Precious Gairloch Gaelic archive recordings to come under the spotlight
PRECIOUS archive recordings which document the voices, language, stories and a way of life slowly fading from history will be shared in a Wester Ross community this week.
And hopes are high recordings made in the Gairloch area will be made available online in the future to dramatically expand their reach.
Since 2010, the Tobar an Dualchais (Kist o' Riches) project has, in conjunction with its archival partners, made thousands of hours of precious archival recordings available online to the general public in any place and at any time.
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It stems from the School of Scottish Studies (University of Edinburgh), BBC Gaelic Department and National Trust for Scotland Canna Collection Archives.
The special event in Wester Ross this week is on Friday (February 23) at 4pm at Gairloch Museum.
As part of Seachdain na Gàidhlig (World Gaelic Week), the Gairloch recordings will be put in the spotlight.
The invitation states: "Come along to our event at the museum to hear about these jewels of local history, and to help us trace those involved in recordings which we would like to make available online in the future.
"Community is key to our success as a project, and we will also be taking the opportunity to listen to your stories of local history and people in Gairloch to help us place the recordings on our website firmly in a local community context.
"Many of these recordings are in Gaelic, but rest assured that these will be made accessible to the non-Gaelic members of the audience through summaries and translations. All with an interest in Gairloch – past, present, and future – are welcome."
