Naidheachdan Ùra! Cùrsa Bogaidh Samhraidh Ghàidhlig | NewNews! Summer Immersion Course in Scottish Gaelic
IMPORTANT NEWS!
THE ORIGINAL TUESDAY EVENING CLASS IS NOW FULL.
BUT WE HAVE OPENED A NEW THURSDAY EVENING CLASS!
REGISTER NOW FOR THE NEW CLASS!
Online conversational /activity-based learning with Amber Buchanan | Òmar Bhochanan. Woven into the course will be cultural activities and practices, such as songs, stories, dance, food, history, and folklore. Limited seating to enhance engagement. Register now.
Òmar is the director of EPIC Youth Peer Program, an after school program for youth across Cape Breton Regional Municipality. She has been teaching Gàidhlig language and culture for over 18 years across Nova Scotia and for 10 years worked at the Highland Village Museum in Iona, Cape Breton sharing language and culture with staff and visitors. Òmar is also a partner and consultant at Inside Out where she facilitates workshops and works 1:1 with people. She’s has a 16 year old daughter, is a weaver, and a Spanish speaker, and lives in Sydney, NS.
Cuir d’ aimn a-steach gu h-ìosal / Register Below
(Your registration is only complete after we receive your registration form and tuition payment.)
- By check or money order, made payable to Sgoil Gàidhlig, and mailed to Tim Thompson, 5158 Ilchester Road, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043. Tim is our Board of Trustees Treasurer.
- On line through Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sgoilgaidhlig
Cùrsa Bogaidh Samhraidh Ghàidhlig – 2025 Summer Immersion Course in Scottish Gaelic
Online conversational /activity-based learning
with Amber Buchanan | Òmar Bhochanan.
Woven into the course will be cultural activities and practices, such as songs, stories, dance, food, history, and folklore. Limited seating to enhance engagement. Register now.
Òmar is the director of EPIC Youth Peer Program, an after school program for youth across Cape Breton Regional Municipality. She has been teaching Gàidhlig language and culture for over 18 years across Nova Scotia and for 10 years worked at the Highland Village Museum in Iona, Cape Breton sharing language and culture with staff and visitors. Òmar is also a partner and consultant at Inside Out where she facilitates workshops and works 1:1 with people. She’s has a 16 year old daughter, is a weaver, and a Spanish speaker, and lives in Sydney, NS.
Clàraich gu h-ìosal / Register Below
(Your registration is only complete after we receive your registration form and tuition payment.)
- By check or money order, made payable to Sgoil Gàidhlig, and mailed to Tim Thompson, 5158 Ilchester Road, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043. Tim is our Board of Trustees Treasurer.
- On line through Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sgoilgaidhlig
Language Village 2025 Schedule
Saturday, 26 April
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, 10515 MacKall Road, St. Leonard, MD 20685
Fair Hill Celtic Festival
Saturday, May 17
4640 Telegraph Road, Elkton, MD 21921
Carroll County Celtic Festival
Saturday, 14 and Sunday 15 June
Carroll County Agriculture Center, 706 Agriculture Center Drive, Westminster, MD 21157
Penn Mar Irish Festival
Saturday, 21 June
12025 Susquehanna Trail S, Glen Rock, PA 17327
Virginia Scottish Games
Saturday, 30 and Sunday, 31, August
The Great Meadow
5089 Old Tavern Road
The Plains, VA 20198
Covenanter Scottish Festival
Saturday, 6 September
1199 Valley Road, Quarryville, PA 17566
Cuir fàilte chridheil air Sarah
Sarah lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, Aaron, and her son, Logan, whom she enjoys bringing to our events to encourage his use and interest in the language. Through her professional work as a program manager, Sarah has gained significant experience in working on and building teams, and we are excited that she will be bringing this experience to our organization.Announcing Royal National Mòd Gold Medalists to attend the 3rd Annual Chesapeake Mòd
Cuiribh fàilte chridheil air
Alice Nic a’ Mhaoilein agus Ryan Johnston
Am-bliadhna, bidh e na urram dhuinn fàilte a chuir air Alice Nic a’ Mhaoilein agus Ryan Johnston, a bhuannaich bonn òir a’ Mhòid Nàiseanta Rìoghail 2024. Bidh iad còmhla rinn aig an Dàrna Mòd Bliadhnail Chespeake, le cead bho Chomann Ghàidhlig a’ Chomuinn, ann an Alba.
