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Gaelic Language Links

 These links are divided into 7 general sections:

• General Information on Gaelic includes those sites with overviews of the language, its history, more lists of links and so on. Also included here are sites with a large array of information.

• Written and Spoken Material are links to places where you can read or hear Gaelic spoken.

• Online Lessons are more organized introductions or views of the language.

• Courses, Colleges, and Universities are places where you can take classes, either for credit, or not.

• Organizations are where you can see more information on those organizations promoting Gaelic.

• Online Dictionaries are available to help you translate.

• Mailing Lists will give you information on e-mail lists available.

Each section is arranged by possible usefulness with the most complete and interesting (in my mind) sites first. If you are looking for a particular site, try the search facility of your browser.

If you are interested in materials for learning Gaelic, lists of Gaelic music, or sources for these, you might try our Books and Music section at this website.

If you have any links that need to be added, changes to the existing links, or you find that any of these links have expired, contact Shannon Duncan.

 General Information on Gaelic

Saorsa Media Online Library
An online library containing materials relating to the language, history, folklore, culture, and literature of Gaels in Scotland and North America.

Gaelic Resource Database
The multi-media pages have short articles on Scottish history, bards, animals, birds, rhymes and riddles for children, etc. - many of them with illustrations. If you learn how to query the main database itself you can gain access to tons of useful stuff, such as short stories, poems, lyrics to songs, and information on practically every book published in Gaelic in the last 200 years.

Sabhal Mór Ostaig
Gaelic-language college on Skye. The site is mostly in Gaelic, but with a little detective work and judicious clicking, you can figure it out. They have a great selection of links, an online dictionary, and much, much more.

Every Celtic Thing Language Links
Links to language things from Every Celtic Thing on the Web.

George Seto's Gaelic Page
Lots of good links, such as to mailing list archives, and some others I haven't seen elsewhere.

Teach Yourself Gaelic Index
The book Teach Yourself Gaelic has very poor index and content pages. This will help you find what you need.

Comhairle na Gàidhlig, Alba Nuadh (Nova Scotia Gaelic Council)
Information on Gaelic culture in Nova Scotia, including news, online lessons, Gaelic in the Media, and more.

Electric Scotland: Gaelic Literature, Language, and Music
Links and articles on Gaelic (well, that's the heading – there's lots of Scots, and other things here, as well.)

Gaelic Home Page
A site devoted to the three Gaelic languages, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.

 Written and Spoken Material

Sgriobh The Web Site for Gaelic Writers - Learners and Fluent speakers alike.

BBC Alba
BBC's Gaelic programming. You can read about programming and schedules in Gaelic or English. Also check out "Litir Do Luchd-Ionnsachaidh", the letter to learners, for lots of reading material and help. But, best of all, you can listen to Radio Nan Gaidheal when it is on. (Which will depend on time differences for where you live.)

Pearl
Ethnographic site from the University of Edinburgh. This site has written and audio materials from a variety of sources in Scotland, many in Gaelic.

http://www.booksfromscotland.com
A site providing books of all kinds from Scotland.

Corpus de théacsaichean Gàidhlig
Written materials from Sabhal Mór Ostaig. Includes Carmina Gadelica, jokes, stories, and more.

Gaelic Resource Database
The multi-media pages have short articles on Scottish history, bards, animals, birds, rhymes and riddles for children, etc. - many of them with illustrations. If you learn how to query the main database itself you can gain access to tons of useful stuff, such as short stories, poems, lyrics to songs, and information on practically every book published in Gaelic in the last 200 years.

Reidio.com
News from Scotland. The text is in both Gaelic and English (facing pages), and you can also listen to it read via RealAudio. A new item everyday.

Comann an Luchd Ionnsachaidh (CLI)
Organization of Gaelic Learners in Scotland. They publish Cothram, a bilingual magazine, and at this site have articles you can read. Follow the 'Journal' link.

Highlander Internet Radio
Internet radio from Scotland. Of particular interest is "Let's try a Little Gaelic".

An Gàidheal Ur
Gaelic newspaper online. This site was at another location, and was a cool site, but not updated much. The new location referenced here is only a placeholder, but we are keeping it in the links in the hope that it will soon have material.

The Scotsman
Newspaper published in Edinburgh. Among other things, there are articles in Gaelic. Look under 'Gazette' in the sidebar for a 'Gaelic' link.

