Category Archives: Learning News
Solas Gàidhlig (Gaelic Light)
6 week introductory course for those who want to know the background to Gaelic in Scotland.
Introduction to Gaelic world
History of the language
Gaelic Song
History of Highlands
Gaelic music
PLEASE LET US KNOW if you are interested. Dates to be arranged depending on interest.
e-mail: beltie@me.com https://gaidhligdumgal.org
Wigtown (Baile na h-Uig) Gaelic Class
Meets 10am Thursday mornings Beltie Books & Cafe.
BELTIE BOOKS & Café 6 Bank Street, Wigtown, Newton Stewart DG8 9HP
01988 402 730 shop@beltiebooks.co.uk www.beltiebooks.co.uk
New session Autumn 2018: 18th Oct. – 20th Dec.2018. Suitable for ALL levels of Gaelic, pitched at beginners / recent beginners * Revision/ taster classes 6th & 13th Sept. 2018 
£25 Cheques to Gàidhlig Dumgal.
Glenkens Gaelic Class
meets 6pm Dalry Library Monday evenings: c lass finished for this year.
Starts again Monday 8th January 2018 for another 10 weeks, which takes us up to 12th March 2018. Mike Ansell will take the first 5 weeks. Many thanks to all class members Nollaig chridheil ‘s bliadhna mhath ùr.
please see: https://learngaelic.scot/beginners/beagairbheag/index_units.jsp
as basis for what we are using in class.
Free on line learning
www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/more-languages/gaelic-modern-scotland/content-section-0
it is a very useful course, especially if you know little or nothing about Gaelic and it’s place in Scotland, but even if you are world expert you will learn something new!
Gatehouse of Fleet Class
Class cancelled until further notice. Sorry. Please see information on classes in Dumfries and Glenkens.
Na Seinneadairean (Gaelic Song Class)
The Gaelic Song Class Na Seinneadairean will restart for the autumn term on SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2017 at Kirkpatrick Durham village bothy starting at 11.00 until 13.00.
Please bring your own drinks or pay into the bothy drinks fund if you want to make yourself a hot drink there.
We’d be delighted to see class members old and new for another term of fun Gaelic singing under the brilliant leadership of Nicola Black.
If you have any suggestions for songs to learn or revisit, please let me know asap so that copies can be made available for September.
The termly fee will be £18 or £4 per session, if you would rather pay each time or can only make a few dates.
Please try and bring the correct money as we may not be able to give change.
Alternatively you can pay by cheque made payable to Gàidhlig Dumgal.
Further dates until Christmas are:
30 September
14 October 28 October
11 November 25 November
9 December
The venue will be in Kirkpatrick Durham, hopefully the community bothy, which has a fire for the colder days. If not, the venue will be KD Village Hall.
If anyone has any suggestions for songs, Nicola would love to hear from you so please get in touch: nicolablack@madasafish.com
