Gaelic culture
What Is Language and Why Is It Important?
Author / Creator: Michael Newton
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Words are not islands of meaning but bridges between senses, concepts, and dialogues that have persisted through generations.
Ar Dàimhean is Dualchas: Safeguarding Scotland’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
Author / Creator: Stephen Collins
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
The traditional means of Intangible Cultural Heritage transmission and preservation in the Outer Hebrides communities have not survived the changes brought about by economic migration, the generational absence of Gaelic in educational settings, technological changes, and the incoming of non-Gaelic speakers.
Gaelic’s popularity in Glasgow is a lifeline — but has it come at a cost?
Author / Creator: Robbie Armstrong
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
A new generation of Glasgow Gaels have revived Scotland’s traditional tongue. Some worry about cultural erasure
Gaelic’s popularity in Glasgow is a lifeline — but has it come at a cost?
Author / Creator: Robbie Armstrong
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
A new generation of Glasgow Gaels have revived Scotland’s traditional tongue. Some worry about cultural erasure
A’ Dùsgadh na Gaoithe / Waking the Wind; Finding the Folklore of a Fragile Ecology
Author / Creator: Raghnaid Sandilands
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Gaelic language and culture have intimate connections to the environment.
A Gaelic Housing Strategy
Author / Creator: Màrtainn Mac a’ Bhàillidh
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Màrtainn Mac a’ Bhàillidh explores innovation and action to support gaelic housing in the highlands.
Consultation on The Scottish Government Commitments to Gaelic and Scots and a Scottish Languages Bill
Author / Creator: Misneachd
Media type: consultation response
Date published: 2022
Misneachd is a grassroots campaign group fighting for the rights of Gaelic speakers and communities
Somersaulting out of a Cave of Gold: thoughts on the current and future condition of the Gàidhealtachd
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2022
In the case of Scottish Gàidheil, personal loneliness and social brokenness have been compounded by a complicating psychological factor. We have turned ourselves against spiritual, or Otherworld, forces that have power to support revitalisation of an indigenous lifeworld.