How many people speak Gaelic? Census records number fluent Gaelic speakers(this link will open in a new window) in Scotland around 57,600, or approximately 1% of the ...

Glasgow-born broadcaster Andrew Marr has apologised after describing the prominence of Gaelic signs in Scotland as “offensive”. Speaking during a question-and-answer session with Scottish ...

A SCOTTISH musician has launched the “world’s first” full Gaelic metalcore album after going viral on social media and hopes to encourage more people to learn the language. Colin Stone, who is ...

I am fed up with the ignorance towards the history of Gaelic in Scotland, and so you won’t get another history lesson and dictionary of placenames from me showing how Gaelic is a big part of Scottish ...

The last Gaelic-only speakers died out about 50 years ago but successive Labour and SNP-lead Scottish governments have tried ...

Salmond resigned from the SNP in 2018 in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.He subsequently formed a new party called Alba — the Scottish Gaelic word for Scotland — and was acquitted of ...

He was cleared of all charges in 2020, following a trial. In 2021, Salmond established a party called Alba - after the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland - which had little electoral success ...

Aberdeen (/ˌæbərˈdiːn/ AB-ər-DEEN; Scots: Aiberdeen, pronounced [ˌeːbərˈdin] or [ˈeːbərdin] ; Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain [ˈopəɾ ˈʝɛ.ɪɲ ...

The school of Scottish studies has been based in the university, which has done a huge amount of work and you have thousands of Gaelic speakers. “In the last census, one of the fastest growing ...

Falkirk in Scotland is home to The Kelpies, the largest equine sculpture in the world. Unveiled in April 2014, these 30-metre high horse-head sculptures are situated in Helix Park near the M9 Motorway ...