Gaelic for Today
Gaelic for Today

Author: Girvan McKay

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-01-25

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1291718427

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Detractors have long described Scottish Gaelic as a dying language, yet there has never been as much interest shown in it as today. In print, on radio and television, Gaelic, with its vast vocabulary, has been shown to be more than adequate to express, not only the requirements of the old life of the Highlands and Islands, but also to act as a modern language for a modern world. This book will be found to be valuable manual for speakers, teachers. learners and writers of Scottish .Gaelic

Stories from South Uist
Stories from South Uist

Author: Angus MacLellan

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

Published: 2016-03-03

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0857902717

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This is an extraordinary collection of tales from one of the very greatest Gaelic storytellers, Angus MacLellan, and translated by one of Scotland's finest Celtic Scholars, John Lorne Campbell. The stories in the book include every type of tale found on South Uist, from Fingalian heroes and ghost stories to international folktales and humorous and historical local anecdotes. These tales of ancient kings, thrilling escapes, jealous stepmothers and magic spells are fascinating not only for their narrative power, but also their links with myths and legends from Ireland, Scandinavia, France and Greece. The Hebrideaen island of South Uist was one of the last places in Western Europe where the ancient art of Storytelling was still honoured and practised, and the style of these translations is at once original and hypnotic, reflecting the oral tradition at their source.