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Showing posts with label Gaelic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gaelic. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 May 2026

Gaelic and Outlander Day, Dean Castle, Kilmarnock, 6 June 2026

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A wee something I have been working on since the start of this year, having come up with the idea last year whilst on the committee of the E...
Saturday, 21 February 2026

Seachdain na Gàidhlig - World Gaelic Week 2026

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Next week see's the latest Seachdain na Gàidhlig  ( https://seachdainnagaidhlig.scot ), also known as World Gaelic Week, in which all th...
Friday, 20 February 2026

Tobar an Dualchais website adds interactive map

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The Tobar an Dualchais / A Kist o' Riches website has been updated to include an interactive map, that now allows you to target specif...
Saturday, 7 February 2026

A search for bilingual Gaelic and English headstones in Scottish kirkyards

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The BBC's Gaelic news page, Naidheachdan, has an interesting article entitled "Am faca sibhse clach-uaighe dhà-chànanach?", me...
Saturday, 25 October 2025

New permanent Shinty's Story exhibition opens in Inverness

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A new permanent exhibition has opened in Inverness telling the story of one of Scotland's national sports, shinty (known in Gaelic as io...
Monday, 13 October 2025

Is the National Records of Scotland anti-Gaelic?

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A couple of years ago I asked the National Records of Scotland ( www.nrscotland.gov.uk ) via one of its social media platforms what it was ...
Friday, 26 September 2025

Scottish GENES Webinar: Gaelic Scotland for Family Historians, 25 October 2025

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Thanks to all who attended my first Scottish GENES Webinar last Saturday on DNA for beginners, from the many comments I have received from f...
Friday, 25 July 2025

My Cert HE in Gaelic with Immersion from Glasgow University - and future plans

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It's official - I have a Certificate in Higher Education, with Distinction, in Gaelic with Immersion from the University of Glasgow! Du...
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Tuesday, 17 June 2025

The Scots and Gaelic languages gain official status in Scotland

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A major development has just happened concerning Scotland's indigenous languages, Gaelic (Gàidhlig)  and Scots. As an Ulsterman with a S...
Monday, 16 June 2025

My university has confirmed I can speak Gaelic!

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I'm delighted to announce that I have been awarded a Cert HE with Distinction  in Gaelic with Immersion , from the University of Glasgow...
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Thursday, 12 June 2025

Decoding Hidden Heritages site launches

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From Will Lamb,  Professor of Gaelic Ethnology and Linguistics at The University of Edinburgh,  via Facebook. On this auspicious day - Latha...
Sunday, 18 May 2025

Scottish GENES is back!

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I'm back in genealogy land after a few months time off for good behaviour doing a Cert HE course at the University of Glasgow, enti...
Saturday, 18 January 2025

Resources to help you learn Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)

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The following was first published in my Scottish GENES Newsletter on Sunday 11th January 2025. I've been asked by a couple of readers a...
Wednesday, 25 September 2024

Back to university in Glasgow!

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So that's me now back at university! On Monday, I started the year long (well, nine months!) Certificate HE course in Gaelic Immersion a...
Saturday, 14 September 2024

Repairs begin at Kisimul Castle by Barra

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Kisimul Castle, based in Castlebay, Barra, is undergoing conservation work just now, with a view to it being re-opened to the public at some...
Saturday, 27 July 2024

Air falbh airson seachdain - I'm off to Skye for a week!

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Bidh mi air falbh an ath sheachdain anns an Eilean Sgitheanach agus mi a' dèanamh cùrsa aig a' cholaiste Ghàidhlig, Sabhal Mòr Ostai...
Sunday, 2 June 2024

Place-Names of Carrickfergus and Broadisland

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On Saturday 1st June I took the ferry over the Irish Sea to attend the book launch in my home town of Carrickfergus of Philip Hoy's Plac...
Thursday, 30 May 2024

End of the latest stage of my Gaelic journey

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Yesterday I sat my Advanced Higher exam in Gaelic for Learners at Marr College in Troon, East Ayrshire, having studied the course through eS...
Tuesday, 21 May 2024

2022 census - number of Gaelic speakers has increased since 2011

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I'm spending today revising for my Advanced Higher exam next week in Gaelic, and what should suddenly be announced but the 2022 census r...