Category: Leisure
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The harp’s delight
Magic often happens at the Mòd, and the ‘clàrsach intermediate 2 for grades 3-4’ was one of those moments
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Music to dance to
While many of us were still half asleep first thing on Thursday morning, spare a thought for those whose job it was to get us feeling all dancy
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‘The best thing ever’: Oban singer wins Oban Times gold
A dream came true for a Gaelic singer on Thursday, when she won the award she always wanted to win, The Oban Times Gold Medal, one of the most valuable Mòd prizes
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The “best singing” for the “lucky” few
Top male and female singers, learners in the Silver Pendant and fluent speakers in the Gold Medal, performed to win the sought-after titles
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Còisir Ghàidhlig Ìle sail home with Aline MacKenzie Memorial Trophy
All the hard work paid off for the choir’s 28 members from Islay, who began rehearsing 10 months ago back in January.
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Second in Silver Pendant for Lynn
Portnahaven’s Lynn NicDhòmhnaill was delighted to achieve second place in the Gaelic learners’ equivalent of the Gold medal, the silver pendant. “My parents were both Gaelic speakers,” Lynn said, as she learns her mother’s and father’s tongue. “There were not the opportunities then as there are now.” Lynn has published a book ‘Òrain Ìleach: Gaelic…
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‘She was definitely with us in here today’
It was an emotional Black Isle Gaelic Choir who won the Margrat Duncan Memorial Trophy for the second year running
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Triumphant finale for Mòd Paisley as flag is passed to Oban for 2024
The Mòd flag was handed from Paisley to Oban, the “home of the Mòd” which will host the 2024 edition of the beloved Gaelic festival, followed by Fort William in 2025
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Oban Gaelic Choir on the cusp of history after third win in a row
Oban Gaelic Choir won the Lovat and Tullibardine Shield for the third year in a row at the Royal National Mòd in Paisley, becoming only the second choir ever to have achieved that feat in 120 years