Comunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis

Tomorrow is the Culloden Anniversary Service, held each year on the Saturday closest to the anniversary date of 16th April. We will hear from the new Society Chief for 2013-14, Roddy John Macleod, who will lead the crowd in an appropriate tribute.

Members and friends are asked to meet at the visitor centre for 10.30am and we will walk to the Cairn in a procession led by the Society’s Honorary piper Ronald Maclean, in time for the service to start at 11.00am.

The photo below shows the crowd at the 2012 service.

The 2013 Annual Business Meeting will be held tomorrow evening (Friday 12th April) at 7.30pm, at the Netley Centre, Bishop’s Road. There will be the usual review of the past year and election of Office Bearers and Council Members.

Tha Cailean MacIlleathain dol a bhruidhinn riunn an ath h-oidhch’ air a’ chuspair: ‘Soitheach nan Daoine (a long tale of treachery and kidnap)’. Chan fhaighear seòmar aig an Ionad Netley agus thèid a’ choinneamh a chumail aig an taigh-òsta Kingsmills aig 19:30.

Tomorrow night Cailean Maclean will give a talk to the Gaelic Society entitled: ‘Soitheach nan Daoine (a long tale of treachery and kidnap)’. The meeting room at the Netley Centre was unavailable for hire so the meeting tomorrow will be held in the Kingsmills hotel at 19:30.

Chan urrainn dha Bill Lawson a bhith ann an ath h-oidhch’ (Dihaoine) son òraid a thoirt dhuinn ach tha sinn an dòchas gum bidh e còmhla rinn uaireigin a dh’aithghearr. Ged tha bidh Ailean Caimbeul ann gus òraid a thoirt dhuinn air a bheil tiotail: “Dìleab Saorsa (The Freedom Legacy) – A Personal View of Land Issues in Glendale and Skye”. Bidh an òraid san àite àbhaisteach – Ionad Netley – aig 19:30 is fàilte air a h-uile duine.

Bill Lawson unfortunately can’t make it to Inverness to give his scheduled talk tomorrow night (Friday) but we hope to welcome him back at some appropriate date in the future. We are happy that Allan Campbell has agreed to be our speaker at the meeting tomorrow night and he will present a paper entitled “Dìleab Saorsa (The Freedom Legacy) – A Personal View of Land Issues in Glendale and Skye”. The meeting will be at the usual venue – Netley Centre – at 19:30, all welcome.

Tha catalog leabhraichean Gaidhlig a’ Chomuinn a-nise ri fhaighinn air clàr PDF aig an ceangal a tha seo GSI Gaelic library classified catalogue – tha e cuideachd fon roinn ‘Leabharlann’ air an làrach-lìn

There is now a classified catalogue available of the books in the Gaelic Society library at this link: GSI Gaelic library classified catalogue

It can also be viewed in the library section of the website.

On Friday 22nd February we had a visit from the musician and broadcaster Iain MacInnes of Edinburgh, who gave a most interesting presentation about well known pipers and the history of some piping families. Iain played for us a selection of recordings of some of the piping greats – both speaking and playing their pipes. As a producer for the radio programme ‘Pipeline’, Iain has access to some fascinating old clips and recordings and on the night of his talk to the Gaelic Society, the audience was able to hear for themselves these pipers telling of how they were taught as youngsters.

It was wonderful to learn more about the life of the famous Pipe Major Willie Ross, Pipe Major John MacDonald of Inverness and many others like them. We thank Iain for his talk, which was entertaining and at times moving, and hope he will be able to join us again at a future meeting.

Bidh Magaidh Choineagan againn a-nochd airson an dàrna òraid san t-sreath, ‘s i dol a bhruidhinn air craoladh Gàidhlig – mar a bha gnothaichean, na th’ ann an dràsda is dè tha san amharc. Leis an eòlas farsaing a th’ aig Magaidh, is cinnteach gum bidh an òraid seo inntineach dha rìreabh! Tòisichidh a’ choinneamh aig 19:30 aig an Ionad Netley, air Rathad an Easbuig, mu choinneamh Eden Court. Bidh seirbheis eadar-theangachaidh mar aon ga thoirt seachad a-nochd.

Our guest speaker for the 2nd talk of the season tonight will be Maggie Cunningham, who will give a presentation about Gaelic broadcasting – how things started, the present situation and looking to the future. With Maggie’s experience and background, this talk is certain to be very interesting! The meeting will start at 19:30 in the Netley Centre, on Bishop’s Road, opposite Eden Court. A simultaneous interpretation service will available tonight.

