Donald S Murray: siaradwr Gaeleg yn ShetlandIsland Voices Videos2026-09-22 | Donald S Murray: siaradwr Gaeleg yn ShetlandTommy agus Betty air taighean-tughaidh: an còmhradh air fadIsland Voices Videos2024-04-08 | "Omnibus" edition of the conversation between local historian Tommy Macdonald and his wife Betty about taighean-tughaidh and their ruins in Uist.
This version comes without Gaelic subtitles or Clilstore transcript.
The whole conversation is also available in shorter "learner-friendly" chunks, which do include transcript and auto-translatable subtitles as options:
Part 1: youtu.be/28Jp1GKomuM Part 2: youtu.be/bDQ3waQ96oE Part 3: youtu.be/J-ue8v-AIYg Part 4: youtu.be/S9Ft0_4_jrITommy agus Betty air taighean-tughaidh (4)Island Voices Videos2024-04-08 | Tommy and Betty share memories of more recent times, when a thatched house was converted into a hostel for tourists, under Betty's mother's care. In the early days visitors would often stay for weeks, helping out on the croft, and are fondly remembered. To end, more stories are shared of amusing and perplexing incidents.
A wordlinked Clilstore transcript, with the video embedded is available here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11882
Tommy agus Betty air taighean-tughaidh – Omnibus youtu.be/zsSj_UIZ1q8Tommy agus Betty air taighean-tughaidh (3)Island Voices Videos2024-04-08 | Continuing their reminiscences about life in taighean-tughaidh, Betty and Tommy's attention turns towards food and drink, and the important place of staples such as eggs and milk - and sometimes rabbit. Services such as electricity and water were a relatively recent introduction. They recall some of the other thatched houses in the area, with a handful having been done up to meet modern standards.
A wordlinked Clilstore transcript, with the video embedded is available here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11881
Tommy agus Betty air taighean-tughaidh – Omnibus youtu.be/zsSj_UIZ1q8Tommy agus Betty air taighean-tughaidh (2)Island Voices Videos2024-04-08 | Talking about taighean-tughaidh, Tommy and Betty go on to discuss some of the stiff challenges that would be entailed in keeping a traditional thatched house on a par with modern standards. Talking about the cèilidh culture of earlier times, Tommy recalls how stories would be shared between family members and visitors - some of which remain unexplained to this day.
A wordlinked Clilstore transcript, with the video embedded is available here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11880
Tommy agus Betty air taighean-tughaidh – Omnibus youtu.be/zsSj_UIZ1q8Tommy agus Betty air taighean-tughaidh (1)Island Voices Videos2024-04-08 | Continuing the project exploring taighean tughaidh (thatched houses) of Uist, and their ruins, local historian Tommy Macdonald quizzes his wife Betty on what it was like to live in one. In this section Betty recalls who built her house (her grandfather) and aspects of her childhood life on the croft, including herding and milking of the cattle, as well as some of the thatching process as she remembers it.
A wordlinked Clilstore transcript, with the video embedded is available here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11879
Tommy agus Betty air taighean-tughaidh – Omnibus youtu.be/zsSj_UIZ1q8Tobhta Mhic Eachainn (2)Island Voices Videos2024-04-08 | In a project exploring taighean tughaidh (thatched houses) of Uist, and their ruins, local historian Tommy Macdonald presents some stories about Neil MacEachan and his son Alexandre - the "French Macdonalds" - from the remains of Neil's original house, later to be visited by the Duke of Tarentum in an act of filial homecoming following the Napoleonic wars.
A wordlinked Clilstore transcript, with the video embedded is available here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11878Tobhta Mhic Eachainn (1)Island Voices Videos2024-04-08 | In a project exploring taighean tughaidh (thatched houses) of Uist, and their ruins, local historian Tommy Macdonald presents some stories about Neil MacEachan and his son Alexandre - the "French Macdonalds" - from the remains of Neil's original house, later to be visited by the Duke of Tarentum in an act of filial homecoming following the Napoleonic wars.
A wordlinked Clilstore transcript, with the video embedded is available here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11877Jamaican in Wales: English narrationIsland Voices Videos2024-04-08 | A documentary slice of Jamaican life in Wales, narrated in English about Audrey West, poet, artist, and community worker. Alongside samples of Audrey's poetry and conversation, this film contributes to a small Jamaican collection which forms part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.
The Audrey West Collection:
Jamaican in Wales documentary in various languages –
guthan.wordpress.com/aboutJamaican sa Chuimrigh: Jamaican in WalesIsland Voices Videos2024-04-08 | A documentary slice of Jamaican life in Wales, narrated in Gaelic about Audrey West, poet, artist, and community worker. Alongside samples of Audrey's poetry and conversation, this film contributes to a small Jamaican collection which forms part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.
The Audrey West Collection:
Jamaican in Wales documentary in various languages –
A wordlinked transcript with this video embedded is available on the Clilstore platform: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11887
About Island Voices/Guthan nan Eilean:
guthan.wordpress.com/aboutIaith Jamaica yng Nghymru: Jamaican in WalesIsland Voices Videos2024-04-08 | A documentary slice of Jamaican life in Wales, narrated in Welsh about Audrey West, poet, artist, and community worker. Alongside samples of Audrey's poetry and conversation, this film contributes to a small Jamaican collection which forms part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.
The Audrey West Collection:
Jamaican in Wales documentary in various languages –
A wordlinked transcript with this video embedded is available on the Clilstore platform: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11888
About Island Voices/Guthan nan Eilean:
guthan.wordpress.com/aboutAudrey West Poetry TwoIsland Voices Videos2024-04-08 | Audrey West recites two more of her poems in Jamaican. Alongside a conversational piece to camera and a short documentary introduction, this film contributes to a small Jamaican collection which forms part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.
The Audrey West Collection:
Jamaican in Wales documentary in various languages –
guthan.wordpress.com/aboutAudrey West Poetry OneIsland Voices Videos2024-04-08 | Audrey West recites two of her poems in Jamaican. Alongside a conversational piece to camera and a short documentary introduction, this film contributes to a small Jamaican collection which forms part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.
The Audrey West Collection:
Jamaican in Wales documentary in various languages –
guthan.wordpress.com/aboutAudrey West in ConversationIsland Voices Videos2024-04-08 | Audrey West talks to camera in Jamaican about her relationship with the language. Alongside samples of Audrey's poetry and a short documentary introduction, this film contributes to a small Jamaican collection which forms part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.
The Audrey West Collection:
Jamaican in Wales documentary in various languages –
guthan.wordpress.com/aboutJamaican in Wales: Jamiekan vorzhanIsland Voices Videos2024-04-08 | A documentary slice of Jamaican life in Wales, narrated in Jamaican by Audrey West - poet, artist, and community worker. Alongside samples of Audrey's poetry and conversation, this film contributes to a small Jamaican collection which forms part of an extension series of the Island Voices project, in which its "capture and curation" model is used for more languages in addition to English and Gaelic.
The Audrey West Collection:
Jamaican in Wales documentary in various languages –
Subtitling note: this video has been subtitled using the approved Cassidy-JLU writing system for the Jamaican language. Unfortunately, Jamiekan is not recognised as a language by YouTube or Google Translate. This has led to the contradictory position of labelling the language used in this film as "English" in order to enable the subtitling function to work for the Jamaican language and proper orthography.Telugu Documentary: Childrens Parliament in BarraIsland Voices Videos2024-04-02 | A short documentary in Telugu about a meeting of the Uist and Barra Children's Parliament.
Clilstore transcript here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11875Odia Documentary: Childrens Parliament in BarraIsland Voices Videos2024-04-02 | A short documentary in Odia about a meeting of the Uist and Barra Children's Parliament.
Clilstore transcript here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11874Maithili Documentary: Childrens Parliament in BarraIsland Voices Videos2024-04-02 | A short documentary in Maithili about a meeting of the Uist and Barra Children's Parliament.
Clilstore transcript here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11876Gujarati Documentary: Childrens Parliament in BarraIsland Voices Videos2024-04-02 | A short documentary in Gujarati about a meeting of the Uist and Barra Children's Parliament.
Clilstore transcript here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11909Bangla Documentary: Childrens Parliament in BarraIsland Voices Videos2024-04-02 | A short documentary in Bangla about a meeting of the Uist and Barra Children's Parliament.
Clilstore transcript here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11873Assamese Documentary: Childrens Parliament in BarraIsland Voices Videos2024-04-02 | A short documentary in Assamese about a meeting of the Uist and Barra Children's Parliament.
