
The list below contains information on the different types of media available in the
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages (usually , but sometimes ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edwar ...
.
All languages
Only a handful of media contain all the Celtic languages. An example is ''
Carn
''Carn'' is the official magazine of the Celtic League. The name, a Celtic word which has been borrowed into English as 'cairn', was chosen for its symbolic value and because it can be found in each of the living Celtic languages. The subtitl ...
'' magazine, which has contained columns in all six languages since its 1970s inception.
The 2019 documentary series ''
Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.
Tide tables can ...
'' was produced in Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic editions.
Welsh
Irish
Scottish Gaelic
The following media are produced in the
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, GÃ idhlig ), 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 a ...
language:
Television
Digital and satellite channels
*
BBC Alba
BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched on 19 September 2008 and is on-air for up to seven hours a day with BBC Radio nan GÃ idheal ...
is a Gaelic-language television channel. The channel launched on 19 September 2008 and is now available in all Scottish homes after launching on Freeview on 8 June 2011. It is currently available across the UK on Sky channel 142, Freesat channel 109, Virgin Media channel 161 and online, with Freeview coverage available in Scotland only. The channel is funded by the Scottish Government, MG Alba and ''
Bòrd na Gà idhlig
(, ) is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government with responsibility for Gaelic.[BBC GÃ idhlig
BBC GÃ idhlig is the department of BBC Scotland that produces Scottish Gaelic-language (GÃ idhlig) programming. This includes TV programmes for BBC Alba, the BBC Radio nan GÃ idheal radio station and the BBC Alba website. Its managing editor i ...]
department is jointly responsible for the channel with
MG Alba
MG Alba is the operating name of the Gaelic Media Service ( gd, Seirbheis nam Meadhanan GÃ idhlig). The organisation's remit, under the Communications Act 2003, is to ensure that a wide and diverse range of high quality Gaelic programmes is ma ...
. Gaelic programming on BBC Two Scotland is to continue until the digital switchover is completed in 2012. It also has radio facilities, broadcasting ''BBC Radio nan GÃ idheal'', based in Stornoway.
*
TeleG
TeleG was established as the first daily digital Gaelic TV channel in Scotland on 31 October 1999, and was available on the Freeview platform until 23 May 2011.
Programs were transmitted on TeleG between 6pm and 7pm each day. The channel slot w ...
was a digital channel on
Freeview Freeview may refer to:
*Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia
*Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
*Freeview (UK), a ...
only. It broadcast for only one hour a day before being replaced by BBC Alba.
Other
*
BBC GÃ idhlig
BBC GÃ idhlig is the department of BBC Scotland that produces Scottish Gaelic-language (GÃ idhlig) programming. This includes TV programmes for BBC Alba, the BBC Radio nan GÃ idheal radio station and the BBC Alba website. Its managing editor i ...
is the Gaelic department of Scottish national broadcaster
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.
It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Irelan ...
. It offers some Gaelic programmes such as ''Eòrpa'', ''Dè a-nis?'' and ''Air ais air an Rà n Dà n''.
*
STV
STV may refer to:
Television
* Satellite television
** Direct-broadcast satellite television (DBSTV)
Channels and stations
* STV (TV channel), the brand name of ITV broadcasters in central and northern Scotland
** Scottish Television, now le ...
is a major contributor to Gaelic programmes showing about four hours a week.
Radio
Radio stations broadcasting completely in Gaelic
*
BBC Radio nan GÃ idheal
BBC Radio nan GÃ idheal is a Scottish Gaelic language radio station owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. The station was launched in 1985 and broadcasts Gaelic-language programming with the simulcast of BBC Radio Scotland. ...
is a Gaelic-language radio station, founded in Stornoway and broadcast from 1985 to 89 under the name Radio Nan Eilean, when it joined with other BBC Scotland radio stations (mainly Inverness and BBC's HQ in Glasgow). It is available around Scotland on FM and internationally online with an annual budget of £4 million.
Radio stations with some Gaelic programmes
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Isles FM
Isles FM is a local radio station operating from Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
The station is operated entirely by a volunteer staff, from a building in the Newton area of the town. Isles FM is the trading name of Western Isles Com ...
is a radio station based in the Outer Hebrides broadcasting programmes in English and Gaelic.
*
Two Lochs Radio
Two Lochs Radio is Britain's smallest commercial radio station, and community broadcaster for the Gairloch, Loch Ewe and Loch Maree areas of Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The station broadcasts in stereo on 106.0 and 106.6MHz FM. It ...
is a small radio station in the Scottish Highlands.
*
Cuillin FM is Skye's main radio station and has several shows each week in Gaelic.
*
Moray Firth Radio
*
Reidio Guth nan GÃ idheal a volunteer online radio station in English and Gaelic
Scottish Radio South Australiaa volunteer radio programme producing a monthly bilingual programme in Australia through
5EBI
5EBI is a multi-ethnic community broadcaster located in Adelaide. Originally launched as non-English programmes on 5UV, Adelaide Ethnic Broadcasters Incorporated was given their own frequency in 1979, on 103.1 FM.
