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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · 21h

Comhairlean ionadail a' beachdachadh air mar a dh'fhaodte foghlam Gàidhlig àrd-sgoile a leudachadh agus leasachadh ann am meadhan Alba
Tha mi toilichte a bhith an sàs anns an rannsachadh seo do Bhòrd na Gàidhlig còmhla ris an eòlaiche foghlaim Jim Whannel.
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...

"Super-sgoil Ghàidhlig" am meadhan na h-Alba? - Naidheachdan a' BhBC

Tha barail air nochdadh gum bu chòir

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 22h

Saor-thoilich a dhìth!
A bheil ùidh agad ann a bhith a’ dèanamh obair shaor-thoileach còmhla rinn a thoirt air adhart an iomairt gus Ionad Gàidhlig a stèidheachadh ann an Dùn Èideann?
Cuir fios thugainn aig: [email protected]

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 22h

Are you interested in volunteering with us to take forward
the initiative to create a Gaelic Hub in Edinburgh?
This could mean helping out at Ionad events, support with fundraising, design or comms, providing business or financial expertise – and more!
Get in touch at: [email protected]

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Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 2026 @rannsachadh2026.bsky.social · 2d

Gairm Phàipearan Co-Labhairt | Call For Conference Papers: Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 14−16 July 2026
www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...

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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · 8d

Air BBC Sounds a-nis: sreath phod-chraolaidhean le 40 prògram bhon t-sreath iomraiteach Facal Oirbh, le pailteas fiosrachaidh mu bhriathrachas 's ghnàthasan-cainnt na Gàidhlig
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BBC Radio nan Gàidheal - Facal Oirbh - Downloads

Podcast downloads for Facal Oirbh

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Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies @abdnriiss.bsky.social · 23d

In June, we also co-hosted a symposium bringing together policy makers, statutory and non-departmental public bodies, academics, industry and civil society organisations from across Ireland and Scotland to discuss current actions and challenges around empowering Gaelic and Irish speaking communities

Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · May 21

Ceangal - Connect
Symposium at Aberdeen University on June 9-10 on empowering Gaelic and Irish speaking communities. Our chair
@wilsonmcleod.bsky.social will be part of a panel on the role of dispersed or city-based speaker communities in language revitalisation
www.abdn.ac.uk/llmvc/events...

Ceangal / Connect

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 23d

Aithris air leasachadh na Gàidhlig ann an Inbhir Nis agus na cothroman 'sgìre cànain shònraichte' a chomharrachadh anns a' bhaile (fo Achd nan Cànan Albannach 2025)
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Inbhe na Gàidhlig an Inbhir Nis

Tha Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd a' beachdachadh air cò na sgìrean a bhiodh freagarrach airson inbhe ùr gus taic a bharrachd a chumail ris a' Ghàidhlig.

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Cultarlann Inbhir Nis @cultarlann.bsky.social · 24d

Am bu toil leat pàirt a ghabhail anns a bhith a' cruthachadh sàr-ionad cultarach Gàidhlig ann an Inbhir Nis?

👉 Barrachd fios: cultarlann.scot/cothroman/

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Join us in developing a new Gaelic Cultural Centre in Inverness!

👉 Find out more: cultarlann.scot/opportunities/

@bordnagaidhlig

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 27d

Viral Irish rap kids Kabin Crew have teamed up with an Edinburgh's Gaelic primary school, Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, to create a new song in Irish and Scottish Gaelic
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2546071...

Edinburgh kids team up with viral Irish rappers to produce Gaelic song

Viral Irish rap kids Kabin Crew have teamed up with an Edinburgh school to create a new song in Irish and Scottish Gaelic.

www.heraldscotland.com

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 27d

Gaelic in the gallery | Gàidhlig anns a' Ghailearaidh
National Galleries of Scotland booklet prepared by pupils at Edinburgh's Gaelic primary school, Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce
www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-arti...

