Gaelic Videos

Ruairidh leaves the Isle of Eigg this week, but he remains in the Small Isles as he heads off to the Isle of Canna.nnThere is a place in Canna called Coroghon Castle. It’s not a normal castle. In Gaelic it’s called the Corra-dhùn. The steep fort or hill. Although it is not big, it is steep. The building is next to the shore. It is very old. It is in a poor condition. If somebody doesn’t do something soon, it won’t be there long.nnAccompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir.

The Isle of Eigg’s nickname is the Isle of the Big Women. According to oral tradition, it goes back to the Seventh Century. The island was still under the control of the Picts. Indeed, it was under the control of a Pictish queen. Find out more about Eìgg’s nickname and this Pictish queen in this week’s podcast. Accompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir.

I did some research and discovered that one of the most often sung Gaelic songs, which I think could be the unofficial Anthem of the Highlands and Islands, was written for a member of our little Clan by someone who married into our Clan! The song Fear a' bhàta mentioned in this text and usually given as traditional was composed in the late 18th Century [the late 1700s - after Culloden, but before the Highland Cleareances (read; de facto Ethnic Cleansing) - ROB] by Jane Finlayson (Sìne NicFhionnlaigh) of Tong, Lewis for a young Uig fisherman, Donald MacRae (Dòmhnall MacRath). The part of this story which is rarely told is that they married each other sometime after she wrote the song. SEE http://www.celticlyricscorner.net/capercaillie/fear.htm Author: bouncyhavana Tags: scottish gaelic music clans Posted: 08 November 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

How familiar are you with Scotland’s islands? This week Ruairidh examines nicknames associated with three islands. Do you where The cross-wise island, The kingdom of the wild forest and The island of the big women are located? Find out in this week’s podcast. nnAccompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir.

Last week, Ruairidh was telling us about what the opinion Gaels had of goats in times gone by. That was that they were capable of killing and eating snakes. Well, it’s interesting how often the goat appears in Gaelic proverbs “The thing that kept the ivy from the goats”. What does that mean? Find out in this week’s podcast. Accompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir.

The last day of the Mod 2009, a festival of Scots Gaelic music, dance and culture. Above the bay in Oban, it's a sunny Saturday morning in mid October 2009 as the complex ancient Gaelic tunes come with a mighty joy and laughter. NB the language chooser does not include an option for Gaelic, nor even one for 'other'. which seems a bit unfair. I'm loath to label this singing 'English, because it most definitely is not English, it's even a celebration and reclamation of one of the first languages our English overrode! But I am writing in English, so I guess I better leave it.. Sorry Scots! xx

http://SupremeMasterTV.com Our Lady of Knock, Ireland (In Gaelic). Episode: 1081, Air Date: 30 August 2009

How often have you seen a goat in Scotland? Ruairidh does not mean a big white goat behind a white fence, but wild goats who live in the moors. He has seen some many times, in places like the Black Isle, an Colonsay in Strath Spey and, more recently, in Kinlochewe in Ross-shire.nnLearn more about these wild goats in this week’s podcast.nnAccompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir.

Over the past fortnight Ruairidh has been looking at the poetry and life of Rob Donn. This week, he will take one final look at a piece Rob Donn wrote. This piece is about the difference in attitudes between the Gaels and lowland Scots, in particular the Gaels of the MacKay country. nnAccompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir.

Ruairidh begins this week’s letter with a refrain from a famous Gaelic poem originating from one of the most northerly points of the Highlands, the MacKay Country (of North Sutherland). It was written by the famous Gaelic poet, Rob Donn. Accompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir.

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http://SupremeMasterTV.com CINEMA SCENE Irish Fathers and Heroes: Into the West, Darby O Gill and the Little People, & Evelyn (In Gaelic). Episode: 1050, Air Date: 30 July 2009.

Eric MacLeod and his family moved to Kerracher on the shore of Loch a’ Chàirn Bhàin in Assynt in 1976. The old house wasn’t in a good condition. They had to get a caravan to Kerracher, but unfortunately for them there was no road. Learn more about Kerrochar and the MacLeod family who lived there in this week's podcast.nnAccompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir.

This summer Ruairidh got the chance to go to a garden that he always wanted to see. It’s a public garden with lovely flowers and it has plenty visitors. In tha way, it’s like Inverewe Gardens or gardens of that type which are all along the Highland coast. There is one difference though, find out what that is, where the garden is and about a family there in this week’s letter. Accompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir.

The Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue was beloved for his book Anam Cara, Gaelic for "soul friend," and for his insistence on beauty as a human calling and a defining aspect of God. In one of his last interviews before his death in 2008, he articulated a Celtic imagination about how the material and the spiritual, the visible and the invisible worlds intertwine in human experience.

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Brought to you by http://www.lookaroundireland.com/michaeldvd.htm Christianity has played a major part in the history of Ireland. This song in Gaelic is sung by Michael Londra, with images of Christian places in Ireland. The song title translated is Christ is the Seed.

The Highland Sessions: A Skye waulking song . Chuir m'Athair Mise Dha'n Taigh Charraideach (My Father Sent Me to the House of Sorrow), incorporating Seudan a'Chuain (Jewels of the Ocean) Karen Matheson - vocals