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Source: Fòram na Gàidhlig
Tadhail air Fòram na Gàidhlig – Naidheachdan / News
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Marbhrann do Thriùir Seann Fhleasgach (2 earrann) le Rob Donn MacAoidh agus eadar-theangachadh le Dòmhnall Caimbeul don Bheurla Ghallda
THREE AULD CARLS (Twa verses) Frae the Gaelic o Rob Donn Mackay bi Donald Campbell
Aon duine ’s bean on tàinig iad,
Na bràithrean ud a chuaidh,
Bha an aon bheatha thìmeil ac’,
’S bha ’n aodach dhen aon chlòimh:
Mun aon uair a bhàsaich iad,
’S bha ’n nàdar dhen aon bhuaidh:
Chaidh ’n aon siubhal dhaoine leo’,
’S chaidh ’n sìneadh san aon uaigh.
Faclan:
oo = clòimh
raxed out = sìnte
Ae mither, faither brocht them up,
thir brithers here the nou,
and ae lane lifetime wrocht them up,
claithed them in ae oo.
Their last braith was the meanest,
their nature less nor brave;
they’re murned by just the keenest
an raxed out in ae grave.
Bu daoine nach d’ rinn briseadh iad,
Le fiosrachadh do chàch;
’S cha mhò a rinn iad aon dad,
Ris an can an saoghal “gràs”;
Ach ghineadh iad, is rugadh iad,
Is thogadh iad, is dh’fhàs,
Chaidh stràc dhen t-saoghal thairis orr’,
’S mu dheireadh, fhuair iad bàs.
They never troubled ither chiels
leastweys, nane said they did;
nor yet, afore they cowped the creels
did they dae ocht o guid.
Born the same and grown the same,
baith frae the same seed,
they walked the plank til their last hame
and bide thegither, deid.
cowp the creels = overturn the baskets – còp na clèibh
Tadhail air An t-Oide
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O chionn 2008 tha Geidh.uk air a bhith na bhlog WordPress (a’ ruith grunn plugain treas-phàrtaidh) a tha mi air a bhith ag òstaireachd agus a’ cumail suas leam fhèin.
Dh’obraich e math gu leòr airson greis, ach tha mi air a bhith a’ fàs sgìth le duilleagan slaodach, mearachdan frithealaiche, amannan far-loidhne agus ùrachaidhean a stàladh fad na h-ùine agus mar sin tha an làrach-lìn a-nis air gluasad bho WordPress gu Jekyll.
Le Seumaidh ®
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<p>Air m’ iomairt airson neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba, air an 17mh latha den t-Sultain 2014, chluich sinn òrain na Proclaimers air an rathad thar tanoidh an bhana againn. Tha mi ga chluintinn fhathast sa cheann agam bho àm gu àm. Tha e gam phutadh an-diugh nuair a bhios mi a’ coiseachd air feadh na dùthcha. Tha e gam bhrosnachadh, gus an ath iomairt airson neo-eisimeileachd.</p>
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I’m on my way from misery to happiness today
I’m on my way to what I want from this world
And years from now you’ll make it to the next world
And everything that you receive up yonder
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered
Tadhail air Seumaidh ®
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Tha dithis oifigearan riaghaltais à Carolina a Tuath air a ràdh gu bheil Apple a’ beachdachadh air oifis corporra mòr fhosgladh anns an stàit – a dh’aindeoin laghan san stàit a leigeas lethbhreith an aghaidh coimhearsnachd LCDTE na stàite.
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Chan eil dàimh aig a’ bhuadhair glòr ri glòr f. ‘cainnt’ no ri glòirb. ‘greadhnachas’. (Gidheadh, tha glòr f. air tuiteam còmhla ri glòir b. cuideachd san Nuadh-Ghàidhlig.)
Tadhail air Bloigh Gràmair
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Le Graisg
A-nochd, gu mì-fhortanach, tha agam ri litir sgrìobhadh dhan Daily Express. Chan urrainn dhomh a fuireach nam thosd, tha cuisean air fàs nas miosa buileach, fhios againn uile gu bheil airgead air a bhith a dhol dhan t-sitig le soidhnichean dà-chànanach ann an Inbhir Nis ach a-nis chan eil sgeul air Beurla idir. Chan eil ann leis an soidhne ur seo ach Gàidhlig agus Laideann . Cum Beurla Beò! – sgrìobh dhan na h-ùghdarrasan gun dail.
Tadhail air Gàidhlig – cha bhithinn às a h-aonais!
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Air oidhche Dhiardaoin gach mìos ann an Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, 7.30f.
Meeting monthly on Thursday nights in Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, 7:30pm.
13mh Dàmhair 2016 (13-10-2016), Bill Innes
The Humour of the Bard! Donald MacIntyre’s satire “MacPhàil is MacThòmais” [Talk in English]
17mh Samhain 2016 (17-11-2016), Niall Bartlett
‘Ìompaireachd agus gnìomhachas air Eilean Leòdhais ri linn MhicMhathain, 1844 – 1918’[Ann an Gàidhlig]
15mh Dùbhlachd 2016 (15-12-2016), Murchadh Peutain
‘Ann an Làrach-coise Ghaisgich’ [Ann an Gàidhlig]
19mh Faoilleach 2017 (19-01-2017), Àrd Ollamh Conchúr Ó Giollagáin (Soillse / SMO)
‘Staing nan Gàidheal ann an Alba agus ann an Èirinn: a strì leis an fhìrinn’ [Ann an Gàidhlig]
16mh Gearran 2017 (16-02-2017), Prof. Alan Riach (University of Glasgow)
‘The Birlinn of Clanranald’ [Talk in English]
16mh Màrt 2017 (16-03-2017) Iseabail Mhoireach
‘Astar – Gleann Tholastaidh’ [Ann an Gàidhlig]
20mh Giblean 2017 (20-04-2017) Rosemary Ward
‘Litreachas agus foillseachadh Gàidhlig: an ath cheum?’ [Ann an Gàidhlig]
18mh Cèitean 2017 (18-05-2017)
Coinneamh Bhliadhnail / AGM
Tadhail air Comann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu
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Le basedrones
I have an Opinion piece in The Scotsman today, about Scots Gaelic and signage, available here. This is a (sign)post directing to it and offering a bit more background.
