The SNP manifesto published today includes a commitment to encourage Edinburgh Council to take forward a second Gaelic medium primary school.
Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce opened in 2013 and now has 434 pupils. But Glasgow is now opening its 4th primary with almost 800 pupils in total.
Tha an t-àm ann!
Not "Dear Green Place" 🙄
Gaelic has long benefited from cross-party support in Scotland - both language acts (2005 and 2025) were passed unanimously. Will this come under threat if Reform MSPs are elected in May?
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Ar cuairt-litir as ùire / Our latest newsletter
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'S e an rud as miosa gu bheil luchd na Gàidhlig air Bluesky cho tearc is gann!
Episode 5 of The Carrying Stream, ‘Gaelic Revival: From Czechia to the Gaìdhealtachd’, recently came out, featuring @poncarova.bsky.social
Follow the link to access the full episode: pod.link/1865430519
Just published / newydd wedi'i gyhoeddi / díreach foilsithe:
Report of Commission for Welsh-speaking Communities on medium and lower density areas for Welsh.
www.gov.wales/commission-w...
Tha an stiùireadh reachdail air sònrachadh Sgìrean Cànain Sònraichte air tighinn a-mach an-diugh: www.gov.scot/publications...
Tha mi air sgrìobhadh do na chomairlichean agam ann an Glaschu ag iarriadh orra Glaschu sònrachadh mar sgìre cànain sònraichte.
An early 19th-century book, laid open. On the blank left-hand page is a pencil sketch of a man in profile. The man is looking to the left; he is clean-shaven, with short, sparse hair, and he wears a high-collared jacket with what looks like a bulky plaid wrapped over his shoulders. The words "D McIntyre" are written in pencil underneath.
Portraid Dhonnchaidh Bhàin?
Donnchadh Sneddon, SCOTTISH STUDIES 42/1, 2026
A copy of the poems of Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir (1724–1812) held by @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social has what might be the only extant portrait of the bard himself
#C18
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Tha foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig aig ìre na h-àrd-sgoile cugallach agus tha eadar-dhealachadh mòr ann an ìrean a' churraicealaim ann an diofar àitichean, a rèir aithisg ùir a chaidh a dhèanamh do Bhòrd na Gàidhlig (le Jim Whannel agus mi-fhìn)
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Now published - A Festschrift for John Shaw
18 contributions on Gaelic ethnography and folklore in honour of Dr John Shaw
Edited by Virginia Blankenhorn, @robertdunbar.bsky.social and @ampiobaire.bsky.social
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BBC: Comataidh aig Holyrood a' moladh "co-ionnanachd spèis" eadar craoladh Gàidhlig is Cuimris
Bu chòir co-ionnanachd spèis a bhith aig craoladh na Gàidhlig ris a' Chuimris taobh a-staigh a' BhBC, a rèir comataidh ann am Pàrlamaid na h-Alba.
Tùs […]
Now published – 'Gaelic-medium Secondary Education: Assessment and Recommendations for Improvement', a research report for Bòrd na Gàidhlig by Jim Whannel and myself
www.gaidhlig.scot/wp-content/u...
Prof Rob Dunbar has now started as the new chair of Bòrd na Gàidhlig. An important juncture for Gaelic in Scotland as the Scottish Languages Act 2025 comes into effect. Gur math thèid leat a charaid!
www.gaidhlig.scot/en/new-chair...
I’ve posted updated versions of two comprehensive bibliographies relating to Gaelic in Scotland.
The first deals with sociolinguistics and language planning concerning Gaelic from 1980 on:
tinyurl.com/bdeda7br
The other covers Gaelic literature from 1900 to the present:
tinyurl.com/caxbjv9s
Mapa Gàidhlig na Seachdaine
Lodainn an Ear ~ East Lothian
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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps
Picture of David Gilmour playing a black stratocaster in the Pompeii amphitheatre, 1971.
Language pals - I've written a new blog post about Machine Translation and the philosophical issues caused by everything being instantly translatable - with some Pink Floyd and Dr Who!
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Abair seachdain a th’ air a bhith againn rè Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026! Taing mhòr mhòr dhan a h-uile duine a ghabh pàirt ann.
