Andy - Lowland Gaelic
@a-ghalldachd.bsky.social
Investigating the past and present Gaeldom of Lowland Scotland - and further afield.
This page is a Scots leid friendly zone
Bring back the Ȝ
Gun robh math agad
This page is a Scots leid friendly zone
Bring back the Ȝ
Gun robh math agad
'They haven't gone away you know!'
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
'They haven't gone away you know!'
anyone else finding that AI is just completely incapable of coping with minority languages?
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
anyone else finding that AI is just completely incapable of coping with minority languages?
Spotted this on The Irish Times coverage, no words
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Spotted this on The Irish Times coverage, no words
the gaelicisation of Scotland is generally understood as only following the Gaels > Picts route. Of course, it was more complex than this. The Gall-Gaidheal were cutting large swathes through the south at the same time. See this map from wikipedia, representing 1113 to 1123AD
October 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
the gaelicisation of Scotland is generally understood as only following the Gaels > Picts route. Of course, it was more complex than this. The Gall-Gaidheal were cutting large swathes through the south at the same time. See this map from wikipedia, representing 1113 to 1123AD
Medieval Galloway and Yugoslavia, more similar than you may have realised?
"Alex Woolf (2007) compares the shifting ethnic borders of the south-west of Scotland in this period [twelfth century] with the ethnic complexities of the Balkans..."
"Alex Woolf (2007) compares the shifting ethnic borders of the south-west of Scotland in this period [twelfth century] with the ethnic complexities of the Balkans..."
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Medieval Galloway and Yugoslavia, more similar than you may have realised?
"Alex Woolf (2007) compares the shifting ethnic borders of the south-west of Scotland in this period [twelfth century] with the ethnic complexities of the Balkans..."
"Alex Woolf (2007) compares the shifting ethnic borders of the south-west of Scotland in this period [twelfth century] with the ethnic complexities of the Balkans..."
Seo Davey Graham, key player in the 1960s British folk revival - and apparently a fluent Gaelic speaker. Wrote the classic 'Anji' and helped popularise DADGAD tuning. He was from a mixed race background, his mother being Guyanese and his father being Sgitheanach!
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
October 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Seo Davey Graham, key player in the 1960s British folk revival - and apparently a fluent Gaelic speaker. Wrote the classic 'Anji' and helped popularise DADGAD tuning. He was from a mixed race background, his mother being Guyanese and his father being Sgitheanach!
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
5) Dìleab Ailein
The Legacy of Allan MacArthur - Newfoundland Traditions Across Four Generations
Margaret Bennett
This one is a CD and a book, fully recommend if you can get it. Comhairle na Leabhraichean definitely had some
The Legacy of Allan MacArthur - Newfoundland Traditions Across Four Generations
Margaret Bennett
This one is a CD and a book, fully recommend if you can get it. Comhairle na Leabhraichean definitely had some
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
5) Dìleab Ailein
The Legacy of Allan MacArthur - Newfoundland Traditions Across Four Generations
Margaret Bennett
This one is a CD and a book, fully recommend if you can get it. Comhairle na Leabhraichean definitely had some
The Legacy of Allan MacArthur - Newfoundland Traditions Across Four Generations
Margaret Bennett
This one is a CD and a book, fully recommend if you can get it. Comhairle na Leabhraichean definitely had some
4) The Last Stronghold: The Scottish Gaelic Traditions of Newfoundland
Margaret Bennett
Margaret Bennett
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
4) The Last Stronghold: The Scottish Gaelic Traditions of Newfoundland
Margaret Bennett
Margaret Bennett
3) Urban Highlanders: Highland-Lowland Migration and Urban Gaelic Culture, 1700-1900
Charles W.J. Withers
Charles W.J. Withers
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
3) Urban Highlanders: Highland-Lowland Migration and Urban Gaelic Culture, 1700-1900
Charles W.J. Withers
Charles W.J. Withers
2) Glasgow's Gaelic Place Names
Alasdair C. Whyte with Katherine Forsyth and Simon Taylor
Alasdair C. Whyte with Katherine Forsyth and Simon Taylor
October 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
2) Glasgow's Gaelic Place Names
Alasdair C. Whyte with Katherine Forsyth and Simon Taylor
Alasdair C. Whyte with Katherine Forsyth and Simon Taylor
Gillespie often regaled his friends with stories of how the Scots had influenced the blacks in his home state of Alabama. He spoke to his long-time collaborator, Willie Ruff, a bassist and French horn player, about how his parents told of the black slaves who spoke Gaelic,the tongue of their masters
October 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Gillespie often regaled his friends with stories of how the Scots had influenced the blacks in his home state of Alabama. He spoke to his long-time collaborator, Willie Ruff, a bassist and French horn player, about how his parents told of the black slaves who spoke Gaelic,the tongue of their masters
Lots of people discussing 'Class' in the UK when really they would be much happier reading this book
October 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lots of people discussing 'Class' in the UK when really they would be much happier reading this book
A thread of resources on Gaelic outside 'the traditional Gaidhealtachd'
I'll start with this, don't walk but run to get a copy now!