Part of a scheme to re-purpose an early Island Voices film in multiple scheduled languages of India: guthan.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/island-voices-through-indian-languagesDuncan Ban MacIntyre in the Scottish Poetry Rose GardenIsland Voices Videos2024-03-27 | Island Voices struck lucky on a visit to Glasgow, witnessing this free and open bilingual event put on by the Friends of Queens Park to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir - Duncan Ban MacIntyre. The occasion was blessed by the renowned performing talents of Alan Riach and Allan MacDonald in both Gaelic and English, and a large and appreciative audience.
Further information is available on the Island Voices blog: guthan.wordpress.com/2024/03/27/the-composer-duncan-ban-macintyreNicosia Gaelic DemoIsland Voices Videos2024-01-08 | This video was put together in 2010 as a demo during a workshop on video-making for language teachers as part of the POOLS-2 Project - http://www.languages.dk - aimed at supporting the use of ICT in language teaching.
Participants spent a morning taking pictures. The following day, after pooling their resources, they each edited together their own short film, using this one as an exemplar.
A wordlinked transcript of the Gaelic narration is available on Clilstore here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11794Nicosia English DemoIsland Voices Videos2024-01-08 | This video was put together in 2010 as a demo during a workshop on video-making for language teachers as part of the POOLS-2 Project - http://www.languages.dk - aimed at supporting the use of ICT in language teaching.
Participants spent a morning taking pictures. The following day, after pooling their resources, they each edited together their own short film, using this one as an exemplar.Recording Community Conversations for Aire Air SunndIsland Voices Videos2023-06-27 | Gordon Wells reviews Island Voices’ input to Aire air Sunnd and explores how online videos that have been made during the project show Gaelic conversational recordings in the community that all can understand, whether or not you actually speak the language. The material which he describes is all available to view on the Island Voices page dedicated to Aire air Sunnd: guthan.wordpress.com/aire-air-sunnd
YouTube subtitles can be enabled using the CC (closed captions) button. Select Auto-translate among the language options in the Settings Wheel to choose any language you would like them to be translated into from Scottish Gaelic.
You can also access this video with wordlinked transcript in the following Clilstore unit: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11436
The Aire Air Sunnd project is supported by the Ideas Fund, and led by Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath (North Uist Historical Society) in collaboration with researchers from the Universities of Aberdeen, St Andrews, and the Highlands and Islands.Maithili Documentary: Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Art CentreIsland Voices Videos2023-03-05 | एखन अहाँ लोकनि जे तथ्य-चित्र देखै जा रहल छी, ततय स्कॉटलैंड केर आउटर हेब्रिड्स मे स्थित उत्तरी उइस्ट के पूर्वी भाग मे लोचमैडी मे जे संग्रहालय आ' कला केंद्र अछि - जकर नाम भेल ‘थइ ख्यैर्सवाग़ संग्रहालय एवं कला केंद्र' - तकर एकटा वर्णन मैथिली मे प्रस्तुत करै जा रहल छी हम - उदय नारायण सिंह 'नचिकेता'.
A Maithili version of the Island Voices documentary on Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist, translated and narrated by Professor Udaya Narayana Singh - 'Nachiketa'. YouTube's Closed Caption subtitles are also enabled, so you can read the Maithili text as you listen, or you can choose instead to read automatically generated translations into many other languages. A Clilstore unit has also been created here: http://multidict.net/cs/11337. On this platform the embedded video is shown alongside a scrollable text which allows you to click on any word you don't know to access an online dictionary translation.
Further information is available on the Island Voices WordPress site: guthan.wordpress.com/2023/03/05/maithili-film-taigh-chearsabhaghCòmhradh air crìonadh nan cladaicheanIsland Voices Videos2023-02-01 | Members and supporters of Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath, the North Uist Historical Society, listen to and talk about Ruairidh na Càrnaich's Gaelic discussion of Uist coastal erosion with John MacInnes, as presented on the Tobar an Dualchais website. Part of the Ideas Fund "Aire air Sunnd" project, in which the Universities of Aberdeen, St Andrews, and the Highlands and Islands team up with Island Voices to provide research support for well-being initiatives on the island. More about Island Voices and Aire air Sunnd here: guthan.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/island-voices-aire-air-sunnd
Closed Caption subtitles are optionally available, which can be auto-translated into a wide range of languages, including English, from the original Gaelic. The full transcript is also available as a Wordlinked Clilstore unit here – http://multidict.net/cs/11280 – and here – https://clilstore.eu/cs/11280.
