Getting the word out there on Paisley Bard
Buddies will help showcase the Paisley Bard later this month as they join people from across the globe in celebrating Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2023.
World Gaelic Week will take place for the second time from Monday, February 20 to Friday, February 26 with the overarching theme of coming together.
As part of the festivities Fèis Phàislig will be launching the Bàrd Phàislig: The Paisley Bard Resource Creation initiative.
The local organisation will compile a wealth of information about Donald MacIntyre, his works and most importantly his connections to Paisley.
Despite being born on Uist, Dòmhnall Ruadh Mac has always been known as the Paisley Bard with many of his poems and songs written while he lived in the town.
Donald MacIntyre initiative launches in World Gaelic Week
All of the information will be collated and presented on the Bord Na Gàidhlig website and be launched in October when Paisley hosts the Royal National Mod.
Fèis Phàislig – an arts organisation that promotes interest, education and participation in the traditional arts and Gaelic culture across Renfrewshire – will also round the week off with a family ceilidh when their Gaelic choir will sing some of the bard’s songs.
Community Circus, Paisley, is also hosting a Gaelic Circus Open Day, as part of World Gaelic Week, with a two-hour workshop and Gaelic training for staff on February 25.
West Primary, which hosts Renfrewshire’s Gaelic medium learning, is also one of dozens of schools across
Scotland which is taking part in the weeklong celebrations.
The school will host Gaelic lessons for learners, parents and staff and a poster competition, while a trad band has been invited to play at a school assembly.
All three initiatives have been funded by Bord Na Gàidhlig - the organisation behind World Gaelic Week - and its Small Events Fund Scheme.
Shona NicIllinnein of Bord Na Gàidhlig said: “We are delighted to support Seachdain na Gàidhlig again following on from the resounding success of its first year.
“This week celebrates everything about Gaelic – the language, the culture, the arts, music and heritage and we are very much looking forward to this year’s offering.
“The Small Events Fund Scheme will have enabled more groups to host their own events in their communities and we are hugely encouraged by the number of applicants.
“In line with the aims of the National Gaelic Language Plan, this week helps to promote and normalise the Gaelic language as well as contribute to wellbeing and creating and strengthening connections in Gaelic worldwide.”
With the theme of coming together, World Gaelic Week will build on its 2022 success by prioritising uniting people in their own communities.
It will connect people from all walks of life across the world to promote, use and learn Gaelic; through a coordinated network of activities.
This week celebrates everything about Gaelic – the language, the culture, the arts, music and heritage