Useful links for Gaelic learners / speakers – let us know of any others you find, and if any links don’t work. 

Useful ‘one stop shop’ for learners: http://learngaelic.net/

 

Online dictionaries

Am Faclair Beag http://www.faclair.com/

LearnGaelic dictionary: http://learngaelic.net/dictionary/

Stòr-Data Briathrachais Gàidhlig  http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/sbg/lorg.php

Dwelly http://www.dwelly.info/

Colin Mark at Googlebooks http://books.google.com/books?id=9LvrxOFoukgC

SMO dictionary list http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/

Schools, colleges, courses etc

CLÌ website has international and local courses list: http://iletec.co.uk/clinew/index_gaelic.asp

Sabhal Mòr Òstaig (SMO), Skye, Scotland + distance http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/index_gd.html

The Atlantic Gaelic Academy, Nova Scotia + distance http://www.gaelicacademy.ca/

The Gaelic College, Cape Breton http://www.gaeliccollege.edu/

St Frances Xavier Uni. Celtic Dept. http://www.mystfx.ca/academic/celtic-studies/

Gaelic Centre Bonn, Germany http://www.schottisch-gaelisch.de/

 

Order books from:

Comhairle nan Leabhraichean/ Gaelic Books Council https://lsh507.securepod.com/gaelicbooks.org/merchantmanager/

Clì shop http://www.cli.org.uk/shop.asp

 

Grammar, language

Akerbeltz http://www.akerbeltz.org/

Beag air Bheag grammar http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/grammar/

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_grammar

Gaelic Orthographic Conventions (GOC) http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/38390.html

‘Tip of the week’ from Colin Mark, archive http://reocities.com/Area51/zone/6338/tip_o_wk.htm

 

BBC Foghlam – various free ‘Learn Gaelic’ resources

http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam/learngaelic/index.shtml

Beag air Bheag – beginners’ course

An Litir Bheag / Litir do Luchd-Ionnsachaidh – read + listen podcasts

 

Radio / TV streaming / podcasts / video

Radio nan Gàidheal http://www.bbc.co.uk/radionangaidheal/

BBC Alba (outside UK only some programmes available) http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/

Cainnt mo Mhàthar http://cainntmomhathar.com/

Island Voices – Guthan nan Eilean http://guthan.wordpress.com/series-one/

Gaelcast (archive) http://www.gaelcast.com/gaelcast.rss

One-minute Gaelic http://radiolingua.com/category/shows/oml-gaelic/

 

Online newspapers etc

BBC Naidheachdan http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/naidheachdan/

Caledonian Mercury http://caledonianmercury.com/tag/gaelic

The Scotsman http://news.scotsman.com/gaelic.cfm

The Inverness Courier – Am Peursa http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/categoryfront.php/id/48/Am_Peursa.html

The Sun (via mygaelic.com) http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/adfeatures/mygaelic/article2323758.ece

The Press & Journal http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/SectionPage.aspx/PJHome/PJComment/PJColumnist/PJGaelicColumn?UserKey=

The Ross-shire Journal (archive) http://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/categoryfront.php/id/44/An_Colh_G%E0idhlig.html

Mac-Talla – historical Nova Scotia Gaelic newspaper (archive) http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/Foghlam/Leabharlann/Mac-talla/vol1_en.html

 

Gaelic organisations

An Comunn Gàidhlealach http://www.acgmod.org/

An Comunn Gàidhealach Ameireaganaich http://www.acgamerica.org/

Commun Gàidhlig Astràilia http://www.ozgaelic.org/

Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia http://gaelic.ca/dance.html

CLÌ http://www.cli.org.uk/

Bòrd na Gàidhlig http://www.gaidhlig.org.uk/

GnaG (Comunn na Gàidhlig) http://www.cnag.org.uk/

 

Gaelic forums, social networking

Fòram na Gàidhlig http://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram/

Abair Thusa http://abairthusa.co.uk/

Facebook – various groups, e.g.

Iomairtean Gàidhlig   https://www.facebook.com/groups/412967692082332/

Gàidhlig a-mhàin!   https://www.facebook.com/groups/276482749074125/

Gàidhlig na h-Alba http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=-3&id=611716194#!/group.php?gid=2216292068&ref=ts

Gaelic http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=-3&id=611716194#!/Scottish.Gaelic?ref=ts

Twitter (pool for Gaelic tweets) http://twitter.com/GaelicTweets

German Gaelic forum http://www.schottisch-gaelisch.de/phpBB2/

 

 Gaelic or bilingual websites (culture, history, blogs) 

Am Baile http://www.ambaile.org.uk/

Tobar an Dualchais http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/

Celtic Heart (Cape Breton) http://www.celticheart.ca/blog

Scottish Voice (Montreal) http://scottishvoice.org/blog/?cat=9

Highland Village (Cape Breton) http://museum.gov.ns.ca/hv/

TogBlog – new (2010) online consolidation site for all Gaelic blogs http://www.togblog.org/

Tìr nam Blog – a pool of assorted individual Gaelic blogs http://www.tirnamblog.com/?page_id=151

Uicipeid – the Gaelic Wikipedia: http://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%AComh-Dhuilleag

 

Personal names / placenames / maps

Gaelic map: Tìr Chaluim Chille http://bartholomewmaps.com/gaelic/test_mapping_150px.asp?xcoord=450&ycoord=1050&xreal=450&yreal=1050&idx=277653#demo

Gaelic placenames of Scotland http://www.ainmean-aite.org/index.asp

Gaelic surnames http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Gaelic_surnames

Gaelic surnames + pronunciation http://gov.ns.ca/oga/awareness.asp

Gaelic first names http://www.savegaelic.org/gaelic/scottish-gaelic-names.php

 

Music – listen + lyrics

Celtic lyrics corner http://www.celticlyricscorner.net/

Runrig Gaelic lyrics http://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/index.php?page=51

(songs on YouTube, Spotify etc)

Aig Cridhe ar Ciùil http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/tbh/aigcridhearciuil/

Bliadhna nan Òran http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/

Mary Jane Lamond http://www.maryjanelamond.com/music.html