EXTERNAL RESOURCES & INFORMATION

The Gaelic Community in Aberdeen

Club Gàidhlig Obar Dheathain / Aberdeen Gaelic Club
CGOD run Gaelic classes (evenings and occasional weekends) and monthly ‘srùbagan’ or tea and
cake afternoons. Currently it is running Gaelic for Beginners evening classes, and discounts are
available for students. For more information email Mary Owens: clubgaidhlig@googlemail.com and
visit the club on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/45423379660/

Coisir Ghàidhlig Obar Dheathain / Aberdeen Gaelic Choir

Meets every Tuesday in Holburn West Church, off Great Western Road, at 7.30pm. New members
are welcome at any time but it’s often best to check with the secretary in case the choir is having a
week off! Email: aberdeengaelichoir@googlemail.com (Secretary). Performs at local events and takes
part in the annual Gaelic festival, the Royal National Mod. www.aberdeengaelichoir.com/

Gaelic Groups and Artists

Manran: http://manran.co.uk/wp/: newly formed band, whose debut single ‘Latha math’ made it to No.
61 in the UK single charts, and No 1 in the Scottish Download charts.
Maeve MacKinnon: http://www.maevemackinnon.com/biog.htm: young Gaelic singer who blends the
traditional with the modern.
Julie Fowlis: http://www.juliefowlis.com/: the talented multi-instrumentalist who has won umpteen
awards for her beautiful singing. Check also the band Dòchas, with whom she is a member.
Capercaille: http://www.capercaillie.co.uk/: formed in the 1980s and, along with Runrig, have been a
huge influence in popularising Gaelic music
Runrig: http://www.runrig.co.uk/: formed in the 1970s, and changed the face of Gaelic music.
Na Gathan: http://www.myspace.com/nagathan: Gaelic punk rock.
Mairead Stiùbhart: http://www.margaretstewart.com/: one of Scotland’s finest Gaelic traditional
singers, from the Isle of Lewis.
Niteworks: http://www.niteworksband.com/ :new band from the Isle of Skye.
Kathleen MacInnes: http://kathleenmacinnes.com/: Wonderful Gaelic singer from Uist whose vocals
appear in the latest Robin Hood movie.
James Graham: http://www.jamesgraham.net/biographyeng.html: a talented young Gaelic singer
from Lochinver, Assynt. Check also the acclaimed group/album Ùrachadh, which he is part of.

Gaelic Arts and Culture

Tobar an Dualchais: an ongoing project to digitise Gaelic oral history, song and much more. Great
material! http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/.
See BBC Alba on Freeview Channel 8.
Listen to BBC Radio nan Gàidheal, particularly Caithream Ciùil, 2-4f weekdays.
Bliadhna nan Oran, the Gaelic song database: www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran.
To purchase Gaelic music CDs online visit:http://www.musicscotland.com
Pròiseact nan Ealan, the national Gaelic Arts agency: http://www.gaelic-arts.com/
National Theatre of Scotland: runs a Gaelic Friends’ Scheme:
http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/