Là math dhuibh uile!

Sgoil Ghàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhóir is hosting a cèilidh in a private home in Baltimore on Sunday, 24 July, starting at 5:00 pm.  Our teacher, Scott Morrison, will be our Fear an Taighe for the evening.

This is in the style of a traditional cèilidh where in a casual, intimate environment, accompanied by food and drink, everyone shares songs, stories, legends, poems, or other literary or musical offerings.

If you are interested in Gaelic culture and language, we would love for you to come.  You do not have to be a participant in our study group.  We will be practicing our Gaelic, but everyone will feel comfortable, whether you have any Gaelic or not.  Please read below for more details, and please RSVP to richard.gwynallen@gmail.com so we know how many to expect. Since this is a private home the address and directions will be given out as folks RSVP.

Food & Drink

Our hosts will be preparing food, but everyone is welcome to bring food.  Potluck, or the old groaning board, allows us all to share, which is what the evening is about.  The food doesn’t have to be Scottish or Irish.  The only restriction for the house is that it be vegetarian and not prepared in dishes that had been used for meat. We appreciate your understanding about that.

So, for food, if you are bringing something, please let us know what you may be bringing.

Sharings

Next, everyone is encouraged to bring an offering of some kind for the cèilidh – a song, a poem, a story, a joke, pretty much anything to share.  It doesn’t have to be in Gaelic (but if it is it would be great).  It might not even be a Gaelic story.  Perhaps a family story, a folk song.

Please think about what you might offer and let us know what it is.

We’re all really looking forward to the gathering.

Chì mi sibh uile aig a’ chèilidh! (See you all at the cèilidh)

Càirdean,

THE NEXT GAELIC CLASS IN BALTIMORE IS:
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Center for Neighborhoods , 25 E. 20th Street 

The site is just a block down from Liam Flynn’s Alehouse, 22 West North Avenue.  Usually, participants enjoy food and drink before the lessons and leave the Alehouse at 6:15 pm to walk to the class together.  Also, some take part in the music sessions at the Alehouse after class.

The cost is $10 per class. The text we are using is Teach Yourself Complete Gaelic by Boyd Robertson and Iain Taylor.  If you do not have the text yet and want to attend, don’t worry about the book, just come!

We are also using lessons from Taic.

Càirdean,

THE NEXT GAELIC CLASS IN BALTIMORE IS:
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Center for Neighborhoods , 25 E. 20th Street 

The site is just a block down from Liam Flynn’s Alehouse, 22 West North Avenue, so we can enjoy food and drink before or after the lessons and take part in the music sessions after class. In fact, for the foreseeable future a group will be leaving the Alehouse at 6:15 pm to walk to the class together.

$10 per class The text we will be using is Teach Yourself Complete Gaelic by Boyd Robertson and Iain Taylor  If you do not have the text yet and want to attend, don’t worry about the book, just come!

We are also using lessons from Taic.

Càirdean,

THE NEXT GAELIC CLASS IN BALTIMORE IS:
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Center for Neighborhoods , 25 E. 20th Street 

The site is just a block down from Liam Flynn’s Alehouse, 22 West North Avenue, so we can enjoy food and drink before or after the lessons and take part in the music sessions after class. In fact, for the foreseeable future a group will be leaving the Alehouse at 6:15 pm to walk to the class together.

$10 per class The text we will be using is Teach Yourself Complete Gaelic by Boyd Robertson and Iain Taylor  If you do not have the text yet and want to attend, don’t worry about the book, just come!

We are also using lessons from Taic.

Càirdean,

THE NEXT GAELIC CLASS IN BALTIMORE IS:
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Center for Neighborhoods , 25 E. 20th Street 

The site is just a block down from Liam Flynn’s Alehouse, 22 West North Avenue, so we can enjoy food and drink before or after the lessons and take part in the music sessions after class. In fact, for the foreseeable future a group will be leaving the Alehouse at 6:15 pm to walk to the class together.

$10 per class The text we will be using is Teach Yourself Complete Gaelic by Boyd Robertson and Iain Taylor  If you do not have the text yet and want to attend, don’t worry about the book, just come!

We are also using lessons from Taic.

Sgoil Ghàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhóir (The Gaelic School of Baltimore) held it’s first class in its new location on the 10th of February in The Center for Neighborhoods.

It’s a cheery, well-equipped space with a whiteboard, television screen for video use, and comfortable chairs.

Also, there’s plenty of space for individual instruction as well as small group meetings separately.  The flexibility is important because we have learners of different levels in the same evening session.

We hope you will join us for our next class on 24 February.

The building fronts on E. North Avenue, but the entrance is at 25 E. 20th Street.  It’s just a block down from Liam Flynn’s Alehouse, 22 West North Avenue, so we can still enjoy food and drink before or after the lessons and take part in the music sessions after class. In fact, for the foreseeable future a group will be leaving the Alehouse at 6:15 pm to walk to the class together.

Click here for the full class schedule

The snows put off the start to our 2016 Gaelic classes, but TONIGHT we get underway with the start of  Sgoil Ghàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhòir (The Gaelic School of Baltimore) classes in our new location.

Wednesday, 10 February 2016
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Center for Neighborhoods , 10 E. North Avenue 

$10 per class The text we will be using is Teach Yourself Complete Gaelic by Boyd Robertson and Iain Taylor  If you do not have the text yet and want to attend, don’t worry about the book, just come!

We are also using lessons from Taic.

The birthday of the great “Scottish Ploughman Poet”, Robert Burns (1759-1796), on the 25th of January, is celebrated around the world, including the much anticipated, annual haggis hurling competition at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, Ayr, Scotland.

There won’t be any haggis hurling, but at this year’s celebratory tribute to the life, works and spirit of Robert Burns at Liam Flynn’s Ale House, 22 West North Avenue in Baltimore, on Monday, 25 January, there will great live music, poetry readings, whiskey tasting, and a delicious dinner of haggis, neeps & taddies, kale salad, and cranachan.

Click here for some lovely information about Burns.

Click here to hear Aaron Halevy who will bring the work of Robert Burns alive for us in beautiful song.

See you there!

The 2016 Burns Night supper at Liam Flynn’s Ale House at 22 W. North Avenue in Baltimore is coming up on the 25th of January.

The event will have the same wonderful feast, bagpiping, and traditional music it’s known for, but there are a couple of special additions to the evening this year.

First, readers may know of the iconic ferries that carry passengers and vehicles between the Scottish mainland and the islands.  Caledonian MacBrayne (Caledonian Mac a’ Bhriuthainn), known now as CalMac Ferries Ltd, is the major ferry operation in the Hebrides.

This year the Address to the haggis will be read by Cal-Mac Ferry Captain Cameron MacLeod.

Second, classical Tenor Aaron HaLevy will bring the work of Robert Burns alive for us in beautiful song.  Below you can hear Aaron singing Green Grow the Rashes O:

Like last year, anyone bold enough to offer a reading of a Burns poem gets a free pint. For the full event description, Click Here. Or for the Facebook event, Click Here.