Gaelic Language links

Search Online Gaelic Dictionaries.

Scottish Gaelic Portal. A great site - check it out !!

Scottish Parliament (Gaelic)

Beginners Gaelic Sample.

Gaelic Resources on the Internet.

Lews Castle Colleges.

Leasain Na Ghàidhlig helps you to learn Gaelic.

Australian Gaelic Assoc.

Acair Bilingual Books.

Gaelic Book Council.

Beag air Bheag means 'little by little', and that is just how the five sections of this site from the BBC gives a taste of Scottish Gaelic for absolute beginners. Included is a Phrase Book with audio.

The Royal National Mod is Scotland's premier Gaelic festival of the Gaelic language, arts and culture and is held annually in October at a different location in Scotland. The Mod is a competition-based festival which celebrates the Gaelic language and culture through music, dance, drama, arts and literature.

Comann nam Parant. This is a national organisation for the parents of children who are taught in Gaelic. Their Web site supplies news about the organisation and information on Gaelic education. It also has a message board to allow parents to communicate with one another. A "Babyzone" site has a massive list of Gaelic boys' names and girls' names with both translation and pronunciation and another page of More Gaelic Names. There is an English to Gaelic Primer of Plant Names arranged alphabetically by the common (English) names of plants, and giving both the scientific (Latin) name and the Gaelic equivalent of each.

Slighe nan Gaidheal, Seattle. This is Seattle's Gaelic Language and Cultural Society and the site has details of their biennial festival and ongoing activities, such as a Gaelic choir, weekly classes, monthly activity days and ceilidhs.

Pròiseact Thiriodh. A pilot project to test technologies and give access to over 600 audio tracks of Gaelic, 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.

Gaelic & Scottish Connections. A large Gaelic related site where you can shop for Scottish and Gaelic related gifts, plus a wealth of information about Gaelic and Scottish related subjects - language, culture, history, and education, Gaelic Learning Aids, including videos, CD-ROMs and audio cassettes, and you can order your Gaelic books from the on-line Gaelic Bookstore. Gael Talk is a Gaelic Chat Room and there is an online Gaelic - English Dictionary and a Gaelic Translation Service for either small, or larger documents.

Gaelic Literature. A history of literature, both oral and written, in the Gaelic languages of Ireland and Scotland. Before the development of a distinct Scottish Gaelic language in the 15th century, the literature of both countries may be considered as one. Ranges from the earliest times in the 5/8th centuries to the 20th century.

Every Ogham Thing on the Web. Ogham, the ancient celtic writing, is covered in considerable deatail by this site which contains a huge list of both general and academic links to Web pages about the script.

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