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Oidhche nam Bàrd – Poetry in Art & Sound
10 September, Tramway, Glasgow – £20/£12

A landmark celebration of over 1000 years of Gaelic poetry, weaving together Gaelic voices of the past & the words of our greatest living poets, presented through live performance, music, & visual projection. Welcoming Gaelic speakers & non-Gaelic speakers alike, all poems read will be accompanied by on-screen English translations.

https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/oidhche-nam-brd-poetry-in-art-and-sound

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poetry #Glasgow

Three days from the cross-quarter, the hinge where summer tips toward harvest. The thermometer hasn't caught up, but the light has. Roots know before leaves do.
Press a palm flat against something older than a presidential term today. Let your body remember what continuity feels like. Dealing with today.
#Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #EarthBased #Grounding #CrossQuarter #Seasons #Folklore #Wellness #Community #Ritual

Chan e iadsan a bhàsaich
an àrdan Inbhir-chéitean
dhaindeoin gaisge is uabhair
ceann uachdrach ar sgeula;
ach esan bha ’n Glaschu,
ursann-chatha nam feumach,
Iain mór MacGill-Eain,
ceann is fèitheam ar sgeula.

—Somhairle MacGill-Eain, “Clann Ghill-Eain”

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #socialism #Scotland #history #labourhistory #socialisthistory #RedClydeside #SorleyMacLean #JohnMaclean

The story behind one of Runrig’s best known tracks https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016l2p #Runrig #Music #Gaelic #Scotland

An Lanntair: A ukulele class for young people to learn chords, rhythms, and strumming patterns in a fun group setting. Students will learn a range of songs and tunes from pop, rock, and traditional music while building confidence, musical skills, and the ability to play and sing together. Classes will encourage creativity, listening, and ensemble playing in a supportive and enjoyable environment.
Suitable for age 10 – 15
The session will be led by Eilidh Young, an arts worker, music teacher and pipe-band drummer.  To find out more, email Eilidh at: mailto:eyoung1x@‌‌gnes.net
We can make tickets available free of charge for children who would benefit from this class, but for whom cost would be a barrier. Contact mailto:moira@‌‌anlanntair.com for details.
This activity is part of SOUNDWAVES – TONNAN-FUAIME, An Lanntair’s music development project funded by Youth Music Initiative Access to Music Making fund which creates access to high-quality music making opportunities for children and young people aged 0 to 25 years. The Youth Music Initiative is a music education programme with a vision to put music at the heart of young people’s lives and learning funded by the Scottish Government through Creative Scotland.
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Source: https://lanntair.com/events/event/ukulele-with-eilidh/

#Gaelic #Gàidhlig

Dè an lus a tha a' fàs far nach do chuir duine e? What's growing where nobody planted it, where you are?

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#Gàidhlig #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Alba #MastoDaoine #Folklore #Druid #Nature #Seasonal #Herbalism #Foraging #Language #Solidarity

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Tha an talamh a' cunntadh cuideachd — the earth is counting too.

She has never once needed our permission, or a federal form, to know exactly how many of us there are.

Chan urrainn dhaibh am freagairt a dhubhadh às — they cannot erase the answer.

#Gàidhlig #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Alba #MastoDaoine #Folklore #Druid #Nature #Seasonal #Herbalism #Foraging #Language #Solidarity

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The dog-day cicadas have gone ragged and uneven. The muscadines are coming ripe along the fencerows. Out in the dry ditches the rabbit tobacco is finally putting up its little everlasting flowers, the ones that hold their shape all winter after everything green has surrendered.

#Gàidhlig #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Alba #MastoDaoine #Folklore #Druid #Nature #Seasonal #Herbalism #Foraging #Language #Solidarity
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The land doesn't hold its shape that way. Two breaths, then: in through the nose, a second short sip stacked on top, out long and ragged. Three times.
That second sip is the part that actually reaches the nerve.

Cùm do chasan air an talamh — keep your feet on the ground.

What am I still asking permission to call mine? Ask me...
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon → https://thistleandmoss.com/subscribe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Your body has been braced since somebody said the small mean word at a fairground. Bracing isn't weakness — it's a nervous system doing the job it evolved for. The trouble is nobody ever tells the body when the thing is over, so it holds that shape into September, into a jaw that clicks and a shoulder that will not come down.
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon
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Ceòlas: Looking to learn Gaelic or improve? Come along to our online Gaelic classes! Our local and native-speaking tutors will help you gain confidence in speaking and using Gaelic, as well as connect with the Gaelic community, language and culture in Uist. Grammar and structures will be taught in these Gaelic classes with a focus on speaking and practising, and you will pick up new and natural vocabulary and structures as you go. These classes will roughly follow https://speakgaelic.scot/classroom-materials to allow you to make use of these resources in your own time to enhance your learning.

