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Scottish Gaelic Language: Culture
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Membership in ACGA is open to anyone with an interest in studying, learning or preserving the Scottish Gaelic language, music and culture. The support of those who are not studying Gaelic but with desire to assist the efforts of others are welcome. Donations to ACGA, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, are tax deductible.
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The brochure’s text and visual elements work to create links between Gaelic and Europe by representing Gaelic language and culture as a subset of European culture. The 1997 printed brochure’s text starts on page two with a greeting set in a two-page spread linking Scotland to a wider, pan-European Celtic world through its Gaelic speakers:
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There is ... a Gaelic Steering Committee, made up of Gaelic activists, community workers, educators, government representatives and interested individuals working to advance a policy and development strategy for Gaelic language and culture. The committee is currently taking the information from a consultation process and formulating a vision and objectives for a strategy. For further information on the Steering Committee click here to visit the Highland Village website.
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The aims of the group are to promote, strengthen and develop the Gaelic language and culture in Lochaber. It provides Gaelic classes and works at community level to raise the profile of Gaelic in many of the events that take place in the area each year.
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This is a digital archive of the history and culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands and its Web pages are in both English and Gaelic. It has a large number of brief articles on a range of subjects and includes photographs, rare books and documents from archives, libraries, museums and private collections, contemporary art, films, interactive games and comics.
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Recent developments have certainly boosted the Gaelic language. While there is still a long way to go, prospects are looking much brighter for the rich and ancient culture of the Highlands & Islands than it did a few years back.
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