Soillse, in collaboration with Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, is inviting applications for a two-year research contract from suitably qualified fieldworkers with proven capacities for research into Gaelic in the Outer Hebrides and other island communities. The fieldworkers will have key roles in a major network project investigating the current state of the language in a key geographical area of its traditional use.
These positions will be supported and supervised via the Soillse Research Network for the Maintenance and Revitalisation of Gaelic Language and Culture, working out of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the University of the Highlands and Islands. Candidates will need to be mobile, have fluent Gaelic, and demonstrate excellent research skills. The successful candidates will be remunerated according to the SMO pay scale, within the range of £29,574 – £32,250, for a period of two years.
More information is available here, and an application form here.
The Soillse research network is gearing up to conduct a major research project on Gaelic in the Western Isles and some neighbouring islands. At a recent meeting in Stornoway of the Gaelic Advisory Group of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s Department of Education and Children’s Services, the Soillse Director, Professor Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, gave a presentation on the plans as they stand, together with an explanation of the background to the project. Also in attendance was Gordon Wells, Soillse Project Manager, who reinforced the importance that Soillse attaches to working in close consultation and collaboration with the community. The project, as described, was welcomed by group members, with positive additional suggestions forthcoming. You can view Professor Ó Giollagáin’s presentation, on which he based his talk, here:
When Catherine Eunson taught music in Balivanich School, she noticed the speed and facility with which the then headmaster, Alasdair MacGillivray (now retired), would wrap parcels, for example when the annual nativity play came round. It reminded her of the same skills that her own shopkeeper grandfather had.
Recently, she went round to Alasdair’s house to find out how it started, and discovered the secret lies in his family background. Listen here to find out how and when he learned, and to witness a demonstration. Alasdair still puts his skills to good use, as his grandchildren will happily testify!
Here, Alasdair explains it all in Gaelic.
And here he does it again in English.
Chaidh a’ cho-labhairt aig Soillse ann an Sabhal Mòr Ostaig a chur air dòigh leis an Sgioba Rannsachaidh fo stiùir Tim Armstrong. Tha tòrr dhaoine òga sa bhuidheann seo, agus tha iad gu math beothail agus gu math comasach.
Tha iad air a bhith stèidhte ann an Oilthigh Ghlaschu, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, Oilthigh Obar Dheathainn, agus Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd agus nan Eilean, ach uile ag obair còmhla airson rannsachadh air staid na Gàidhlig a thoirt air adhart.
Seo ball eile – Stuart Dunmore – a’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn na seiseanan san robh e fhèin an sàs air a’ chiad latha.