Gaelic in the gallery | Gàidhlig anns a' Ghailearaidh | National Galleries of Scotland

Gaelic Medium Education pupils from James Gillespie’s High School in Edinburgh worked with us and Ann Paterson from Capital Gaelic to create a family friendly bilingual booklet, Gaelic in the Gallery....

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 29d

For St Andrews Day, a taste of Gaelic culture in the
company of Scottish Makar Peter Mackay
Come hear how Edinburgh and the Gaelic world have been intertwined over the centuries,with songs from young
Edinburgh Gaels
National Library of Scotland,29.11.25,2pm
www.nls.uk/whats-on/blasad-gaelic-culture/

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cothroman Gàidhlig ionnsachadh no a chleachdadh ann an Dùn Èideann - seo dhuibh liosta de na diofar chlasaichean cànain agus buidhnean còmhraidh a tha a' dol anns a' phrìomh bhaile
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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tha buidheann ann am baile beag anns na Crìochan, Carlops, air a bhith a' coinneachadh airson sailm Ghàidhlig a sheinn.
'S e Rob MacNeacail, mac a' bhàird chliùitich Aonghas Dubh MacNeacail, a bhios a' stiùireadh a' chruinneachaidh.
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Sailm Ghàidhlig gam brosnachadh anns na Crìochan

Tha Sailm Ghàidhlig gam brosnachadh ann am baile beag anns na Crìochan.

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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · Sep 4

This workshop on the literary and documentary record of the Gaelic languages in the early modern Atlantic takes place tomorrow … still a small number of spaces left.

Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · Aug 27

llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...

Diasporic Documents from the Gaelic Atlantic | Celtic & Scottish Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture

An all-day, in-person workshop focusing on what specific documents and pieces of literature can tell us about the Gaelic languages throughout the Atlantic world, featuring talks and a roundtable discu...

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The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · Sep 3

East Lothian pupils travel to Edinburgh to attend Gaelic school

Dozens of school pupils from East Lothian are being transported to Edinburgh to receive a Gaelic education, a new report has revealed. East Lothian Council works in partnership with the city’s local authority to ensure families who…

East Lothian pupils travel to Edinburgh to attend Gaelic school

Dozens of school pupils from East Lothian are being transported to Edinburgh to receive a Gaelic education, a new report has revealed. East Lothian Council works in partnership with the city’s local authority to ensure families who want their children to be educated in Gaelic classrooms can be found places. A new report updating East Lothian’s Gaelic Language Plan revealed that last year 22 primary school learners from the county attended City of…

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tha Comhairle nan Crìochan a' coimhead an gabh foghlam tron Ghàidhlig aig ìre bun-sgoile stèidheachadh san sgìre. Tha liosta le 33 pàistean a dh'iarradh a dhol ann am FtG anns na Crìochan, le naoinear aca a' tòiseachadh air P1 nan deadh a stèidheachadh sa Lùnastal 2026
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Ceum air adhart dha FtMG sna Crìochan

Tha Comhairle nan Crìochan a' coimhead an gabh foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig aig ìre bun-sgoile stèidheachadh san sgìre.

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cothroman Gàidhlig ionnsachadh no a chleachdadh ann an Dùn Èideann - seo dhuibh liosta de na diofar chlasaichean cànain agus buidhnean còmhraidh a tha a' dol anns a' phrìomh bhaile
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Cultarlann Inbhir Nis @cultarlann.bsky.social · Aug 31

There are many exciting Gaelic events happening in and around Inverness in September!

Tha iomadh tachartas Gàidhlig a' tachairt ann an agus mu thimcheall Inbhir Nis anns an t-Sultain!

🔗 Read more in the September edition of our newsletter, An t-Àban 👉 www.canva.com/design/DAGxE...