References
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Print
* ''
An Gà idheal Ùr'' was a Gaelic publication which ran for ten years until March 2009. It was available online or free in some local newspapers.
* Additionally, some Scottish newspapers, such as ''
Scotland on Sunday
''Scotland on Sunday'' is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by JPIMedia and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate ''The Scotsman''. It was originally printed in broadsheet format but in 2013 ...
'', ''
Press and Journal'' (Highland edition) and ''
The Scotsman
''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its pa ...
'' print columns in Gaelic.
* Local
Stornoway
Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, Stornowa) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.
The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well ...
paper ''
Stornoway Gazette
The ''Stornoway Gazette'' is a local newspaper reporting on local issues in the Western Isles of Scotland, specifically Stornoway and the Outer Hebrides.
In 2004, nine months of head-to-head competition with a rival title ended with ''The Hebr ...
'' carries some Gaelic articles.
* ''
West Highland Free Press
The ''West Highland Free Press'' was founded in the Scottish Highlands in 1972 as a left-wing weekly newspaper, but with the principal objective of providing its immediate circulation area with the service which a local paper is expected to pr ...
'' includes Gaelic columns, ''Litir do Luchd Ionnsachaidh'' for learners, and also has part of its letterhead in Gaelic.
* Irish language magazine ''Nós'', with a mainly young readership, has some articles in Scottish Gaelic.
* ''
An Teachdaire Gaedhealach'' is published by Comunn GÃ idhlig Astrailia (the Scottish Gaelic Association of Australia) with articles written side-by-side in Gaelic and English. It has been published on and off in Australia since 1982.
Publishers
Publishers which issue all, or some of their content in Gaelic include:
* Argyll
*
Birlinn
The birlinn ( gd, bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots incl ...
* Gairm Publications
* Luath
*
Ùr-sgeul
* Akerbeltz
Internet
Naidheachdan BBC (BBC News)
Clì Gà idhlig (The Voice of Gaelic Learners)
Bòrd na Gà idhlig
MG Alba (Gaelic Media Service)
Fòram na Gà idhlig (Gaelic language forum)
Manx
The following media are produced in the
Manx language
Manx ( or , pronounced or ), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Gaelic language of the insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family. Manx is the historical language of the Manx pe ...
:
Radio programmes
* ''Traa dy Liooar'' ('Time Enough') is on
Manx Radio
Manx Radio (legally Radio Manx Ltd.) ( gv, Radio Vannin) is the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man. It began broadcasting on 29 June 1964, almost ten years before commercial radio was licensed in the United Kingdom. The Isle of ...
every Monday from 5:05pm to 6.00pm. Traa dy Liooar is a magazine programme, and is hosted by
Bob Carswell.
* ''Jamys Jeheiney'' ('Jamys on Friday') is on Manx Radio every Friday from 5:05pm to 6.00pm. Jamys Jeheiney is a Gaelic language world music programme alternately hosted by Jamys O'Meara and Jamys Kinree.
* ''
Claare ny Gael
''Claare ny Gael'' is a bilingual radio show presented by Robert Corteen Carswell and broadcast on Sunday evenings each week on Manx Radio.
Both produced and presented by Carswell since the programme's inception in the late 1970s, the show mi ...
'' ('Gaelic Programme') is on Manx Radio every Sunday from 8.00pm to 9.00pm.
* ''Shiaght Laa'' ('Seven Days') programme every Wednesday from 6.00pm to 6.30pm.
Print publications
* Manx language columns occasionally appear in the ''
Isle of Man Examiner
The ''Isle of Man Examiner'' is a newspaper in the Isle of Man
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'', including
Brian Stowell
Thomas Brian Stowell (6 September 1936 – 18 January 2019) also known as Brian Mac Stoyll was a Manx radio personality, linguist, physicist and author. He was formerly ("The Reader") to the Parliament of the Isle of Man, Tynwald. He is consi ...
's serialised novel, ''The Vampire Murders''.
* The ''Family Manx'' magazine (a free publication) regularly carry Manx language articles, including a recipe in each edition.
* The ''Learn Manx'' website also publishes ''Gaelg Vio'', a Manx language affairs publication, and also ''Bun as Bree'', an online publication running from April 2011 until May–June 2012 aimed at intermediate-advanced learners discussing Manx grammar and style, written by Chris Lewin.
Visual presentations
* Adrian Cain has prepared a series of interviews and cartoons in Manx Gaelic which are available on YouTube.
*The short film
Solace in Wicca
''Solace in Wicca'' is a 2013 Manx-produced short biographical horror drama film about the 1617 execution of Margaret Quaine and her son Robert, the only executions for witchcraft recorded on the Isle of Man and one of the last witchcraft execut ...
