Gaelic News!! 

• July 2010 - There is an excellent new website with video clips in Gaelic from the Isle of Uist: www.guthan.wordpress.com/series-one.
• June 2010 - The Office of Gaelic Affairs is hosting an all-Gaelic gathering at the Grand Narrows Hotel in Grand Narrows, Cape Breton, on Sunday, July 4 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m., to celebrate the completion of the Bun is Bàrr Gaelic Language and Mentorship Program.
• June 2010 - The ACGA Grandfather Mountain Gaelic Song and Language Week 2010 will take place this year from Sunday, July 4th, through Friday, July 9th, at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina.
• June 2010 - The University of British Columbia will be offering Gaelic courses for the first time. AGA regional director and instructor Andrew McFayden will be the teacher.
• June 2010 - Archaeologists have begun the hunt for traces of a long-lost mediaeval monastery in the north-east of Scotland.They want to excavate the home of the Book of Deer, which was written by Scottish monks around the 10th century.The book contains the earliest examples of Gaelic literature and is thought to be the oldest-surviving manuscript in Scotland.
• June 2010 - The Highland Village in Iona, Cape Breton will have a full range of activities relating to Gaelic during the month of July. Go to their website at www.museum.gov.ns.ca/hv for details.
• May 2010 - There will be a special Gaelic church service at Ephraim Scott Presbyterian Church, South Haven, Cape Breton on May 30, 2010. The Rev. Dr. Angus Morrison of St. Columba’s Old Parish Church, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis will be the guest preacher.
• May 2010 – Education Secretary Mike Russell made history by giving a speech in Gaelic to the European Union. Gaelic is now recognized as a co-official language in the EU.
• May 2010 - An excellent new website has been launched in Scotland at www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/. The website contains old Gaelic oral recordings.
• April 2010 - Lewis MacKinnon, CEO for the Office of Gaelic Affairs N.S., has been shortlisted for a poetry prize at the Strokestown International Poetry Festival in Ireland (Apr 30 to May 2) for poetry in Gaelic (Irish or Scottish). Lewis has published a book of poetry, Famhair: agus dàin Ghàidhlig eile / Giant: and other Gaelic poem.
• April 2010 - Kathleen MacInnes, a Gaelic singer from South Uist, is to star in the award-winning film Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. It is set to be the biggest exposure for Gaelic in a major movie since Celtic supergroup Capercaillie recorded the soundtrack for Rob Roy.
• March 2010 - The venue has just been announced for the Royal National Mòd in 2013 - Paisley, in southwest Scotland. The Mòd is the main annual celebration of Gaelic music, poetry and culture, through competitions for all ages, and takes place in a different venue every October. This year it's in Caithness, 2011 in Stornoway, and 2012 in Dunoon.
• March 2010 – An English Gaelic storybook in e-book form has been written by Laurinda Matheson of Nova Scotia. The title is “Sheena’s Garden” “An Gàradh aig Sìne”. Go to www.parl.ns.ca/ebooks/sheenas-garden-ebook.htm. 
• February 2010 – The Highlands of Scotland is set to get its own version of Monopoly, and maybe a Gaelic version. Release by Jonny Muir, Press & Journal, March 11, 2010. 
• February 2010 – A Gaelic conversation circle will be held each Saturday in Sydney, N.S., hosted by two fluent Gaelic speakers. Contact Heather Sparling at heather_sparling@cbu.ca  for details. 
• January 2010 - The Eagle of the Ninth, due for release in September is poised to bring the Gaelic language to a global audience of cinema goers. The latest movie by Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald features Gaelic. MacDonald’s credits include The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void and the Oscar-winning One Day in September. Gaelic has been in the dialogue of a number of major movies including Braveheart and, more recently, GI Joe.
• December 2009 - Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has launched a new series of Gaelic educational materials celebrating some of Scotland's most interesting species.
• November 2009 - AGA advisor Catriona Parsons is the Gaelic editor of the new Kevin MacLeod book “A Stone on Their Cairn” (Clach air an Càrn). The book is set in the North Shore area of Cape Breton, and it has received great reviews. 
• October 2009 - Scotland’s draft Gaelic language plan is now available. Information on where to get the plan and to respond to it is available at gaelicplan@Itscotland.org.uk. · September - The AGA is pleased to announce that it has developed an E Reader system which can hold its program materials. The device can fit in a pocket or purse and will allow students to study anywhere while away from home. 

Links:

The Highland Village Museum	www.museum.gov.ns.ca/hv
St. F. X. University Celtic Dept.	www.stfx.ca/academic/celtic-studies
Gaelic College C .B.	www.gaeliccollege.edu
Sìol Cultural Enterprises (Gaelic Books)	www.gaelicbooks.com
Ken Nilsen (St.FX) Site	www.stfx.ca/people/knilsen/welcome.html
The Gaelic Society of America	www.acgamerica.org
Gaelic radio show Saturdays, 6PM AST	www.ckjm.ca/english/home/index.cfm.
BBC Scotland Gaelic	www.bbc.co.uk/alba