#Gaelic

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · Aug 18

Aithris air a' mhaoineachadh ùr a fhuair sinn bho Bhòrd na Gàidhlig - £84,000 thar trì bliadhna airson fastadh Oifigear Leasachaidh. Tha cothroman dha-rìribh againn agus sinn ag amas air ionad Gàidhlig a stèidheachadh ann am prìomh-bhaile na h-Alba www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...

Ceum air adhart do dh'ionad Gàidhlig ann ab Dùn Eideann

Fhuair a' bhuidheann coimhearsnachd air cùl na h-iomairt ionad Gàidhlig a stèidheachadh ann an Dùn Èideann taic-airgid a leigeas leis an oifigear leasachaidh aca barrachd obrach a dhèanamh, am measg e...

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Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba @ainmean-aite.bsky.social · Aug 15

Mapa Gàidhlig na Seachdaine
Alba ~ Scotland
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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Aug 16

Funding to support Gaelic culture in island communities has been announced by John Swinney during a Western Isles visit 👇

John Swinney announces funding for Gaelic culture projects during Western Isles visit

www.thenational.scot

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · Aug 14

GME in Edinburgh began three years later, in 1988. Last year there were 639 pupils enrolled at Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce and James Gillespie's High School - 11% of the national total

Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · Aug 14

Forty years ago this week Gaelic-medium education in Scotland began, in Inverness and Glasgow. Last year 5,862 pupils were enrolled. A great success story for Gaelic but there are challenges on every front, including teacher recruitment, resourcing and linguistic attainment, and progress is slow

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · Aug 11

'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic,' in-person one-day workshop at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, 5 September. Speakers include IASSL members Rob Dunbar, @pomuirch.bsky.social, and Silke Stroh. All welcome, registration required.

Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · Aug 7

'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic' - a one-day, in-person workshop at the University of Edinburgh on 5 September. Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh | More information 👇

Poster advertising an event to take place on 5 September 2025 at 50 George Square, the University of Edinburgh, on the topic of 'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic'. The event will run from 10am to 5pm.

10.00
Introduction and welcome

10.30-12.00
Ken Ó Donnchú (UCC): Spanish-Irish translation 1593-1706

Aonghas MacCoinnich (Glasgow): Gaelic perspectives on ‘state formation’ and Atlantic plantation. The case of Lewis, c.1610-c.1640

Silke Stroh (Koblenz): Re-fitting ‘The Garb of Old Gaul’: Circum-Atlantic warfare and intercultural mobility in re-writings and translations of a popular 18th-century song

12.00-13.00
Lunch

13.00-14.30
Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (Edinburgh): Viewing Inveraray from St Lucia: The case of Dugald MacNicol’s manuscripts

Kathleen Reddy (Glasgow): The Bàrd na Ceapaich manuscript at the University of Glasgow

Brendan Kane (UConn & Edinburgh): Political thought and politicization from New York to Cork: Reading the early modern through a 19th-century commonplace book

14.30-15.00
Coffee

15.00-16.00
Rob Dunbar (Edinburgh): Johnathon Mackinnon and Mac-Talla

Síobhra Aiken (QUB): Gaeltacht communities in North America: Real or Imagined?

16.00-17.00
Round table
Enda Delaney (Edinburgh), Désha Osborne (Edinburgh)
Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna (Galway)

17.00
Close

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Aug 12

As the first Gaelic writer to become Scotland’s National Poet, Pàdraig MacAoidh/Peter Mackay is acutely aware of the responsibility he’s taken on. Ahead of his three Book Festival events, our new Makar tells Allan Radcliffe that he’s also keen to simply have fun with words
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Peter Mackay on being Scotland's makar: 'I do get to put my own shape on the role' | The List

As the first Gaelic writer to become Scotland’s National Poet, Peter Mackay is acutely aware of the responsibility he has taken on. Ahead of his three Book Fest

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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · Aug 7

'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic' - a one-day, in-person workshop at the University of Edinburgh on 5 September. Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh | More information 👇

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