This year, we will have the honor to welcome Alice Nic a’ Mhaoilein and Ryan Johnston, the 2024 Royal National Mòd gold medal winners. They will join us at the Third Annual Chespeake Mòd, courtesy of The Gaelic Society An Comunn Gaidhealach, in Scotland.
Bidh fàilte mhór oirbh! An tig sibh ann?
You’ll be very welcome! Won’t you join us!
CLICK HERE!
Thigibh Còmhla Rinn Airson Cèilidh Imbolg!
Get to know each other! Use your Gàidhlig!
Bring a poem, a song, or a story!
Potluck feast – bring a dish!
A bheil thu airson tighinn? Cuir d’ ainm gu h-ìosal.
Ceistean? Sgrìobh thugainn aig sgoilgaidhlig@gmail.com
Want to come? Register below.
Questions? Write to us at sgoilgaidhlig@gmail.com
Thigibh do Cèilidh na Samhna – Come to the November Cèilidh
Didòmhnaich, 3mh latha den t-Samhain
2f – 5f
Cèilidh Dhualchasach
A’ roinn Biadh, Ceòl, Òrain, agus Sgeulachdan
Thigibh ann cuide ruinn!
Bidh fàilte air a h-uile duine!
Sunday 3 November
2 pm – 5 pm
Traditional Cèilidh
Sharing Food, Music, Songs, and Stories
Join us!
Everyone is welcome!
Bidh a’ chiad chèilidh againn den bhliadhna san t-Samhain.
Bidh a’ chèilidh air tuathanas ann an Frederick County.
An tig sibh? Clàraich gu h-ìosal!
We will have our first cèilidh of the year in November.
The cèilidh will be on a farm in Frederick County.
Will you come? Register below!
SG Students: Counts toward Contact Hours
Get to know each other ~ Use your Gàidhlig
Bring a poem, a song, or a story
Potluck feast – bring a dish
Gàidhlig lesson on farm life as we walk the land
The address of the location will be provided closer to the date to those who register.
Thigibh còmhla rinn airson cèilidh an t-Sultain
Bidh fàilte air a h-uile duine! – Everyone is welcome!
Get to know each other! Use your Gàidhlig!
Bring a poem, a song, or a story!
Potluck feast – bring a dish!
Gàidhlig lesson on farm life as we walk the land!
A bheil thu airson tighinn? Cuir d’ ainm gu h-ìosal.
Ceistean? Sgrìobh thugainn aig sgoilgaidhlig@gmail.com
Want to come? Register below.
Questions? Write to us at sgoilgaidhlig@gmail.com
Caroline Root joins Sgoil Gàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhóir Faculty
We’re excited to announce that the highly respected Gàidhlig teacher and creator of the Daily Gaelic (Gàidhlig Gach Latha) learning program, Caroline Root, has joined our faculty for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Caroline is a passionate Gaelic language supporter, and we give her a hearty welcome to the faculty. Caroline has a B.A. with first class honors in Celtic studies, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Gaelic medium) and more than 15 years teaching experience. She spent two years working in the Gaelic Medium Education System in Scotland and was trained by them as a school teacher.
Sgoil Gàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhóir teaches all of it’s classes online via Zoom and holds a variety of in-person activtities through the year.
Gnàthasan-cainnte agus Seanfhacail – Phrases and Old Sayings
Geur-bheachdan Gàidhlig – Gaelic Insights
Sgoil Gàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhòir 