h-ìosal.

Our next meeting will be on Thursday at 7.30pm when we will be joined by Kenna Chaimbeul, Màiri Anna NicUalraig, Priscilla Scott and Ainsley Hamill will be joining us (in Gaelic) on the theme of Frances Tolmie and her song collection.

Missed opportunities in Gaelic Education from 1876 to the present

Bidh an t-Oll. Wilson MacLeòid a’ tighinn a thadhail air a’ Chomann oidhche Dhiardaoin sa tighinn (10mh dhan Dùbhlachd). Is ann am Beurla a bhios an t-Oll. MacLeòid a’ bruidhinn air a’ cheann a chithear gu h-àrd. Tha sinn a’ dèanamh fiughar mhòir ri bhith cuir fàilte air Wilson agus tha sinn gu mòr an dòchas gun urrainn dhuibh a bhith cuide ruinn air-loidhne air Zoom.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming Professor Wilson McLeod this Thursday evening and hope you can come and join us on Zoom. Professor McLeod’s talk will be in English on the topic outlined above. Hope to see you all there!

Thomas Pennant and the Gaelic Enlightenment: Thomas Pennant’s Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, 1772

Tha sinn fortanach fàilte a chuir, mar chiad òraidiche na bliadhna seo, air an t-Oll. Nigel Leask, Oilthigh Ghlaschu.

We are delighted to welcome Professor Nigel Leask, University of Glasgow, who opens our new session this coming Thursday and we hope you can join us.