Gàidheil Éirinn Air Chuairt // Gaels Visit From County Derry

Bho chionn seachdain no dhà, chaidh Oifigear Cultair Ghàidhlig Àdhamh Ó Broin gus coinneachadh ri Gàidheil eile a bha air chuairt taobh Ghleann Chille Mhàrtainn à Sgìre Dhoire.  Ghlac e an cothrom beagan mu dhéidhinn eachdraigh ’s dualchainnt na dùthcha a thoirt seachad tro mheadhan Gàidhlig na h-Éirinn ’s ghabh e òran a bhuineas don àite cuideachd.

In August 2023 our Gaelic Culture Officer Àdhamh Ó Broin met some fellow Gaels on tour in Kilmartin Glen from County Derry, Ireland.  He grabbed the opportunity to share a little about the Gaelic history and dialect of the region through the medium of Irish Gaelic and sang a song belonging to the district too.

“ ’S e rud gu math brosnachail a bh’ ann a bhith a’ tachairt air Gàidheil òga ris an iomain moch sa mhadainn ’s aig an robh Gàidhlig gu ìre fileanta ’s miann leotha bhith ga bruidhinn mar an ciadna! 

// It was a very encouraging thing to be meeting young Gaels who were at the hurling early in the morning and who had Gaelic to a fluent level and the desire to speak it to boot!” - Àdhamh Ó Broin

“Bhí muid iontach sásta bualadh le hÁdhamh i gCill Mhártainn, áit ar thug sé léargas iontach dúinn ar stair an Mhuine Mhóir, Dhún Ad agus Earra Ghael, agus cheol sé cúpla amhrán dúinn chomh maith.

// We were incredibly pleased to meet with Àdhamh at Kilmartin, a place that he shared some fantastic history with us about; Am Mòine Mhór, Dunadd Fort and Argyll generally and he even sung a couple of songs for us too!” - Séamus Mac Conmidhe, ball de Choiste Forbatha Chárn Tóchair ’s tuismitheoir le Cumann Óige Charn Tóchair // Séamus Mac Conmidhe, member of Carntogher Community Association and parent with Carntogher Irish Medium Youth Group. 

Le taic bho Bhòrd na Gàidhlig ’s Foras na Gaeilge and An Carn