, produced in 2012 by
Culture Vannin
Culture Vannin is the trading name for the Manx Heritage Foundation, established in 1982 by the Isle of Man Government to promote Manx culture, heritage and language. It was rebranded in February 2014, having previously been known as the "Manx Her ...
,
Isle of Man Film
Isle of Man Film is a regional screen agency, part of Isle of Man Government’s Department of Economic Development. They drive inward investment in relation to film and the creative industries. Since 1995 Isle of Man Film has built a worldwide ...
and
CinemaNX.
Breton
The following media are produced in the
Breton language:
Television
*
France 3
France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info.
It is made up of a network of regional television services prov ...
, a few local opt-outs in Breton (ca. 60 hours every year) on the regional service
France 3 Bretagne
France 3 Bretagne is one of France 3's regional services, broadcasting to people in the administrative region of Brittany. It was founded on 2 February 1964 as RTF Télé-Bretagne.
France 3 broadcasts mainly in French and also in Breton. The se ...
*
TVRennes35, television station broadcasting a number of programmes in Breton
*
Tébéo
Radio stations
Broadcasting in Breton only
Arvorig FM (in North Finistère)
*
Radio Kerne
Radio Kerne is a radio station that broadcasts exclusively in the Breton language. It broadcasts on FM in south Finistère, the westernmost ''département'' of Brittany, France, and on the Internet to the rest of the world. It plays local music ...
(in South Finistère)
Broadcasting in French and Breton
* Radio Bro Gwened (in Morbihan)
* Radio Kreiz Breizh (in Western Côtes d'Armor)
* RCF Rivages (in Finistère)
*
France Bleu Breizh Izel (from
Quimper
Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Administration
Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department.
Geography
T ...
)
Print publications
* ''Bremañ'', monthly magazine containing articles about various topics, including international events, politics, culture, economy, and society
Internet
* Agence Bretagne Presse: http://abp.bzh/
* Brezhoweb, web TV entirely in Breton language
* BreizhVOD, video on demand platform
Cornish
The following media are produced in the
Cornish language:
Radio
* ''An Nowodhow'', a 5-minute news bulletin in Cornish is broadcast on BBC
Radio Cornwall every Sunday at 5pm. Elizabeth Stewart took over presenting this programme from its long-standing presenter
Rod Lyon
Rod Lyon was born in Cornwall and trained as a civil engineer. After spending some early years at sea, he worked until retirement as a Local Government Officer. He was the Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow between 2003-2006 with the bardic name
A b ...
in 2014.
* ''
Radyo an Gernewegva
Radyo an Gernewegva (abbreviated as RanG; meaning in English 'radio of the Cornish-speaking area') is a radio service broadcasting through the medium of the Cornish language both online, via podcast, and on several community radio stations in Cor ...
'', a weekly hour-long magazine programme originally just an online radio
podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...
is now also broadcast on several
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popul ...
stations in
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlan ...
. From 2014
Radio St Austell Bay
Radio St Austell Bay (RSAB, often incorrectly called St Austell Bay Radio) is a non-profit, community radio station. The radio station is funded by a combination of grants from the National Lottery and the Arts Council, alongside a small amount ...
is broadcasting it every Sunday at midday and
Source fm
Source FM is a community radio station, for the combined Falmouth and Penryn community and the wider area.
History
The idea to create a community radio station in the Falmouth and Penryn area goes back to 2006, when Russell Clarke, Source FM d ...
(
Falmouth and
Penryn) broadcasts the same programme every Tuesday at 1pm.
Print publications
* ''An Gannas'', monthly magazine containing news, fiction, learners' pages and special interest writing, available from
Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek (''The Cornish Language Fellowship'')
is a Cornish language association which exists to promote,
encourage and foster the use of the Cornish language. It is represented on the Cornish Language Partnership.
Unlike other ...
* ''MyCornwall'' magazine has parts in Cornish and a Cornish learners' section.
Visual Media
*A variety of youtubers produce short videos on the Cornish language and in Cornish.
Diaspora media
* ''Aisrigh nan Gaidheal'', Scottish Gaelic radio programme on
CKJM in
Cheticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada
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* ''Celtic Family Magazine
''Celtic Family Magazine'' was a Los Angeles, California-based print and electronic publication, serving Celtic communities and their descendants around the world. ''Celtic Family Magazine'' published special features and articles on art, history, ...
'', quarterly publication distributed in North America serving Celtic communities and their descendants
* ''Celtic Heritage Magazine'', magazine in Nova Scotia, Canada
See also
* List of television channels in Celtic languages
*Celtic Media Festival
The Celtic Media Festival, formerly known as the Celtic Film and Television Festival, aims to promote the languages and cultures of the Celtic nations in film, on television, radio and new media. The festival is an annual three-day celebration ...
References
External links
Agence Bretagne Presse
BBC Alba
BBC Cymru
BBC Radio na GÃ idheal
RTÉ
sometimes
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
S4C
TG4
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** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...
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