Gàilig Sgìr Latharn

Our 2nd dialect revival project @DorlachAlba Occasional updates on the Gaelic of Latheron Parish #Caithness #Gàidhlig #LatheronGaelic #CaithnessGaelic

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@SMacrisnidh @SteaphanRisnidh Cha robh no againne! Bha sinn 10 blian ga dhiùltadh gus an dànaig a staigh orn!

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The late JOHN ANGUS MILLER discusses the use of Gaelic in his youth by older people in Latheron Parish.

Interviewed by @Gaeliconsultant in 2010.

Gun còrd e ruibh!

https://t.co/7NOSOruqeV

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@SMacrisnidh @SteaphanRisnidh Bha Sùlanaich sa h-uile h-áit!

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@SMacrisnidh @SteaphanRisnidh Sin ar beachd mar an ciadna. Cha duair sinn cothrom dul air ais. ’S mór am beud dha-rìreadh.

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@SMacrisnidh @SteaphanRisnidh Cumar tha sibh comhla fhéin?

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EATHAN NAOGHAS MUILLEARACH
Croitear ’s post á Dùn Bheitheadh.

The late John Angus Miller of Dunbeath, pictured here in his croft in April 2010.

Perhaps the last man to have a few-phrase smattering of Caithness Gaelic.

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“It was a time when Latheron was the Gaelic parish and when Gaelic was still common in the county, so that a family caught by the gaugers at the still could break into a Gaelic psalm just before entry was demanded”

Re: c1870

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Review of:
“Folklore Gleanings and Character Sketches of the Far North”
- Rev. George Sutherland, 1937

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“There is no man so contemptible in my estimation as a man born in the Highlands and reared under a thatched roof… going in and out of the same door as the pigs and cows… who is too proud to learn and speak Gaelic”

https://t.co/v6UlbcALpR

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CELTIC MAGAZINE, VOL III (1878)

"A number of petitions in favour of teaching Gaelic in the schools have been presented from various parts of the Highlands by School Boards, among the rest from... Latheron."

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Bha na Gàidheil tù Latharn!

“Dr J.F. Sutherland… gave it as his opinion that the Celts were the more important”

Not that we agree that there is a “more important” element to Caithness’ ethnic makeup, but it’s nice to see the Celtic element emphasised.

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Highlands & Western Isles
of Scotland, Vol 2 (1824)

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#Gàidhlig Latharn
#Caithness Gaelic

Seall sin! An dùthaich air a
measadh mar aon a-rithist!

The monolithic non-Gaelic
Caithness myth has been
peddled for some time!

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Celtic Monthly, Vol 3 (1893)

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#Camanachd
#Shinty

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Tha sinn a’ cur nam focail as clàr!

Back to the job of compiling the Latheron word-list from a mixture of diverse sources: Dwelly, GLS, Gaelic loans into Scots, research by pal Alasdair MacMhaoirn, “Elegies” by Roster native Seóras MacAoidh & placenames!

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@tattooedselkie if you ever have a free 45mins, you’ll likely enjoy this.

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#Caithness is spoken of as being “Norse”, when it fact the western half of the county boasted two distinct native Gaelic dialects: 1) Reay / Halkirk and 2) Latheron, with locally born & bred people still fluent in the mid 20th cen.

https://t.co/Hw6uw2aVvD