Join us for a family friendly cinema experience as part of World Gaelic Week on Mull and Tiree. We will be screening two Parker Dawes films, Da Sgadan and Gaelic in the Chest. There will be refreshments and the opportunity for you to practise your gaelic with speakers on Tiree and Mull.
Anna Mhartainn will be join us for an arts and crafts weaving workshop in Applecross Community Hall. Anna will weave in stories and songs, while individuals have opportunity to weave their own piece of craft work together, using local willow provided. Anna will be joined by spinner Margaret Beaton, who will demonstrate and give others opportunity to learn to use her spinning wheel. There will be a strupag afterwards, where everyone will have opportunity to converse in Gaelic.
Series of events to celebrate Seachdain na Gaidhlig
Bilingual Bingo for all ages, come along to the village hall an test out your Gàidhlig numbers or maybe learn some new vocabulary.
A Community Celebration with a Pancake Cafe run by Lochaline Parent Council. Come along and learn some gaelic phrases, use your gaelic and promote the language in our community. Our young people will be on hand to encourage and promote the language throughout the event.
Seachdain làn spòrs aig Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce
Mar phàirt de Sheachdain na Gàidhlig 2026, faigh a-mach mu na meadhanan didseatach agus craoladh Gàidhlig tro na ginealaichean. Ann an cuideachd nan craoladairean Gàidhlig, Mata MacÌomhair, Cathy NicDhòmhnaill agus Calum MacIlleathain, bidh sinn a’ beachdachadh air leudachadh craoladh Gàidhlig anns na 1990an, gu cur air bhog BBC Alba, gu na ceanglaichean didseatach ann an saoghal an latha an-diugh.
Ciamar a tha na meadhanan Gàidhlig air a bhith a’ riochdachadh na coimhearsnachd Ghàidhlig, agus ciamar as urrainn dha na meadhanan cur ri bhith a’ cumail cleachdadh na Gàidhlig san àm ri teachd? Am bu chòir dhuinn fhàgail aig na craoladairean proifeiseanta fiosrachadh, dibhearsain agus foghlam a thoirt seachad anns a’ Ghàidhlig, no am feum sinn fhìn a dhol an sàs ann cuideachd?
A’ tarraing air cuspair Seachdain na Gàidhlig, ‘Cleachd i, no Caill i’, bidh luchd nam meadhanan Gàidhlig a tha a’ riochdachadh diofar ghinealaichean den roinn shìor-chaochlaideach seo a’ toirt seachad an cuid bharailean air na ceistean seo. Ciamar a ‘chleachdas’ sinn i gus nach ‘caill’ sinn i?
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As part of Gaelic Week 2026, explore Gaelic-language digital media and broadcasting through the generations. With contributions from Gaelic media broadcasters Matthew MacIver, Cathy MacDonald and Calum Maclean, we will discuss the expansion of TV broadcasting in the 1990s, to the launch of BBC Alba, to the current world of digital connection.
How has Gaelic media represented and supported the community it serves, and how can it contribute to maintaining use of Gaelic in the future? Should we count on specialist broadcasters to inform, entertain, and educate through Gaelic, or do we also have to do it ourselves?
Drawing on the Gaelic Week theme of ‘Use it or Lose it’ Gaelic media practitioners representing different periods of this constantly evolving sector will discuss their perspectives on these issues. How should we ‘use it’ to avoid ‘losing it’?
Explore the power of Gaelic in the digital world – learn to code, create and have fun together!
Saturday 28th February | Strathlab, University of Strathclyde
(Merchant City – just 10 10-minute walk from Queen Street Station)
Join us for hands-on family workshops where you’ll discover AI and learn to program computers using Scratch, the fun drag-and-drop coding language.
We’re running two sessions tailored to different age groups:
Morning Session (09:30–12:00): Primary school children
Afternoon Session (13:00–15:30): Secondary school children
All activities are fully accessible in Gaelic, and we warmly welcome both fluent speakers and learners who are interested in the language. Whether you’re brand new to coding or eager to explore tech through Gàidhlig, there’s a place for you!
Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day.
“Rabbie”: a’ sgrùdadh bàrdachd, beatha agus òrain Dhòmhnuill Iain Nìll Eòin MhicFhionghuin, Dòmhnall MacFhionghuin neo Am Bàrd Barrach.
A look at the life, songs, and poetry of Donald Iain MacKinnon ( Am Barach Barrach ), the mid-20th-century Barra bard. Through discussion, recordings, and live song, this talk explores his voice as poet, neighbour, and community figure, highlighting themes of memory, resilience, and humour.
3 writing workshops with M.E. NicGriogaire.
Two sessions will be in Sgoil Lionacleit, for students in S3 and S4 studying Gaelic. One session will be at
Taigh Chearsabhagh, for students in S5 and S6 studying Gaelic. The sessions will focus on personal
storytelling, using fiction to explore alternative narratives and futures for Gaelic language and culture. We
will consider story arcs coping with loss, discovery, and the twists and turns of keeping an idea alive.
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Seachdain na Gàidhlig is facilitated by Hands Up for Trad, Scottish Charity No 035 190.
