We are excited to announce the release of the first episode in Season 2 of  Sgoil Gàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhóir‘s Facing Our History – The North American Gael series: Opening the Gate: Ethnic diversity amongst Gàidhlig learners. Seall air an duilleag seo – Check it out!

You can find us streaming on the following sites or wherever you get your podcasts:
Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Podcast Addict, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music,  & TuneIn+Alexa

In this podcast we are speaking with two Sgoil Gàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhóir students, Gloria Ngo and Farida Shourbaji. Don’t sound like particularly Scottish names? True. While many people may feel they have a sense of what a Gael looks like, there are speakers of color in the Gaelic learning community that through the language and culture forge a bond that makes them part of the wider Gaelic community.  In fact, people of diverse ethnic backgrounds have long had a claim on the language. This may be particularly true in the United States where cultures have mixed through marriage and proximity regularly.  This challenges a common perception that Scottish ethnicity is essential and biological.

Listen as we explore how Gloria and Farida opened the gate to incorporate Scottish Gaelic into their sense of belonging.

A bheil ùidh air a bhith agad air Gàidhlig ionnsachadh?
Have you wanted to learn Scottish Gaelic?

Registration is Open
for the
2023 – 2024 Academic Year

To learn more about our curriculum, tuition,
and how to sign-up for classes click here!

Thigibh don Bhaile Chànain!

A chairdean, 

We have finalized the schedule for the Language Village at the Virginia Scottish Games, which will held on September 2nd and 3rd 2023 at The Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia.

We are very pleased to have Seán Heely returning to lead the Gàidhlig song workshops. Fàilte air ais a Shean!

Thigibh air chéilidh!
Come for a visit!  We’d love to see you, learn with you, and celebrate with you.

SCHEDULE – SATURDAY

10:00 am – 10:45 am: Gàidhlig Song Workshop with Seán Heely
11:00 am – 11:45 am: Gàidhlig Language for Beginners
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm: Gàidhlig Poetry
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm: Cape Breton Step Dancing with Brendan Baggitt
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm: Waulking Songs & Activity

SCHEDULE – SUNDAY

10:00 am – 10:45 am: Gàidhlig Song Workshop with Seán Heely
11:00 am – Noon: Children’s Program – Gàidhlig songs and games for children
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm:  Gàidhlig Language for Beginners
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Waulking Songs & Activity
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm: Cape Breton Step Dancing with Brendan Baggitt

Will you be joining us at The Chesapeake Mòd for a celebration of Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) song, culture, and heritage?

Gàidhlig is all about community, and Mòd Chesapeake is an opportunity to be included in a very passionate, inspiring community of Gàidhlig learners at all levels, from the fluent to people who are just starting out. There’s a place for you here. 

Take a Gàidhlig language class or a Gàidhlig song class. There will be language and song workshops for beginners and more advanced learners. And listen to some excellent singers compete in the Mòd. Interested in singing in a future Mòd? We have something fior you, too – a session to help prepare folks to sing in a Mòd.

Siud sibh a-nis! Bidh latha air leth againn!

We will be joined at the Chesapeake Mòd by Eilidh MacKinnon, Deputy Head of the Scottish Government USA office. Eilidh has only just arrived in the country. Join us in giving her a warm welcome at the Chesapeake Mòd

Also, we have t-shirts!
And you can buy yours now!
Check them out below!

Click here for a women’s t-shirt

Click here for a men’s t-shirt

Tha deagh naidheachd againn dhuibh! Tha sinn glè thoilichte a cuir an cèill gum bi a’ chiad Mhòd Chesapeake ann san Lùnastal. Bidh fàilte air a h-uile duine. An dòchas gum faic sinn ann sibh!

We have exciting news!  We are very pleased to announce that the inaugural Chesapeake Mòd will be in August.  All are welcome. Hope to see you there!

One more Language Village Coming Up!
We will be at the
Winter Celtic Festival
in Havre de Grace, Maryland

Nach tig thu? – Please come!

Am bi thu a’ dèanamh rùintean airson na bliadhna ùire?
Carson nach co-dhùin sibh Gàidhlig ionnsachadh?
Do you make resolutions for the New Year? Why not learn Gaelic?

Start with us at the Winter Celtic Festival: Scottish Gaelic singing, poetry, and language classes

We welcome Ewan Macintyre / Eòghann Mac an t-saoir to the Sgoil Gàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhóir faculty.  Ewan will be covering Robert Bingham’s classes for the remainder of the 2022 – 2023 school year as Robert, a Naval officer, has received orders for duty on a ship. We are very excited to have such a creative person as Ewan join our community.