Fàilte
Guide to Gaelic Scotland. You can choose to read it in 6 languages, including Gaelic.

Fios
Weekly newspaper from North Lewis. Back issues are on-line. Many Gaelic and bilingual articles.

West Highland Free Press
Newspaper from the Highlands. There is some Gaelic material here.

Pròiseact Thiriodh
Pròiseact Thiriodh is a short-term project to develop and demonstrate technologies for providing access to an online, searchable database of audio recordings made over the previous 40 years on the island of Tiree. This includes recordings of spoken Gaelic. The interface is Gaelic or English.

Free Church of Scotland
The Free Church page has many articles in Gaelic. The site may not be available on Sunday.

Basic Gaelic for Parents
A handbook on Gaelic for parents. Lots of useful phrases, some with audio files.

 Music and Song Sources

Pearl
Ethnographic site from the University of Edinburgh. This site has written and audio materials from a variety of sources in Scotland, many in Gaelic. Included are Gaelic songs.

Mary Jane Lamond
Gaelic singer from Cape Breton. She has RealAudio versions of several of her songs available here, and lyrics for all the songs on 2 of her albums.

Highlander Internet Radio
Internet radio from Scotland. Of particular interest is "Let's try a Little Gaelic". In addition to language lessons, this includes Gaelic recordings.

An Cruinne
A group of Gaelic singers from Iona, on Cape Breton, has this site, which includes lyrics to Gaelic songs.

Traditional Gaelic Song
A basic starter guide to singing Gaelic song. Very good hints here.

An Cliath Clis: The Halifax Gaidhlig Milling Frolic Group
An organization in Nova Scotia promoting milling frolics has this site, with lots of information on milling (waulking), including song lyrics.

Runrig Lyrics
Get your Runrig lyrics here. They are ordered alphabetically or by album, often with translations.

Official Capercaillie Lyrics Site
Lyrics for Capercaille songs.

Tullochgorm
Information on Gaelic music, and other Scottish music, particularly in Cape Breton. Their links are particularly good.

Free Church of Scotland
The Free Church page has lessons in psalm-singing. The site might not be available on Sunday.

Pròiseact Thiriodh
Pròiseact Thiriodh is a short-term project to develop and demonstrate technologies for providing access to an online, searchable database of audio recordings made over the previous 40 years on the island of Tiree. There is Gaelic singing among the material.

Scotloads - Opening Up Music
A commercial music site providing Scottish music of most genres.

 Online Lessons

Speaking Our Language
Four online, interactive lessons from Cànan and Sabhal Mór Ostaig.

Taic - Support for Gaelic Learners
Comprehensive grammar based lessons with exercises. 48 lessons so far! This is the best lesson site I've seen.

Gaelic Lessons from Dr. John Shaw
Online Lessons with Dr. John Shaw
22 lessons from the Nova Scotia Gaelic Council. As of this writing, they are moving to a new web site. The first link is to the old site, which seems to have the lessons. The new site has only the first lesson so far, but the old one may disappear at some point.

Elementary Course of Gaelic
A set of lessons from an out-of-print grammar.

Goofy's Lessons
A few pages – mostly lists of phrases.

A Short Gaelic Lesson
A quick little beginning from Am Braighe.

Colleges, Courses, and Universities

The Atlantic Gaelic Academy currently offers a standard three-year program consisting of Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels. Each level of the course runs from September through May of the following year. There are thirty sessions during this period and each session is three hours in duration. The AGA program uses texts accompanied by CDs by fluent Gaelic speakers. There are 2 Internet options.

• Online Group classes are held with members of the class at one location and the instructor at a different location. The students will be connected with the instructor over the Internet with our Internet (No Cost) Phone System for audio and using Webcams for video. The students will see the instructor and the instructor the students. This option can be used where there are students in an area but no instructor in the area.

• Online Small Group classes consist of a combination of individual students and/or small groups of students being at different locations from the instructor. All parties would be connected over the Internet utilizing the Internet Phone System and students will be able to seethe instructor with a Webcam.

University of Richmond
The School of Continuing Studies at the University of Richmond is pleased to announce that it is pioneering the development of Gaelic Studies in the United States. The Gaelic Studies program will offer courses on the Celtic peoples of Scotland and Ireland. Its emphasis on the Scottish Highlands will make it unique in the United States and its home in the School of Continuing Studies will allow traditional students as well as members of the community to access these exciting new courses: school teachers wishing to augment curriculum, genealogists researching family origins, historians, writers, and librarians.

Sabhal Mór Ostaig
College on the Isle of Skye giving instruction in and through the medium of Gaelic. Their site is a must in any web tour of Gaelic.

Gaelic College Home Page
College in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, with summer classes in Gaelic, music and crafts, and a week-long immersion program.

Ceòlas Music Summer School
Summer school in South Uist, Scotland with courses in music, singing and Gaelic language.

Gaeltalk Communications
Seumas Watson, in Cape Breton, gives email and phone tutoring in Gaelic.

Muriel Fisher/Tucson Gaelic Institute
Muriel Fisher, from Skye but now living in Tucson AZ, teaches Gaelic and is director of the Tucson Gaelic Institute, which is linked from her page.

Scottish-Gaelic College & University Courses
Do you want to know where to take a for-credit course in Scottish Gaelic in the US or Canada? These are searchable databases where you can look for courses. This list is maintained by CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition) at the University of Minnesota.

Gàidhlig a' Fàs/Learning Gaelic
Places to study Gaelic in Scotland.

The University of Edinburgh Summer Courses
The University's International Spring & Summer courses include Gaelic, Scottish history, culture, literature, archeology, architecture and film.

The University of Aberdeen, Department of Celtic
Degree program in Celtic Studies.

The University of Edinburgh, Department of Celtic
Degree program in Celtic Studies.

The University of Glasgow, Department of Celtic
Degree program in Celtic Studies.

Lewis Castle College--Gaelic Music Course
Lewis Castle College has a Gaelic music and language course in Benbecula.

Callanish School of Celtic Arts
Instruction in Gaelic singing and language in Eastern Massachusetts.

An Ceathramh
An Ceathramh offers Gaelic immersion and instruction in Scotland.

Ar n-Aisling Gaelic Tours Ltd.
Tours in Scotland with Gaelic instruction.

 Organizations

Scottish Gaelic Learners Association of the Bay Area
A useful site, with lots of general information on Gaelic, as well as what is happening in the SF/Oakland area. They are a very active group.

Slighe nan Gaidheal
The Seattle Gaelic group. They are very active, and hold a number of activities, including traditional art forms and activities as well as classes.

Comann an Luchd Ionnsachaidh (CLI)
Organization of Gaelic Learners in Scotland. They publish Cothram, a bilingual magazine, and promote the learning of Gaelic and the status of Gaelic, in Scotland.

An Comunn Gàidhealach
Organization in Scotland founded as a vehicle for the preservation and development of the Gaelic language. It actively encourages the teaching, learning and use of the Gaelic language and the study and cultivation of Gaelic literature, history, music and art.

ACGA Rocky Mountain Region
Regional webpage for the part of the ACGA in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Copies of the regional newsletter are available here.

Comunn na Gàidhlig (CNAG)
The national development agency for Scottish Gaelic in Scotland.

Gaelic Contacts in Nova Scotia
A list of organizations, societies and contacts in Nova Scotia.

Comhairle Nan Sgoiltean Araich (CNSA)
The Gaelic Preschool Council in Scotland. They organize and fund preschool groups.

DFW Scottish Gaelic Homepage
Scottish Gaelic in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Texas.

Scottish Gaelic Enthusiasts in Richmond
Support group in Richmond, Virginia.

Scottish Gaelic Support Group
Support group in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Gaelic Choir of Taynuilt
Choir of around 20 members from the scenic Highland village of Taynuilt in Argyll on the West Coast of Scotland.

Lothian Gaelic Choir
Choir from the Edinburgh area. Their site has good links to other Gaelic choirs around the world.

London Gaelic Choir

Stirling Gaelic Choir

Cór Gaeilge Texais (Gaelic Chorus of Texas)
Performs a wide range of Irish and Scottish Gaelic songs in the traditional, unaccompanied style.

Guth nan Eilean (Victoria BC Gaelic Choir)

 Online Dictionaries

Stòrdàta Briathrachais Gàidhlig
A modern, searchable online Gaelic-English dictionary.

Gaelic-English Dictionary
An online Gaelic-English dictionary.

Gaelic Dictionaries Online
Links to Gaelic dictionaries, including Scottish Gaelic, Irish, and Manx.

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Mailing lists

Na liostaichean Gaidhealacha
Gaelic mailing lists (also Irish and Manx) on the net.

General Links