An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Gaidheal > Volume 41, October 1945--September 1946

An t-Sultuin, 1946.
AN GAIDHEAL.
Ill
Chan ’eil fios de ’n duthaich
No chuil anns an robh thu fantainn
Mu’n tainig thu an taobh do
Le t’iunrachdan dubha carach ;
Bidh tu falbh is craos ort,
A’ slaodadh gach baid is anairt
A stigh gu do thigh caol
Chum do dhaoine a bhith ’gan garadh.
’S iomadh ni tha cearr ort,
. Air naire cha d’fhuair thu aithne.
Cha dean e feum do chaineadh,
’S roimh bhardachd cha ghabh thu athadh.
’S ann agad a tha chail
Tha grained a’ dol thar labhairt;
Ghoideadh tu’s glas-lamh ort
Am buntata’s mi ’gad amharc.
Chan ’eil cat san duthaich
Bheir suil le miann air d’fheannadh,
Teichidh iad sna cuilean
Le durdan’s iad air an sgreamhadh ;
Bheir na coin an cul dhuit,,
A’ liugadh a null ri balla,
’S an earbaill air an lubadh
Gu h-umhail a stigh fo’n casan.
Nuair shineas tu air biogail
Cha bhinn a bhios learn an caithream,
Am port bha aig do shinnsear
Cha sgithich thu dheth ri d’ mhaireann ;
Nuair theannas tu ri t’al
A thaladh an tuill a’ bhalla,
Is mise dh’iarradh area
Fo d’chairean a bhith ’gad ghagadh.
Tha gach ole is tuaileas
Riut fuaighte’s cha tig iad asad,
Cleasan nach ’eil uasal
’S cha dual dhaibh bhith dol a cleachdadh ;
Cha b’e gaoth ar buannachd
A dh’fhuadaich thu gu ar cala,
’S ma tharr do threubh do’n airc
Bha Noah san trath’m chadal !
Ach mur dean thu m’fhagail
Gu saraich mi thu le rannan ;
Seinnidh mi dhuit aoir
A ni gaoisid do chuirp a bhearradh.
Ni piobaire do sgiursadh
Gu sumhail a mach o’n bhaile,
Is bheir thu Timbuctoo ort,
A dhiulnaich, ’s thu ’na do dheannaibh.
Tormod Domhnallach.
SGIOBAIREACHD.
Bha seachdnar mhac aig Raghnall, agus b’e an tionmadh
a rum e dhaibh fear mu seach a bhith ’na sgiobair. Is e bun
a bha so nach b’fhada gus an d’rinn iad ceann mu lie, agus
chuir iad a’ bhirlinn ’na claran.
Sin, mata, sgiobaireachd Chlann Raghnaill. B.
SECRETARY’S NOTES.
Arrangements are well in hand for the Aberdeen Victory
Mod which opens in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, on Tuesday,
the 26th of this month. While the total entries received have
not reached the high peak attained in 1938, they must never¬
theless be considered highly satisfactory. The total is 620
and is compiled as follows:—
Junior.
Literary .. .. 70
Oral 25
Solo and Duet .. 45
Choral .. .. .. 12
152
468
Senior.
Literary .. .. 42
Oral 44
Solo and Duet .. 303
Choral .. .. 45
Clarsach .. .. 4
Celtic Art .. .. 14
Instrumental .. .. 16
There are 49 competitors aspiring for the Mod Gold
Medals—25 Ladies and 24 Men. The medals of course are
awarded to the competitors gaining the highest aggregate in
the Oran Mor, “ James Grant Memorial,” and Gold Medal
Final Competitions. The Oban and Lorn Medal claims the
attention of 48 aspirants, while other popular corppetitions are
those confined to members of An Comunn and its affiliated
societies for both male and female voices.
The supreme award for Choral singing at the Mod, the
“ Lovat and Tullibardine Shield,” has drawn entries from two
new choirs who are making their debut at a National Mod,
namely, Glasgow Islay Choir and Uist and Barra Association
Choir. In addition, entries have been received from Glasgow
Gaelic Musical Association, Govan Gaelic Choir, Greenock
Gaelic Choir, and Oban Gaelic Choir. There are four Rural
Choirs entered for the “ Lorn Shield,” and two for the “Sheriff
MacMaster Campbell Memorial Cuach.”
The Junior Section will, as in former years, be
carried through on the Tuesday, and the Junior Concert will
be held in the evening. The following competitions in the
Senior Section will take place on the Wednesday—Nos. 46, 47,
49, 50, 51, 66, 67, and 69. The official opening of the Mod
will take place at 12 o’clock noon, and the Civic Reception will
be held in the evening.
Thursday forenoon will be devoted to the Gold Medal
Final Competition, Oral, and Clarsach. In the afternoon
the Rural Choirs will compete, and in the evening the Rural
Choirs Concert will be held. In this respect Choir secretaries
are reminded that all prize-winning choirs must attend this
concert.
Friday’s programme will be sustained by Choral, Quartette,
Duet, and Instrumental competitions. Once more the Com¬
mittee earnestly and respectfully urge all conductors and
choristers to be in their places on the platform in good time
so that the concert may start as advertised.
The prices of tickets for the various concerts are as
follows:—Junior, 2/- (Reserved), and 1/-. Rural Choirs,
3/6 (Reserved), 2/6 and I/-. Grand, 5/- (Reserved), 3/6 and
2/6. (All Including Tax).
From 6th September these are obtainable from Messrs.
Paterson Sons & Marr Wood, 183 Union Street, Aberdeen,
with whom all tickets have been deposited.
In connection with the Mod being held in Aberdeen, it is
interesting to recall that it was from the Aberdeen Station
of the B.B.C. that Gaelic was first broadcast on the air. This
was a religious service on Sunday, 2nd December, 1923, con¬
ducted by the Rev. John Bain, who was then minister of the
High Church, Aberdeen. The Director of the Aberdeen Station
of the B.B.C. at that time was Mr. R. G. Jeffrey, and the choir
of the Aberdeen University Celtic Society assisted with the
praise.' This service, like all succeeding ones, was greatly
appreciated by Highlanders at home and abroad. A Gaelic
religious service will be broadcast on the Sunday following
the Mod, i.e. 29th September, at 11 a.m. from King’s College
Chapel, Old Aberdeen. The preacher will be the Rev.
Alexander MacDonald, D.D., St. Columba’s, Glasgow.