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.

John Mackenzie, Lochinver, was scheduled to give a talk on Friday 3 December 2010 but it had to be cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. We are delighted to have rescheduled the talk for tomorrow evening (Friday 4 March 2011) at 19:30 in the usual venue of the Netley Centre. The topic is: “Assynt Crofters : the Mould Breakers”. John will also present some slides which were prepared for a seminar in Norway a few years ago. These essentially focused on a micro hydro-electric project that John managed to bring to completion on the Assynt estate in 2000 after 7 years of battle with the conservation agencies but there are a few that show the kind of landscape that they now possess in community ownership.

From the page about the event:

In commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Sorley MacLean (1911–1996) Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and the Scottish Centre for Island Studies, Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland invite you to join in a celebration of his life, work and legacy.

Further details of the event, including accomodation details and directions, can be found on the event’s page.

The event also has an open call for submission of papers.

We hope you all had an enjoyable and peaceful Christmas and new year. Already it’s the middle of January, and the first gathering of GSI in 2011 is tomorrow night (Friday 21/1/11). Graeme Mackenzie from Inverness will be our guest speaker, and his topic will be ‘Murdoch MacKenzie of Ardross and his account of Clan Chattan’. The talk will be held at the usual venue, the Netley Centre on Bishop’s Road (opposite Eden Court) and will start at 19:30. The talks are always very interesting and it’s good to meet up with friends and acquaintances on an otherwise cold January evening! Please come along to hear the talk if you’re in the area.

Tha an òraid aig 19:30 aig an Ionad Netley, Rathaid an Easbaig ann an Inbhir Nis.

On Friday evening (5th November), Bill Innes will deliver a talk to the Gaelic Society of Inverness. The talk is called “Two Neglected Masterpieces” and deals with two epic poems on similar themes by Donald Sinclair (Domhnall Mac na Ceardaich) and Donald Macintyre (Domhnall Ruadh Phaislig). It will be illustrated with pictures, projected translations and recorded excerpts. Bill will talk in English but read bits from the poems in Gaelic.

The talk is at 19:30 in the Netley Centre, Bishop’s Road, Inverness.

The PDFs can also be accessed through the Transactions page of the website. The Society is grateful to the Honorary Librarian, D.J. MacLeod, for compiling these very useful indexes.

Mairi Campbell is a Scottish singer and musician, born and raised in Edinburgh. Mairi is involved in several musical projects and has been much praised for her singing voice and musical skills. She was named Scots singer of the year at the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2007, and in 2008 she won the Live Ireland Music Award for Best Female Musician of the year, as well as the award for best composition of the year.

Mairi will present an evening of song and talk of her life in music, looking at the bigger picture of the growth in interest in traditional music in the last twenty years in Scotland, with songs and tunes to accompany.

Key responsibilities for Bòrd members are as follows:

• Contributing to the implementation of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 and the National Plan for Gaelic
• Assisting in defining and developing the Bòrd’s strategic direction and in setting challenging objectives
• Ensuring that the Bòrd, in reaching decisions, adheres to agreed corporate governance procedures and takes proper account of guidance provided by the Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Executive Education Department
• Working with key Gaelic groups and public sector bodies to promote the use of the Gaelic language, and identifying new opportunities for working in partnership with organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors as appropriate
• Increasing awareness of and promoting the use of the Gaelic language
• Promoting wider engagement by the public in cultural activity through innovation and partnership

Interested applicants can apply for the position online, or request an application pack, here.

The closing date for applications is Friday, 13th August, 2010.

The following morning, on Saturday 17th April, the Annual Culloden Anniversary Service will be held at 11 am. Please assemble at the Culloden battlefield visitor centre by 10.30 am.

We look forward to hearing Mairi’s talk, entitled “Scottish Traditional Music”, as part of our Syllabus after the summer and will keep you informed of the new date.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.