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What an incredible week Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026 was! A massive thank you to everyone who took part.
#SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #bòrdnagàidhlig
CONTENTS Contributors Editor’s Note Andrew Fleming – Catastrophe at St Kilda: Vulnerability and Resilience in an Island Community Peter Freshwater – Student Singing and Song Books in Scotland Donnchadh Sneddon – Portraid Dhonnchaidh Bhàin? Hamish McD. Telfer and Jonathan M. Thomas – Join together, Fight together, Die together: Scottish Sportsmen, the Great War and Enlistment Shelley Morwenna Williams – Why was Agnes Randolph ‘Black’? Grace Wright – ‘The Order of the Elephant’: Symbols and Power in the Policing of Land Agitation in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland REVIEWS Standing on the Edge of Being: Scotland 1850 to COP 26. Richard D. Oram Gun Sireadh, Gun Iarraidh: The Tolmie Collection. Edited by Kenna Campbell and Ainsley Hamill Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy. Edited by Simon McKerrell and Gary West Obituary: Ian Fraser (1941–2025)
The latest issue of SCOTTISH STUDIES, the Open Access journal of the School of Scottish Studies at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, is now online
open.journals.ed.ac.uk/ScottishStud...
‘S e Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026 a th’ ann!
Tha sinn uile air ar bioran gus am faic sinn na tha romhainn an t-seachdain-sa!
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Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026 is here!
We can’t wait to see what lies ahead for us all this week!
#SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026
Gaelic Week is under way! There are lots of special events in Edinburgh, including
Cruinn Còmhla Community Day, Saturday 28 February, 10am-4pm (ionaddhuneideann.org)
Discussion about the role of Gaelic media, Thurs 26th, 530pm (www.nls.uk/whats-on/gae...)
snagde.com/events/
@sngaidhlig.bsky.social
Tha Seachdain na Gàidhlig ann agus tha tòrr a' dol ann an Dùn Èideann! Nam measg:
Latha Coimhearsnachd Cruinn Còmhla air Disathairne 28 Gearran, 10m-4f (faic ionaddhuneideann.org)
Còmhradh mu na meadhanan Gàidhlig air Diardaoin 26 Gearran, 530f (www.nls.uk/whats-on/gae...)
@sngaidhlig.bsky.social
Suirbhidh làrach-lìn AÀA
Tha sinn a’ lorg ur beachdan air an làrach-lìn againn. Bidh an t-suirbhidh fosgailte fad cola-deug
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AÀA website survey
We are looking for your feedback on our website. The survey will be open for a fortnight
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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi
Black-and-white image of the University of Edinburgh’s Old College courtyard, with a domed tower rising above stone buildings. The Ferret logo sits in the top left and a red label reads “REVEALED”. Large white text over the lower half says: “Edinburgh Uni staff are losing their jobs. Their boss has two”. Smaller text underneath adds that Sir Peter Mathieson has confirmed he is being paid for a board role at a university spin-off despite the university’s apparent financial crisis.
🔴NEW: The principal of the University of Edinburgh has confirmed he is working a paid second job while overseeing cuts that have seen hundreds of staff leave the institution.
Read the full story: www.theferret.scot/edinburgh-job-loss-mathi...
Na bhios a' dol ann an Dùn Èideann airson Seachdain na Gàidhlig aig deireadh a' mhìos 👇
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Brilliant to see so many leading organisations in Northern Ireland - like Queens University and Belfast City Council - quitting Twitter as it’s incompatible with their values.
Maybe Scotland could learn a lesson here and do the decent thing too…?
Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
Gu h-àrd air an làimh dheis? (Speech bubble)
Thoiribh sùil air na bhios a’ dol airson Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026 ann an Dùn Èideann agus Lodainn! // Take a closer look at what's on this year for Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026 in Edinburgh & the Lothians!
More info on our website – seachdainnagaidhlig.scot/whats-on/
Nan MacKinnon, ‘Nan Eachainn Fhionnlaigh’ (1902–1982): her contribution to the School of Scottish Studies & her legacy
13 Feb, free online
Nan MacKinnon provided a wealth of inherited Gaelic oral tradition – songs, tales, legends – & personal experience & observation
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