Category: Tachartas

Iona’s Namescape: the dynamics of place-names and place-lore

Bu chaomh leinn fàilte a chur oirbh gun ath choinneamh againn san t-sreath. Bidh an Dr Sofia Evemalm-Graham a’ tadhail oirnn air a’ mhìos seo agus bidh i a’ bruidhinn (ann am Beurla) air a’ cheann gu h-àrd. Chithear fios gu h-ìosal mun cheangal gun choinneamh air Zoom. Tha sinn an dòchas gun urrainn dhuibh a bhith an làthair.

We look forward very much to welcoming Dr Sofia Evemalm-Graham to the society this month and hearing about the new research on Iona place-names. This month’s talk will be in English. We hope you can join us on Zoom.

Mr Lachlan Campbell (c.1690×1707): Gaelic glossaries, lost material and the Republic of Letters

Tha sinn a’ cur fàilte air Dr Danielle Fatzinger, Oilthigh Ghlaschu, air a’ mhìos seo. Bidh i a’ bruidhinn air a cheann a chithear gu h-àrd, Mgr Lachlann Caimbeul.  Tha sinn an dòchas gun urrainn dhuibh a bhith còmhla ruinn agus òraid air leth inntinneach againn air fàire.

We are looking forward to our first talk of the New Year. This month our guest-speaker is Dr Danielle Fatzinger, University of Glasgow, talking, on the heading above, Thursday 20th January at 7.30pm.  We hope you can join us for what will be a fascinating and informative talk.

Murchadh MacPhàrlain, Bàrd Mhealboist

Bi an ath choinneamh de Chomann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu againn oidhche Dhiardaoin sa tighinn, 7.30f.  Bidh Catrìona Mhoireach a’ tighinn thugainn a bhruidhinn air Murchadh MacPhàrlain: Bàrd Mhealboist. Tha sinn a’ dèanamh fiughair mhòr ris an oidhche seo agus tha sinn an dòchas gun urrainn dhuibh a bhith ann. Chithear fiosrachadh, gu h-ìosal mu ciamar a cheanglas sibh ris a’ Zoom.

Our next lecture, this coming Thursday, will be from Catriona Mhoireach on Bàrd Mhealboist. This lecture will be in Gaelic and we hope you can make it along. Zoom joining details follow below.

Às a’ Chamhanaich

An ath choinneamh o Chomann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu Diardaoin sa tighinn.  An aire nach urrainn don Dr Emily McEwan a bhith còmhla ruinn mar a bha an dùil ach tha sinn an dòchas gun cluinn sinn bhuaipe an ath bhliadhna. An àite sin bidh Aonghas MacLeòid o Cheap Breatuinn tighinn a’ bhruidhinn ris a’ Chomann mun nobhail grafaig ùr aige, Às a’ Chamhanaich. Tha sinn fada an comain Aonghas airson bhith deònach tighinn thugainn. An dòchas ar faicinn an sin. Bheiribh an aire gur ann aig 8.00f uairean (àm Ghlaschu), oidhche Dhiardaoin sa tighinn (18/11/2021) a bhios a’ choinneamh a’ tòiseachadh, leth-uair a thìde nas tràithe nan àbhaist.

Our scheduled speaker, Dr Emily McEwan wont be able to make it (though we hope to hear from her next year). Instead, we will be joined next Thursday (18th November) by Aonghas MacLeòid, Cape Breton, who has kindly agreed to step in and will be talking to us, in Gaelic, about his new novel, Às a’ Chamhanaich. Please note the earlier starting time of 8pm (Glasgow time).

Coimhearsnachd Waipu: Imreachd, fèin-aithne agus cuimhne thar-nàiseanta bhon 19mh linn chun an latha an-diugh

Dìreach mar chuimhneachan gum an ath òraid againn, an òraid mu dheireadh san t-sreath, oidhche Dhiardaoin sa tighinn, 7.30f, on Dr Silke Stroh a bhios a’ tadhal oirnn a bhruidhinn mun chuspair gu h-àrd. Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh air na faidhlichean gu h-ìosal. Tha sinn a’ dèanamh fiughar mhòr ro òraid Silke agus gu mòr an dòchas gun urrainn dhuibh a bhith cuide ruinn.

Just a reminder that our next lecture will be at the usual time on Thursday when we will host a lecture from Dr Silke Stroh who will lecture (in Gaelic) on the topic outlined above. More details below and we hope to see you there.

‘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!