Classes are strictly limited to 12 participants and held once a week on Google Classroom, with each class lasting 90 minutes.

We will also be running Misneachd gu Fileantas – Confidence in Fluency Gaelic Class for fluent-level speakers and returners to Gaelic who wish to improve Gaelic skills and confidence with an experienced tutor. This is a perfect CPD opportunity for those in jobs where Gaelic is used and want a boost to be a more confident speaker.

https://ceolas.co.uk/product/gaelic-classes-2026/

TERM 1 (12 weeks)Classes start: w/b 7th September for 5 weeksHoliday week (No Classes): w/b 12/10/25Classes restart: w/b19th October for 7 weeksLast classes: w/b 30th November

TERM 2 (10 weeks)Classes start: w/b 11th JanuaryLast classes: w/b 15th MarchGaelic classes are booked for the full year to…

Source: https://ceolas.co.uk/booking-open-for-online-gaelic-classes/

Gàidhlig #Gaelic #Gàidhlig

Ceòlas: On Saturday 27th July, Ceòlas marked the 90th Birthday of South Uist-born singer, piper and tradition-bearer Rona Lightfoot in the first concert in a new 200-seat, high-spec auditorium in South Uist. The evening featured a star-studded lineup of singers and pipers who know and have been influenced by Rona’s teaching, advice and friendship over the years.

The concert was organised by Ceòlas, one of the leading national Gaelic organisations who recently celebrated their own 30th anniversary of their annual summer school. Rona has been a huge part of Ceòlas since its early days, teaching Gaelic songs over many years at the summer school, allowing participants to learn from her wealth of knowledge on Gaelic language, music and culture. Rona also taught at Fèis Rois for many years and has been involved in numerous other events. She has been a stalwart of Gaelic culture, and a pioneer for women in the world of piping having played since she was 9 years old and becoming the first woman to compete in the Bratach Gorm, the Scottish Piping Society of London’s premier pibroch competition.

In 2010 she won the Balvenie Medal for services to piping, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gaelic Awards in 2019, and is celebrated in the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame as ‘one of Gaeldom’s great characters, a one-woman ceilidh with a treasure trove of folklore and the spirit to take…

Source: https://ceolas.co.uk/legendary-gaelic-tradition-bearer-honoured-in-debut-of-new-auditorium-in-south-uist/

#Gàidhlig Cnoc Soilleir #Gaelic

An Lanntair: Johnny Knoxville and the gang return for one final fling at the big screen. Featuring all-new stunts and stupidity along with the greatest hits and biggest laughs from the past, jackass: best and last is a joyously raucous celebration of all the mischievous camaraderie that you’ve come to love and expect from these idiots over the past 25 years. So, grab your dumb little buddies, raise your glasses, and come experience the cinematic event that promises to be the last time you’ll ever laugh this hard in a theatre.
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine

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#Gàidhlig #Gaelic

Ever heard traditional Gaelic Irish music sung by an a cappella group like this?

This is Ceann Dubh Dilis (My Sweet, Dark-Haired Love), arranged by Michael McGlynn and performed by the Russian group Spokanki.

https://www.instagram.com/spokanki/?hl=en

@FigsFromPlums #globalmuseum #music #Gaelic #acappella

Chan urrainn dhut mo thionndadh gu fuath.
Faodaidh tu fearg a dhùsgadh nam chrìdhe,
faodaidh tu mo chur air bhoile —
ach bidh gaol agam ort gu bràth,
ge b’ e dè cho cruaidh ‘s a dh’fheuchas tu.

#Gàidhlig #ScottishGaelic #Bàrdachd #Poetry #Gaelic #emotions #loss

NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Glasgow launch
8 September, Waterstones Sauchiehall St, Glasgow – £5 / £12 with book

Celebrate the latest issue of NEW WRITING SCOTLAND with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

https://www.waterstones.com/events/new-writing-scotland-44-launch/glasgow-sauchiehall-street

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #newwriting #booklaunch #Glasgow

Read this part: skip it if pregnant or nursing, and talk to a doctor first if you take thyroid medication or sedatives, have an autoimmune condition, or any liver trouble. It's a nightshade. Short courses.

What do you reach for when the jaw won't unclench?

#Herbalism #Ashwagandha #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #Pagan #Witch #Plants #Apothecary #Wellbeing #Folklore
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Half a teaspoon of ashwagandha root, cold into whole-milk yogurt, cinnamon, a thread of honey. Evening. No heat — everything else this month has already been simmered. It tastes like a barn in the rain and the yogurt carries it

There's no Gaelic name for this plant. It never grew anywhere near that coast, and I like saying so — the pharmacopoeia belongs to everybody or it belongs to none #Herbalism #Ashwagandha #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #Druid #Pagan #Witch #Plants #Apothecary
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