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Fèisean Nan Gàidheal
Fèisean nan Gàidheal is the National Association of Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ... Arts Youth Tuition Festivals. Established in 1988, it is the support organisation for the Fèisean (Scottish Gaelic for Festivals) which are local Gaelic Arts tuition festivals. The current Chief Executive Officer is Arthur Cormack. In 2016, their project Fuaran was nominated for Community Project of the Year at MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Fuaran brought together young singers, aged 16-24, and tradition-bearers from the community to record traditional Gaelic songs. See also * Meanbh-chuileag External linksOfficial Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language revival, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Cormack
Arthur Cormack (Scottish Gaelic: Art MacCarmaig; born 1965) is a Scottish Gaelic singer and musician from Portree, Isle of Skye and was educated at Portree High School. Music Cormack started competing in Gaelic singing competitions when he was 8 and competing at Mods when he was 11. He won the coveted gold medal at the Motherwell Mòd in 1983 at the age of 18, the youngest individual ever to do so. He is part of the Gaelic supergroup Cliar and he also runs his own Macmeanmna label and continues to guest star on the albums of Blair Douglas. At the 2011 Scots Trad Music Awards, Cormack received the "Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award". Gaelic Cormack is a strong advocate for the Scottish Gaelic language. In 2009 he was appointed as the chairman of Bòrd na Gàidhlig, having been the organization's interim chairman since the previous year, as well as Chief Executive of Fèisean nan Gàidheal for many years. He was a proactive chairman, often taking to int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meanbh-chuileag
; ) is a Gaelic theatre-in-education company which operates as a Fèisean nan Gàidheal project. The initiative was established in 2000 as a Fèis Dhùn Èideann outreach project, and was based in Gracemount in Edinburgh between July 2002 and May 2006, when it moved to Inverness. To date, Meanbh-chuileag has visited more than 300 schools across Scotland, and more than 10,000 children have seen a Meanbh-chuileag play. See also *Fèisean nan Gàidheal Fèisean nan Gàidheal is the National Association of Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the ... External links Meanbh-chuileag Fèisean nan Gàidheal Theatre companies in Scotland {{Scotland-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic Language
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language revival, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 2001 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic Music Festivals
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Football clubs * Celtic F.C., a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow **Celtic F.C. Women * Bangor Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct *Belfast Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct *Blantyre Celtic F.C., Scottish, defunct * Bloemfontein Celtic F.C., South African *Castlebar Celtic F.C., Irish *Celtic F.C. (Jersey City), United States, defunct *Celtic FC America, from Houston, Texas *Celtic Nation F.C., English, defunct * Cleator Moor Celtic F.C., English * Cork Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct *Cwmbran Celtic F.C., Welsh * Derry Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct *Donegal Celtic F.C., Northern Irish *Dungiven Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct *Farsley Celtic F.C., English * Leicester Celtic A.F.C., Irish *Lurgan Celtic F.C., Northern Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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