In March 2022 we launched the Nova Scotia Gaelic Song Index - the culmination of four years of sourcing, cataloguing, digitizing and transcribing the Gaelic songs of Nova Scotia. The index contains well over 6,000 metadata entries for individual songs, and over 1,000 digitized song texts, and was created with invaluable assistance from the Digital … Continue reading Clàr-amais òrain Ghàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidh | The Nova Scotia Gaelic Song Index
Cruinneachadh Beul-aithris Gàidhlig Cheap Breatainn | The Cape Breton Gaelic Folklore Collection
We are thrilled to have been awarded another three-years of funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to continue the work of the Cainnt is Ceathramhan | Language and Lyrics project. We have undergone a tiny rebranding to reflect the fact that we are not just working with songs anymore, … Continue reading Cruinneachadh Beul-aithris Gàidhlig Cheap Breatainn | The Cape Breton Gaelic Folklore Collection
Clàr-amais Òrain Ghàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidh ‘is Cànan tro Òrain | The Nova Scotia Gaelic Song Index and Gaelic Lesson Plans
Tha sinn cho toilichte an Clàr-amais Òrain Ghàidhlig na h-Albainn Nuaidhe agus Cànan tro Òrain a chur air bhog! We are so thrilled to announce the launch of the Nova Scotia Gaelic Song Index and Cànan tro Òrain (Language through Songs)! The Nova Scotia Gaelic Song Index documents more than 6,000 Gaelic songs known in … Continue reading Clàr-amais Òrain Ghàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidh ‘is Cànan tro Òrain | The Nova Scotia Gaelic Song Index and Gaelic Lesson Plans
Finding Gaelic Songs Workshop
This workshop was designed in response to the feedback from community language instructors and to better assist those who are interested in developing lesson plans based on Gaelic song. The session was delivered by key members of the Language in Lyrics team: Dr. Heather Sparling, Màiri Britton, and Mary Jane Lamond. Lesson objective: Participants will … Continue reading Finding Gaelic Songs Workshop
Òran nan Shingles – Aonghas Eòin Ghilleasbuig
Transcribed at an online transcription frolic on June 20, 2020. Song recording on Soundcloud. Òran na Shingles or Song of the Shingles was made by Angus Gillis (Aonghas Eòin Ghilleasbuig) of Rear Beaver Cove. The song is an account of the bard’s struggles to shingle his house with a lack of tools and the antics … Continue reading Òran nan Shingles – Aonghas Eòin Ghilleasbuig
Song metadata in Google Sheets: Mac-Talla
We are currently working with the team at DASG to develop a fully searchable database to house the songs we have catalogued as part of the Language in Lyrics project (read more on that here). In the meantime, we are releasing a spreadsheet of song metadata every week on Google Sheets which we hope will be … Continue reading Song metadata in Google Sheets: Mac-Talla
Song metadata in Google Sheets: The Emigrant Experience
We are currently working with the team at DASG to develop a fully searchable database to house the songs we have catalogued as part of the Language in Lyrics project (read more on that here). In the meantime, we are releasing a spreadsheet of song metadata every week on Google Sheets which we hope will be … Continue reading Song metadata in Google Sheets: The Emigrant Experience
Song metadata in Google Sheets: A History of Christmas Island Parish
We are currently working with the team at DASG to develop a fully searchable database to house the songs we have catalogued as part of the Language in Lyrics project (read more on that here). In the meantime, we are releasing a spreadsheet of song metadata every week on Google Sheets which we hope will be … Continue reading Song metadata in Google Sheets: A History of Christmas Island Parish
Song metadata in Google Sheets: Fàilte Cheap Breatainn
We are currently working with the team at DASG to develop a fully searchable database to house the songs we have catalogued as part of the Language in Lyrics project (read more on that here). In the meantime, we are releasing a spreadsheet of song metadata every week on Google Sheets which we hope will be … Continue reading Song metadata in Google Sheets: Fàilte Cheap Breatainn
Song metadata in Google Sheets: Songs from Framboise
We are currently working with the team at DASG to develop a fully searchable database to house the songs we have catalogued as part of the Language in Lyrics project (more on that here). In the meantime, we are releasing a spreadsheet of song metadata every week on Google Sheets which we hope will be … Continue reading Song metadata in Google Sheets: Songs from Framboise
Cainnt is Ceathramhan 