X-Nico

unusual facts about Scottish Gaelic language



Banff and Macduff

Banff (Gaelic Banbh) and Macduff (Gaelic An Dùn) are neighbouring towns situated on Banff Bay, both of which are former burghs in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

NHS Fife

NHS Fife (Gaelic: Bòrd SSN Fìobha) is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland.

Scottish Gaelic dictionaries

The first precursors of true Gaelic dictionaries were the vocabularies, often little less than wordlists, which made their first appearance in 1702 with Rev. Robert Kirk's wordlist, an appendix to William Nicolson's Scottish Historical Library.

The Storr

Created by NVA, a Scottish environmental arts company directed by Angus Farquhar (formerly of Test Dept) and designed by a team including "" and David Bryant, the work contained music by Geir Jenssen, Paul Mounsey, live performance by Gaelic singer Anne Martin and recordings of the works of Gaelic poet Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean).


see also

CnaG

Comunn na Gàidhlig ("The Gaelic language Society") - an organisation which seeks to promote Scottish Gaelic language and culture