Ross-shire Journal: “To tie in with their 25th anniversary celebrations this year at Bught Park later in the summer, a few members of Skipinnish will be playing some classic tunes from 1:30pm on Saturday, May 11 in the heart of the Eastgate Shopping Centre.”
George Buchanan & the Highlands & Islands of Scotland
22 May, Stirling
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George Buchanan (1506–1582): poet, scholar, humanist, constitutional theorist, & native #Scots & #Gaelic speaker. Prof Ali Cathcart will examine Buchanan’s writings on the Gaelic-speaking parts of Scotland found in his 1582 Rerum Scoticarum Historia
Wait, what!? Did I just hear not one, but two non #Gaelic speaking journalists pronounce #Alba correctly! (Although the 2nd one got it wrong the 2nd time he said it) 🤦♂️
24 Apr 1567: Printing of Seon Carsuell's Foirm na nurrnuidheadh (Book of Common Order) ends #otd in #Edinburgh - the first ever book printed in #Gaelic (Edinburgh University Library)
24 Apr 1567: Printing of Seon Carsuell's Foirm na nurrnuidheadh (Book of Common Order) ends #otd in #Edinburgh - the first ever book printed in #Gaelic (Edinburgh University Library)
On Sunday 28th I'm doing the 22.7 mile Glasgow Kiltwalk to raise money for An Lòchran Gaelic arts & cultural centre in Partick, a centre which over the last year has transformed my ability to use Scotland's oldest language, Gaelic. "An Lòchran" means "the lantern", & the centre is a shining beacon for all of those interested in learning Scottish Gaelic in Scotland's largest city. If you'd like to support my effort, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/page/chris-paton-stewarton - mòran taing/many thanks! #Gaelic#Gàidhlig
“A MAN from Stirling has achieved a remarkable milestone by completing the 2024 Boston Marathon and raising more than £4500 for the Gaelic Books Council.”
Alistair MacLean (1922–1987) – author of The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, & many others – was born #OTD, 21 April, 1922. A native #Gaelic speaker, he grew up near Inverness. @NeilDrysdale tells the story of MacLean’s remarkable life
The battle of #Culloden was fought #OTD, 16 April 1746. It has, unsurprisingly, left a significant imprint in the literature & culture of Scotland. A short 🧵
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John Buchan called FLEMINGTON—Violet Jacob’s 1911 novel of the 1745 #Jacobite rising & aftermath—“the best Scots #romantic novel since The Master of Ballantrae”
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“The representation in Gaelic literature of Culloden […] makes a study of that literature, even in translation, a vital corrective to that of more exclusively English or Scottish literature in Scots & English.”
In “Highland Songs of the ’45”, the National Trust for Scotland shares original audio recordings of #Gaelic songs collected by archivist John Lorne Campbell from Canna
The National: Niteworks have announced a new and final single to commemorate their last year together as a band with further tour dates in Inverness’s Eden Court and London’s The Garage also shared.
The new single, [An Toll Dubh]… is a cover of the song originally written and performed by Runrig’s Calum and Rory Macdonald.