Tha na seachdainean a’ falbh gu sgiobalta a nis, agus bidh a’ chiad choinneamh dhen bhliadhna againn air Dihaoine (5.10.12). ‘S e An t-Ollamh Urramach Ruairidh MacLeòid a bhios a’ bruidhinn, air ‘Neil MacLeod – Bard of Skye and Edinburgh’. Tha sinn toilichte gum bidh Calum Ross còmhla rinn cuideachd air an oidhche ‘s e gu bhith seinn feadhainn dhe na h-òrain ainmeil aig Niall MacLeòid. Chan eil sinn gu bhith coinneachadh san àite àbhaisteach ach bidh an tachartas Dihaoine ann an Talla a’ Bhaile ann an Inbhir Nis agus tòisichidh i aig 19:30. Nach tig sibh ann ma bhios sibh san sgìre.

We hope you all had an enjoyable summer. Already it’s autumn, and the first gathering of the Society for 2012-13  is on Friday night (5.10.12). The Rev Dr Roddy MacLeod will be our guest speaker, and his topic will be ‘Neil MacLeod – Bard of Skye and Edinburgh’. We are happy to announce that Calum Ross will accompany Rev Dr Roddy MacLeod on Friday and Calum will be singing some of Neil MacLeod’s well known songs. Please note a change from our usual venue of the Netley Centre – the event on Friday will be held at Inverness Town House and will start at 19:30. Please come along if you are in the area.

Aig 11.00 Disathairne 19 Cèitean thèid dithis ainmeil à sgìre Mhùrlagain faisg air an Drochaid Ruadh a chuimhneachadh aig seirbheis shònraichte anns an t-seann eaglais eireachdail aig Cille Choirill anns an Drochaid Ruadh. Bidh Teàrlach Ceanadach BP cuideachd a’ gabhail pàirt.

Le taic sagart Caitligeach na sgìre, Monsignor Tòmas Wynne, tha Comunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis air cuimhneachan a stèidheachadh anns an eaglais a chomharrachadh na h-uaighe, aig doras caibeal Chille Choirill, aig Bàrd na Ceapaich Dòmhnall Fionnlagh MacPhilip, Dòmhnall Mac Fhionnlaigh nan Dàn a sgrìobh Òran na Comhachaig.   Tha an cuimhneachan cuideachd a’ comharrachadh gun do thadhail tè de shliochd Chloinn ‘icPhilip Mhùrlagain air an Drochaid Ruadh ann an 1873. B’ ise an neach-teagaisg ainmeil Astràilianach am Màthair Màiri Crois Pheathraichean Naoimh Eòsaph a chaidh a naomhachadh san Ròimh ann an 2010 mar Naomh Màiri na Croise NicPhilip.

Bidh Cathraiche Chomunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis Ailean Caimbeul os cionn na seirbheis Disathairne agus an dèidh beagan a chluinntinn mu eachdraidh na cùise, thèid an cuimhneachan fhoillseachadh gu h-oifigeil le Sister Therese a tha na ball den òrdan dam buineadh an Naomh Màiri. Bidh Monsignor Wynne, an tuathanach ionadail Ronnie Caimbeul, agus am pìobaire Dòmhnall Seathach cuideachd a’ gabhail pàirt.

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At 11.00 a.m. on Saturday 19^th May two famous natives of Murlagan near Roy Bridge will be remembered at a special service at the ancient and beautiful church of Cille Choirill in Roy Bridge, and Charles Kennedy MP will participate.

With support from the local Roman Catholic priest Monsignor Tom Wynne, the Gaelic Society of Inverness has erected a memorial plaque in the church to record the interment at the door of Cille Choirill Chapel of the Keppoch Bard Donald Finlay MacKillop, Dòmhnall Mac Fhionnlaigh nan Dàn, always remembered for his Òran na Comhachaig (Song of the owl). The memorial also records the visit to Roybridge in 1873 of the renowned Australian teacher Mother Mary of the Cross of the Sisters of St Joseph who was canonised in Rome in 2010 as Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, and who was a descendant of the MacKillops of Murlagan.

At Saturday’s short ceremony led by GSI Chairman Allan Campbell, the background to the memorial will be explained and the plaque will be formally unveiled by Sister Therese a member of Saint Mary’s order. Monsignor Wynne, local farmer Ronnie Campbell and piper Donald Shaw will also take part in the service.

There is a bus going to Lochaber for the service leaving Inverness at 8.15am – please email shona@gsi.org.uk or telephone 01463792318 if you would like to reserve a place on the bus. The ceremony at Cille Choirill Church is at 11am and in the afternoon there will be visits to places of interest and a lunch at Spean Bridge.