I'll start with this, don't walk but run to get a copy now!
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A thread of resources on Gaelic outside 'the traditional Gaidhealtachd'
I'll start with this, don't walk but run to get a copy now!
I'll start with this, don't walk but run to get a copy now!
Who can forget the old Shire of Cromarty, sadly merged with Ross in 1889 (presumably by some killjoy with no sense of humour)
September 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Who can forget the old Shire of Cromarty, sadly merged with Ross in 1889 (presumably by some killjoy with no sense of humour)
"Govan is riverside district with a laid-back village vibe"
Google AI appears to be operating with a time machine jumping back to 1654
Google AI appears to be operating with a time machine jumping back to 1654
September 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"Govan is riverside district with a laid-back village vibe"
Google AI appears to be operating with a time machine jumping back to 1654
Google AI appears to be operating with a time machine jumping back to 1654
Am faca tu seo?
(Aig an Scotsmans Steps/Albannaich Staidhre)
(Aig an Scotsmans Steps/Albannaich Staidhre)
September 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Am faca tu seo?
(Aig an Scotsmans Steps/Albannaich Staidhre)
(Aig an Scotsmans Steps/Albannaich Staidhre)
Interesting sign here, although I can't make out all the writing. There's mention of a Scots word for a canal boat. Abody ken whit it mon be?
June 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Interesting sign here, although I can't make out all the writing. There's mention of a Scots word for a canal boat. Abody ken whit it mon be?
I had a great wee cycle up the Calderbank to Coatbridge stretch of the canal the other week
June 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I had a great wee cycle up the Calderbank to Coatbridge stretch of the canal the other week
Very good wee map here from SpeakGaelic. The Galltachd section of the B1 book is excellent @ambaillidh.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Very good wee map here from SpeakGaelic. The Galltachd section of the B1 book is excellent @ambaillidh.bsky.social
Chunnaic mi seo air an drochaid air a’ mhìos a chaidh
May 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Chunnaic mi seo air an drochaid air a’ mhìos a chaidh
I prefer the older material
May 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I prefer the older material
The process was fairly simple. Tough, arduous work, but fairly straightforward. The picture below shows how it was done - several deep channels were cut through the middle. This was filled with water, chunks of moss were howked oot fae the ground, and carried away to the Forth by the Channel.
May 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The process was fairly simple. Tough, arduous work, but fairly straightforward. The picture below shows how it was done - several deep channels were cut through the middle. This was filled with water, chunks of moss were howked oot fae the ground, and carried away to the Forth by the Channel.
How did a bog become Blair Drummond Safari Park? How did we go from dolphins to elephants and lions? Enter Lord Kames
May 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
How did a bog become Blair Drummond Safari Park? How did we go from dolphins to elephants and lions? Enter Lord Kames
At one point, it stretched all the way from near Aberfoyle, in the bottom of the Southern Highlands, to beyond Stirling. In the distant past, this would flood with sea water as well - only two years ago an 8000 year old dolphin skeleton was found buried under a garden in Stirling!
May 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
At one point, it stretched all the way from near Aberfoyle, in the bottom of the Southern Highlands, to beyond Stirling. In the distant past, this would flood with sea water as well - only two years ago an 8000 year old dolphin skeleton was found buried under a garden in Stirling!