Scottish Gaelic

Zara Gladman prepares to become Lady Alba

In Scotland’s independence referendum, Lady Alba is voting ‘Naw!’

May 5, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

What’s the best way to campaign for Scottish independence? Create a fictional opponent who expresses souped-up, pro-British slogans to the tune of a Lady Gaga song.

Scottish Band Oi Polloi Working to Popularize Gaelic

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Scottish Poet and Publisher Derick Thomson ‘Transformed’ Gaelic Poetry

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Scotching the Wind

August 14, 2013

The Irish and their native tongue

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Geo answer/global hit

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for an area in the west of Ireland marked by the Twelve Bens. The answer is Connemara, home of our featured Global Hit artist, singer Bridgit Fitzgerald.

Global hit – Julie Fowlis

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Marco Werman finds out how Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis uncovers the words to 300-year-old songs.

Geo answer

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Scotland’s Isle of Skye. That’s where the new all-Gaelic television channel, BBC Alba is being launched tonight. We speak with musician and broadcaster Mary Ann Kennedy, who is hosting a live show from the Isle of Skye tonight to kick off the new channel.