Scottish Gaelic Renaissance
The Scottish Gaelic Renaissance (
.The movement has its origins in the
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is sometimes seen as being a product of this renaissance. Although many of the products of the Renaissance were in poetry, fiction, or in
Politics
Mike Russell became the first person to address a European Union meeting in Scottish Gaelic in May 2010.[2] Gaelic had long suffered from its lack of use in educational and administrative contexts, having been suppressed in the past[3] but it has now achieved some official recognition with the passage of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005.
At the first Scottish Parliament, a number of people also swore their oaths in English and Scottish Gaelic. (A version of the oath had to be said in English.)
Literature
- Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul - author [4]
- Somhairle MacGill-Eain- poet
- Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn - intellectual, poet and author.
- Ruaraidh MacThòmais - academic, author, poet and publisher.
Books
- Sharon Macdonald, Reimagining Culture: Histories, Identities and the Gaelic Renaissance (Oxford, Berg, 1997).
- Roger Hutchinson, A Waxing Moon: The Modern Gaelic Revival (Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, 2005).
Notes
See also
- Celtic Revival
- Gaelic revival (Irish)
- Highland Revival
- Scottish Renaissance
External links
- You Can Conquer Digital Worlds in Scottish Gaelic, Thanks to Hard-Working Localizers—Global Voices Online(April 12, 2017)
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