成人快手

D猫 an sg矛re dhen Gh脿idhealtachd anns a bheil a鈥� Gh脿idhlig as fhe脿rr? Abair ceist! Chan eil mi fh矛n a鈥� dol a thoirt beachd seachad!

Air mo bheulaibh, tha alt 脿s an iris 鈥楢n G脿idheal鈥�. Nochd e ann an naoi ceud deug, fichead 始s a ceithir (1924). B鈥� e an t-霉ghdar An t-Urr. Uilleam MacGill脤osa. Tha e ag innse dhuinn gun robh deasbad aig oileanaich Gh脿idhealach ann an D霉n 脠ideann air a鈥� cheist. Bha sin ceud bliadhna roimhe. Agus, chaidh an duais gu ... Siorrachd Pheairt.

An do chuir sin iongnadh oirbh? Bhathar a鈥� deasbad na ceist tr脿th anns an naoidheamh linn deug. Bha ceithir adhbharan aig na h-oileanaich. Seo iad:

鈥橲 ann an Siorrachd Pheairt a rugadh an fheadhainn a rinn eadar-theangachadh dhen Bh矛oball gu G脿idhlig. B鈥� iadsan an t-Urr. Seumas Sti霉bhart 脿 Cill Fhinn agus a mhac, Iain. Anns an d脿rna 脿ite, 始s ann an Siorrachd Pheairt a rugadh am b脿rd G脿idhlig a bu chli霉itiche 鈥� D霉ghall Bochanan.聽

Bha an t-Urr. Alasdair Sti霉bhart 脿 Siorrachd Pheairt. Bha e na mhinistear ann am Maoilinn, faisg air Baile Chloichridh. Rugadh e ann an Athall. Agus, ann am beachd nan oileanach, sgr矛obh e an leabhar-gr脿mair a b鈥� fhe脿rr a bha ann.

B鈥� e an ceathramh adhbhar gun robh Siorrachd Pheairt cho ainmeil, gun do rugadh Raibeart Armstrong ann. Sgr矛obh esan faclair G脿idhlig f矛or mhath.聽

Tha a鈥� chuid as motha dhen alt anns 鈥楢n G脿idheal鈥� mu dheidhinn Armstrong. Thig mi gu cunntas air a bheatha fhathast. Ach, anns an fhicheadamh linn, an robh daoine fhathast dhen bheachd gun robh a鈥� Gh脿idhlig a b鈥� fhe脿rr ann an Siorrachd Pheairt? Uill, cha robh. Tha an t-Urr. MacGill脤osa ag r脿dh gun robh a鈥� Gh脿idhlig air a dhol bhuaithe an sin. Bha na Peairtich ga measgachadh le t貌rr Beurla.

A-nise, gu Raibeart Armstrong. Th脿inig 鈥�A Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts鈥� aige a-mach ann an ochd ceud deug, fichead 始s a c貌ig (1825). Rugadh Armstrong anns a鈥� Cheannmhor, aig ceann an ear Loch Tatha, ann an seachd ceud deug, ochdad 始s a h-ochd (1788). Bidh tuilleadh mu dheidhinn anns an ath Litir.

In which district of the Highlands is the best Gaelic spoken? What a question! I鈥檓 not going to offer an opinion!

In front of me is an article from the periodical 鈥楢n G脿idheal鈥�. It appeared in 1924. The author was the Rev. William Gillies. He tells us that Highland students in the University of Edinburgh held a debate on the matter. That was a hundred years before. And the prize went to 鈥� Perthshire.

Did that surprise you? The question was being debated early in the 19th century. The students had four reasons. Here they are:

It鈥檚 in Perthshire that those who translated the Bible into Gaelic were born. They were the Rev. James Stewart from Killin and his son, John. Secondly, it鈥檚 in Perthshire that the most renowned Gaelic bard was born 鈥� Dugald Buchanan.聽

The Rev. Alexander Stewart was from Perthshire. He was a minister in Moulin, near Pitlochry. He was born in Atholl. And, in the students鈥� opinion, he wrote the best grammar book there was.

The fourth reason that Perthshire was so famous was that Robert Armstrong was born there. He wrote a really good Gaelic dictionary.

Most of the article in 鈥楢n G脿idheal鈥� is about Armstrong. I鈥檒l come to an account of his life yet. But, in the 20th century, were people still of the opinion that the best Gaelic was in Perthshire? Well, no. The Rev. Gillies says that Gaelic had fallen into poor circumstances. The Perthshire folk were mixing it with lots of English.

Now to Robert Armstrong. His 鈥楢 Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts鈥� came out in 1825. Armstrong was born in Kenmore, at the eastern end of Loch Tay, in 1788. There will be more about him in the next Litir.