In terms of tags for this blog post, I have filed it under “Gaelic” and “FFS WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE ME STILL NEED TO WRITE ABOUT THIS SHITE”.
The article was written in response to an Opinion piece by a gentleman I have never met and, until last week, had never heard of. He was irked by a bilingual sign that he saw from a train whilst passing through Fife.
My mind has also been known to wander whilst gazing out of a train window, although normally I leave those thoughts when I disembark without writing about them. Wilson decided to channel his thoughts into an Opinion piece. With respect, his article demonstrates the nuance of someone who thought about a topic on a train for five minutes. Perhaps he should have left those thoughts on the train. It is difficult to know where to begin with a critique of it, but I gave it a try.
The Scotsman actually toned down my response, which they were entitled to do. Something like that preceding paragraph was in my first draft. I also wrote that his analogy with Northern Ireland demonstrated a loose understanding of the language issues in two jurisdictions, and noted that his attempt to make an argument out of there being no Gaelic monoglots was “so simplistic, culturally imperialist and ignorant of minority rights it does not even deserve engaging with.” (Only “simplistic” remains in the final version, and I cut the NI point owing to the word limit.)
For background, this is not the first time I have dabbled in the Gaelic signage issue, with all the related law and policy matters that so many people do not event begin to understand before wading into the topic. This is illustrated by way of a Storify story here and another blog post here.
Anyway, that is enough from me. I actually have other things to do, and (as noted at the end of my Storify story) for some people this is not so much about actually wanting to analyse the issue sensibly, rather it is about lobbing a cat amongst the pigeons then smirking as someone else tries to restore some order to the doocot. I really am tired of writing about this cac.
Tadhail air Gaelic – basedrones
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Tiotal: Fuaran Ceann an t-Saoghail
Úghdar: Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul.
Rionnagan: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Bha deagh oidhche aig buill a’ Chomainn san Lios Mhòr o chionn ghoirid ’s sinn a’ beachdachadh air a’ chòigeimh nobhail le Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul, “Fuaran Ceann an t-Saoghail”. Chan eil an nobhail seo ach ceud duilleag ‘s a h-ochd a dh’fhaid’ agus, mar sin, ’s e deagh leabhar a tha seo airson beagan eòlais a chur air obair a’ Chaimbeulaich sa chiad dol-a-mach. Agus is math as fhiach seo a dhèanamh a chionn ’s gur e fear de na sgrìobhadairean as comasaiche ann an saoghal na Gàidhlig a th’ ann an “APC”.
’S ann leis na smaointean a th’ aig seann bhoireannach air an àite far a bheil i a’ fuireach (ann an dachaigh-eiridinn) agus le a cuimhne air a’ chiad turas a chunnaic i an duine aice a thòisicheas an nobhail seo. Ach chan ann ach letheach slighe sìos a’ chiad duilleag a thèid sùilean an leughadair mus atharraich cruth an aodainn-chlò; agus ’s e ceàird-eòlas a tha seo a bhithear a’ cleachdadh air feadh an leabhair seo gus sgaradh a dhèanamh eadar guth an t-seann bhoireannaich agus guthan nam prìomh charactaran eile a bhios a’ dèiligeadh rithe. An ann innleachdach is soirbheachail no droil is neo-shoirbheachail a tha an ceàird-eòlas seo ? ’S ann dha gach uile leughadair a tha a’ cheist seo !
A bharrachd air an t-seann bhoireannach, Criosaidh NicNèill, no NicDhòmhnaill, tha triùir charactaran eile ann a tha cudromach: Criosaidh NicGhriogair, ceannard na dachaighe; Criosaidh NicRath, an dotair; agus Ruairidh, fear òg on a’ BhBC, a tha air a bhith ri clàradh sgeulachdan dhaoine on a bha i òg air eagal ’s gum biodh iad air an call.
Chruthaich APC an sgeul seo gu sgileil pìos air phìos ann an dòigh a bhios a’ toirt air an leughadair mothachadh air a’ chòmhstri eadar cuimhne a’ bhoireannaich ‘s seargadh-inntinne agus air a’ bhuaidh a th’ aice air càch.
Ionnsaichidh an leughadair beagan mu bheatha gach caractair, mu bheatha Criosaidh NicDhòmhnaill gu h-àraidh, ‘s tòrr a bharrachd mun Ghàidhealtachd.
A rèir na chaidh a sgrìobhadh ann an lèirmheas anns an Stornoway Gazette, ’s e seo an nobhail as fheàrr aig APC. Chan e sin mo bheachd-sa, ach feumar a ràdh gur e leabhar fìor mhath a th’ ann. O chionn ghoirid, chuala mi APC ’s e ag ràdh gur ann ann an dòigh nas sìmplidhe a bhios e a’ sgrìobhadh (san latha an-diugh ?). Chanainn-sa gun do dh’obraich sin ann am “Fuaran Ceann an t-Saoghail”, gun a bhith a’ toirt air falbh o bheairteas na Gàidhlig aig an t-sàr sgrìobhadair seo.
*Gheibhear an leabhar seo ann am Bùth Chomhairle nan Leabhraichean no air an làraich-lìn aca. £8.99
Tadhail air COMANN LITREACHAS GHLASCHU
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