The full details of the recording of Ruairidh na Càrnaich are as follows: Cunntas Air Crionadh Nan Cladaichean Ann An Uibhist A Tuath, Roderick MacDonald, (contributor), John MacInnes, (fieldworker), ref: SA1958.171.B4, the School of Scottish Studies Archives, the University of Edinburgh. Permission, which is gratefully acknowledged, has been granted for this use only.Stories and descriptions at the Digital FèisIsland Voices Videos2023-01-12 | The Digital Fèis was a celebration of community heritage spread over two days in September 2022, held at the old Carinish School, now headquarters for Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath, the North Uist Historical Society. Digital activities involved digitising artefacts from the community, recording stories, listening to Gaelic voices, and exploring heritage places through virtual reality. A cèilidh was also held with music and drama from young people of North Uist. More information about the Digital Fèis here: ceut.northernheritage.org/digital-feis
Part of the Ideas Fund "Aire air Sunnd" project, in which the Universities of Aberdeen, St Andrews, and the Highlands and Islands team up with Island Voices to provide research support for well-being initiatives on the island. The recordings in this video were made by the St Andrews digitisation team. They have now been placed on the Island Voices YouTube channel to enable auto-translatable subtitling. More about Island Voices and Aire air Sunnd here: guthan.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/island-voices-aire-air-sunnd
Clilstore unit with video plus scrollable transcript and one-click dictionary look-up here: https://clilstore.eu/cs/11235 or http://multidict.net/cs/11235Còmhradh air Blàr ChàirinisIsland Voices Videos2022-11-17 | Members and supporters of Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath, the North Uist Historical Society, view and discuss Norman Maclean's Gaelic telling of the Battle of Carinish. Part of the Ideas Fund "Aire air Sunnd" project, in which the Universities of Aberdeen, St Andrews, and the Highlands and Islands team up with Island Voices to provide research support for well-being initiatives on the island. More about Island Voices and Aire air Sunnd here: guthan.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/island-voices-aire-air-sunnd
YouTube CC subtitles offer multilingual automatic translation options from the original Gaelic. The full transcript is also available as a Wordlinked Clilstore unit here - http://multidict.net/cs/11204 - and here - https://clilstore.eu/cs/11204.François Grin at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "Reassessing the Concept of "Effectiveness" in Language Policy and Planning."
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Lowri Cunnington Wynn, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community".Maik Gibson at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "Enhancing Community Engagement: The Development of the Language and Identity Journey."
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Steven Gregg, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community".Ryan Dziadowiec at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "Ceist an Fhearainn, Ceist a' Chànain, agus an Anthropocene: Freagairtean à Lèirsinn Ghàidhealach."
Ryan Dziadowiec, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community". (Re-recording.)Sorcha Ní Chéilleachair at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta: A Language Sanctuary for Families in the Gaeltacht."
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Marie Sarraute-Armentia, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community".Ferran Suay at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "Linguistic Assertiveness: A Proposal to Implement Bottom-up Strategies for Minoritized Languages."
Ferran Suay, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community".Lauren Larue Joyner at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "When Meaningful Minority Language Policy Acts as Public Health and Environmental Policy."
Lauren Larue Joyner, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community".Douglas Chalmers at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "The Stories Being Told: A Sustaining Critique of Gaelic Language and Arts Community Wealth."
Douglas Chalmers, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community".Gòrdan Camshron at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "Gaelic's gonna die... 'Life sucks, eh?': A' pòsadh poileasaidh cànain ri margaid sheasmhach shòiseo-eaconamach airson na Gàidhlig."
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Calum MacGillEain, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community".Coinneach MacLeòid at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | Òraid Fhàilteachaidh bho Neach-Gairm na Comhairle.
Welcoming Address from Council Convenor.
Coinneach MacLeòid, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community".Coinneach MacÌomhair at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "Beartas Cultarach nan Gàidheal."
Coinneach MacÌomhair, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community". Introduced by Gordon Wells, Soillse Project Manager.Pàdruig Moireach & Iain Caimbeul at Soillse 2022Island Voices Videos2022-11-16 | "Staing na Gàidhlig anns a' Choimhearsnachd Dhùthchasaich: Làn-sgrùdadh Sòiseo-chànanach air Gàidhlig na h-Alba."
Pàdruig Moireach & Iain Caimbeul, August 2022, Soillse Conference, Stornoway: "Rooting Minority Language Policy in the Speaker Community". (Re-recording.)