http://www.gaelcast.com Gaelcast - Podcasting in Scottish Gaelic Welcome to Gaelcast, where programs filled with news, interviews, stories, music and more, in Scottish Gaelic and English, will be podcast every other week. Welcome to Gaelcast, where programs filled with news, interviews, stories, music and more, in Scottish Gaelic and English, will be podcast every other week. getinfo@gaelcast.com gaelcast scottish gaelic gaidheal alba gaidhlig Bradshaw, Cassidy, MacKay, 2005-2007 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:00:00 EST In our first podcast, we meet Gaelic singer Flora Nic Neill at the Great Lakes Mod in Ohio. In Scotland, Mike Mackay meets with with BBC broadcaster Coinneach MacIomhair to learn more about his long-running Gaelic talk show on Radio nan Gaidheal. We conclude with a song from Tracy Bhochanan at the 2002 U.S. National Mod in Ligonier, Pa. Mon, 5 Sep 2005 12:00:00 EST We do an interview with Ruairidh MacIlleathain, BBC broadcaster and creator of the popular Litir do Luchd-Ionnsachaidh series on Radio nan Gaidheal. We also speak with Mairi Sine Chaimbeul, an instructor at Sabhal Mor Ostaig, who is researching the life of Iain MacMhurchaidh, or John MacRae, a Highland poet who fought on the Loyalist side during the American Revolution. We wind up with a song composed by MacMhurchaidh sung by Mairi Sine Chaimbeul. Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:00:00 EST We return to North Carolina to visit the Grandfather Mountain Gaelic Song Workshop. We meet Dr. Jamie MacDonald, (Seumas Ruairidh Domhnallach) who teaches at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, to discuss the origins of the song workshop and the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. We'll hear from several partipants in the song workshop, including Gaelic singer and workshop instructor Mary Ann Kennedy, before finishing with a song from Rudy Ramsey, gold medalist at the 2005 U.S. National Mod in Ligonier, Pa. Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:00:00 EST We look back at the U.S. National Mod - Mod with a program filled with interviews with participants, special guests such as Gillebride Mac 'IlleMhaoil of South Uist and Iseabail Nic an t-Sagairt of Islay, adjudicator Mairi Sine Chaimbeul and performances by competitors and songs from our own Mod gold medalists, Rudy Ramsey of Denver, Colorado, and Ellen Beard of Arlington, Va. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:00:00 EST For Oidhche Shamhna - Halloween and the Celtic New Year - we have a program that is both special and unusual. It's a program filled with stories about things natural and unnatural, stories fitting for "The Big Night of the Spooks." We'll hear stories in Scottish Gaelic from Micheal, Liam and special guest Neacal Freer. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:00:00 EST We speak with Gillebride Mac 'Ille Mhaoil (MacMillan) was born and raised on South Uist but now lives in Vigo, Spain, and won the men's Gold Medal in 2004. Trilingual Gillebride currently teaches geography in Gaelic to children in several Gaelic-medium schools via the Internet. Mary Ann Kennedy talks with us about her upbringing in a rich world of Gaelic culture, and what she is doing today as host of a popular show on Radio nan Gaidheal, as a member of the very popular group Cliar, and as a partner of the record label MacMeanmna. Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST We speak with Iseabail MacTaggart, who works for Bowmore distillery, one of the eight on Islay. She talks about the changes in the distillery business and her work there at Bowmore. We also speak with Calum Ferguson, famous in the world of Gaelic broadcasting and books. Calum talks about the Gaelic Society when he was young, about the first time he tried to tell a story on the radio, and how he has seen the world of broadcasting change over the years. Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST In this program, we take a look at two very interesting festivals. Alan MacColla talks about a piping festival that takes place in November, and the Pan Celtic Festival that is in different places each April. We then have the interview we did with Jonathan Dembling when he visited Washington this month. We talked about how he learned Gaelic, the connections he has with Nova Scotia, and what he's been doing there for many years. Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST Our Christmas program. We show you a little about an event that we went to at the beginning of the month - the Christmas Walk, which took place in Alexandria, a city that is quite close to us. We talk about the history of Alexandria, as well as the history of the walk itself. Then, we talk about the customs and practices we had for Christmas, when we were young, and how we saw Christmas as children. Finally, we look at a practice that is still being done in places in Ireland and other celtic places, that used to be much more common than it is now - the Hunting of the Wren. Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST We're talking about books this time on Gaelcast, and about an enterprise that is going on in Scotland - Storlann Naiseanta na Gaidhlig. We talk to Donald John MacRitchie about how the Storlann works, the kinds of books that can be gotten from it, and how to contact them. Then, we look at a new book that came out at the time of the Mod, about expressions and oral traditions, called, of course, Seanfhacail is Seanachas. We talk to Iain MacIlleathain and Maletta NicPhail about the book. Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:00:00 EST In Program 11, we talk with Aonghus Dubh MacNeacail and Pol MacCaluim about poetry and it's role in Gaelic culture and song. Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:00:00 EST This time, we talk about old books and Gaelic books which are still hard to find, especially for us in the States. We speak with Donald McCormack who has gathered a huge treasure of old books over the years, which is now in the library of Sabhal Mor Ostaig, the Gaelic college on Skye. Then we talk with Martin MacIntyre about stories and about how Tobar an Dualchais is to open in a few years, with thousands of hours of recordings of many subjects - a true treasure-trove of Gaelic heritage. Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:00:00 EST Program 13 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 14 Mon, 10 Mar 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 15 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 16 Mon, 04 Apr 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 17 Mon, 22 Apr 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 18 Mon, 08 May 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 19 Fri, 27 May 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 20 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 21 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 22 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:00:00 EST We're back from summer holiday! We speak to Michael Newton and the group Na Maragan (forgot to add a song in the previous file) Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:00:00 EST Program 24 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:00:00 EST A new year of Gaelcast..... just a little bit late :) Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:00:00 EST The guys are back from their travels and we get back in the swing of things Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:00:00 EST In this program, we speak to Ken Nilsen and Catriona Parsons. News of the elections and the first installment of our trivia challenge. Tue, 09 Dec 2006 08:00:00 EST Our last program of the year.... or is it the first of the new year? Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST We hear a story from Glenn Wrightson Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST At long last.... Program 30 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST Program 31 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST Introducing a new Gaelcast feature, Gaelcast: Beag is Beag! A shorter length program that will compliment the full Gaelcast program and allow us to get time sensitive material out to you sooner. Let us know what you think. Thu, 03 May 2007 08:00:00 EST Gaelcast: Beag is Beag! Thu, 23 May 2007 08:00:00 EST Join us as we welcome in the summer season Thu, 29 May 2007 08:00:00 EST Gaelcast: Beag is Beag! Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:00:00 EST Gaelcast: Beag is Beag! Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:00:00 EST