Fòram na Gàidhlig

Apologies that this one is in Irish (I won't make a habit of it), but I though Gaelic speakers might get a kick out of it, especially young people. It has gone viral online (over 2,000,000 hits), especially in Ireland, and is spurring interest in Irish among young people, so young people in Scotland...

I thought someone had already posted it here, but I don't see it, so I thought people might be interested in the song A Riogain Uasail from the Dual album, sung by two singers, one a Scottish Gaelic speaker and one an Irish speaker, with each singing some verses in her own language. Verses 1, 3, 4, ...

Angus Watson has a two-volume dictionary which I find useful, although I also have the older ones and they are more comprehensive. One volume is Gaelic-English, and the other is the reverse, and both are usually available online (I got both through Amazon, twice, since I have two sets of them). The ...

Julie Fowlis finally posted the lyrics, which explain the bits I was missing, especially in the middle line of the second verse. Lon-dubh a’ seinn ann an dubhar na h-oidhche, tog do sgiathan brist’ is èirich suas. Fad do rè, bha thu a’ feitheamh airson an tìd’ gu togail rithe. Lon-dubh a’ seinn ann ...

This thread has been dormant for a while, but I recently started to try to get the lyrics down and came across this thread, so I've joined the forum so I can post what i have thus far, and see if others can help. There's one line in particular where I have trouble hearing some sounds, although I can...