{"id":3412,"date":"2015-11-22T15:29:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T15:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?page_id=3412"},"modified":"2015-11-22T15:29:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T15:29:24","slug":"sgeulachdan-thormoid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/sgeulachdan-thormoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Maclean"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Saoghal Thormoid<\/h3>\n

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On consecutive days in the last week of April 2016 Gordon Wells recorded a series of Gaelic conversations with famed writer and entertainer Norman Maclean, in which Norman spoke reflectively of his memories and impressions of Gaelic life in Glasgow and the Hebrides from the middle of the Twentieth Century up to the present day. The five videos range between 35 and 55 minutes in length. Word for word transcriptions are also available on Clilstore, enabling instant one-click vocabulary checking for Gaelic learners.<\/p>\n

All in all there are 27,000 words and over three and a half hours of listening material in this collection, forming a unique new resource for serious study by learners and researchers. Over the week the conversations ranged over a wide variety of topics, including potentially uncomfortable perceptions and depictions of identity. In broad terms, however, each day had a different central focus, as shown in the table below.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSaoghal Thormoid\u201d project is a collaboration between Soillse, the inter-university research partnership which funded the recordings through its Small Research Fund, and Guthan nan Eilean. The hyperlinks in the third column of the table will take you to relevant Island Voices pages. The WordPress post gives a one-paragraph summary of the day\u2019s conversation, with onward links to the materials. The Clilstore link provides a full scrollable wordlinked transcript with embedded video. The YouTube link supplies the free-standing video alone without supplementary material.<\/p>\n

A volume including synopses and all transcripts in printable format (with a foreword by Professor Conch\u00far \u00d3 Giollag\u00e1in) is also available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\nIsland Voices Links<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monday<\/strong><\/td>\nAncestry<\/td>\nWordPress post<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore transcript<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube video<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tuesday<\/strong><\/td>\nEducation<\/td>\nWordPress post<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore transcript<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube video<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Wednesday<\/strong><\/td>\nCommunities<\/td>\nWordPress post<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore transcript<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube video<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday<\/strong><\/td>\nCreativity<\/td>\nWordPress post<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore transcript<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube video<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Friday<\/strong><\/td>\nGaelic<\/td>\nWordPress post<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore transcript<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube video<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Views expressed by participants in Soillse research do not reflect any official opinion of the Soillse partnership.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. Sgeulachdan Thormoid<\/h3>\n

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This collection of six Gaelic stories (plus an introduction) was created by Norman Maclean – Tormod MacGill-Eain. The recordings were made during visits to his house by Gordon Wells in October 2015.\u00a0In the “links” column you can click on \u201cYoutube\u201d to go directly to the recording of the appropriate story. A \u201cClilstore\u201d link will take you to a wordlinked transcript. You can click on any word to take you directly to an online dictionary to find its meaning.<\/p>\n

Island Voices\/Guthan nan Eilean is massively indebted to Norman, both for the recordings themselves, and for consenting to place the scripts at the project’s disposal. The copyright rests with the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nContent<\/td>\nLinks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Facal-toisich<\/td>\nNorman explains how he came to put this series together and place it online, in the context of Johannes Gutenberg and the history of publishing.<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

M\u00ecorbhailtean ann am Barraigh<\/td>\nMichael from Bornish, South Uist, faces a difficult situation, but is given hope of a miracle.<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cabhag<\/td>\nThe story of Cabhag’s canine heroics in an unsettling encounter on a misty mountainside<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

H\u00e0llain<\/td>\nPolitics, Verbosity, Love, and Death. The romantic story of Fionnlagh Ph\u00e0druig a’ Chnuic and Peigi Iain Bhig<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

D\u00f2mhnall Ph\u00e0draig agus M\u00e0iri Claire<\/td>\n40 years married “as happy as two shoes”. M\u00e0iri Claire knows how to deal with her partner’s crisis of confidence<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Bodach nan Serviettes<\/td>\nA grand dinner for the pensioners of Harris, with libations galore<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A\u2019 Bhean-Uasal Nic\u00ccomhair \u00e0 Cnoc an t-Soluis air a\u2019 Bhac<\/td>\nA noble Lewis lady undertakes a long journey to Tibet for a special meeting with a special person<\/td>\nYouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Clilstore<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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