An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Gaidheal > Volumes 44--45, January 1949--December 1950

Anns a‘ diatlialr
AN FHEILL MHOR
THA sinn an dochas gu bheil
fhios aig gach ball de’n Cho-
munn gu bheil ullachadh ’ga
dheanamh o chionn greis fa chomh-
air na Feille Moire a tha ri bhith an
Glaschu anns a’ Mhkigh.
Ri linn a’ chogaidh mu
dheireadh chruinnich An Comunn
Gaidhealach corr is deich mile
punnd Sasannach gus comfhurtan
a thoirt do na feachdan-catha
agus carbadan-bidhe is carbadan-
eiridinn is stuth-leughaidh is
goireasan eile fhaotainn dhaibh.
Bu mhor an obair sin, agus tha ar
taing aca-san uile a thug
cuideachadh seachad.
Cha luaithe a thainig crioch air
a’ chogadh na thoisich buidheann
—an dearbh bhuidheann a bha air
cheann na h-oibre a dh’ainmich
mi—le dealas is durachd ri fichead
mile not a chruinneachadh. Agus
car son ? A chum ’s gun teid
againn air ar buidheachas do’n
mhuinntir a chathaich air ar sgath
anns a’ chogadh a chur an ceill an
doigh iomchuidh agus cuimhn-
eachan a chur suas dhaibh-san a
leig sios am beatha an seirbhis na
rioghachd.
Tha iomadh seorsa cuimhn-
eachain a dh’fhaodamaid a chur
ait chois—carragh cloiche no
togalach air chor-eigin—ach tha
An Comunn Gaidhealach a’ runach-
adh cuimhneachan a chur suas anns
am bi fada barrachd na luach an
airgid a ghabhas e ’ga chur suas.
Tha sinn am beachd an t-airgead
a chur gu feum ann a bhith a’
solar ionaid no ionadan a chum
feum Comunn na h-Oigridh, agus
a cheannach dhaibh gach acfhuinn
is goireas a dh’fheumas iad, agus
sin a chum 's gun teid Comunn na
h-Oigridh air aghaidh, a’ fhs ann
an aireamh agus ann am maith
a chum leas oigridh na Gaidh-
ealtachd.
CHAN urrainn canain is cliii
nan Gaidheal mairsinn mur
gabh gach ginealach ur a
dh’eireas suas speis anns a’
chanain agus anns a’ chliu sin.
Tha iomadh ni eile san t-saoghal a
th’ann a’ taladh oigridh na Gaidh-
ealtachd air falbh bho na nithean
priseil a bhuineas dhaibh mar
dhileab o’n sinnsireachd. Ma tha
sinne, mar Chomunn, ri ruintean
a’ Chomuinn a thoirt gu lan-bhuil,
feumaidh sinn taic na h-6igridh
a chosnadh, agus feumaidh sinn
a bhith cur an tairgse dhaibh-san
gach cothrom is cobhair as urrainn
a chum ’s gun ionnsaich iad agus
gun gabh iad tlachd anns na
FROM THE EDITOR’S CHAIR
nithean taitneach a bhuineas dhuinn
mar shluagh—nithean a bheir
dhaibh fhein mor-chuideachadh
agus m6r-thoileachadh re am
beatha.
Cha b’urrainn dhuinn cuimhn¬
eachan nas fhehrr na sin fhaotainn—
a bhith cuimhneachadh nan laoch
le bhith ag cuideachadh na
h-6igridh.
De’n fhichead mile punnd
Sasannach a chuir sinn romhainn
a chruinneachadh cha d’fhuair sinn
fhathast ach coig mile, ach is e
Arrangements proceed
apace for the Grand Feill to
be held in the St. Andrews
Halls, Glasgow, on 17-20 May,
1950, in aid of An Comunn Gaidh-
ealach’s War Memorial and
Thanksgiving Fund.
It will be recalled that the
purpose of this Fund is to raise the
sum of £20,000 to provide a worthy
memorial of the service and sacri¬
fice of Highland men and women
during the late war.
The memorial will take the form
of a large-scale development of the
Gaelic Youth Movement (Comunn
na h-Oigridh) by providing such
buildings, equipment, etc., as
may be required for interesting and
instructing the children and youth
of the Highlands and Islands in
activities which will both prepare
them for adult life and engender
a respect and love for the best
traditions of the past, especially
Gaelic language, literature, music,
and culture.
Already about £5,000 has been
raised, and it is hoped to raise the
remaining £15,000 at the Grand
Feill. Much hard work has already
been done, and is now being done,
with very many people busy day
and night.
We gave information about the
various stalls in our February
Number (p.23), and we now add
some further information.
TO the list of Patrons there
have been added the following:
Sir Donald Cameron of
Lochiel, Major-General Alexander
Telfer-Smollett (Lord Lieutenant
of the County of Dunbarton), Dr.
John Cameron, LL.B. (Ex-Presi-
dent of An Comunn), Mrs Winston
Churchill, Senator and Mrs Ralph
Flanders of Vermont, and the Rev.
ar dochas gum bi na coig mile
deug a tha fhathast a dhith oirnn
againn aig deireadh na Feille.
A chum ’s gun soirbhich leis
an Fheill mar is coir feumaidh
a h-uile neach aig a bheil uidh
anns an oigridh agus anns a’
Ghaidhlig — co-dhiubh is “e no
nach e ball de’n Chomunn a
th’ann—cuideachadh a thoirt
seachad, agus mar is luaithe ’s ann
“Cuimhnich na laoich: cuidich
an oigridh.”
Kenneth MacLeod, D.D. (formerly
of Gigha).
The following additional infor¬
mation about the various stalls is
given.
Argyll and the Isles Stall.
Patrons: add Mrs Shroedar, Mr
and Mrs Harper Nelson, and
Captain Dugald MacLachlan.
Comunn na h-Oigridh Stall.
The Patrons are Mr and Mrs
Cameron-Head and Mrs Marjori-
banks, and the Convener is Mr
Hector MacDougall.
Edinburgh and the South-East
Stall. The Patrons are: Earl of
Eglinton and Winton, Earl of
Home, Earl of Haddington, Earl
of Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of
Selkirk, Earl Haig of Bemersyde,
The Lady Stratheden and Camp¬
bell, The Countess of Ellesmere,
and The Countess of Dysart.
Glasgow, Dunbartonshire,
Renfrewshire, and Lanarkshire
Stall. The Patron is Sir Ivar
Colquhoun, and Lady Colquhoun
has been appointed a Convener.
Inverness-shire and Glasgow
Skye Association Stall. Conveners:
add Miss C. Fraser.
Lewis and Harris and Uist and
Barra Stall. Patron: The
Duchess of Hamilton. Conveners:
Miss Graham, Miss Mackenzie.
Scottish American Stall.
Conveners: Marie Mrs MacNeill
of Barra, Mrs Kennedy-Fraser.
Stirlingshire, Perthshire and
Dundee Stall. Conveners: add
Mrs Miller, Mrs Gibson, Mrs
MacDonald.
S.W.R.I. (Stirlingshire Federa¬
tion) Stall. Convener: Mrs Innes.
Ross and Sutherland Stall.
Conveners : add Mrs Corbett.
Overseas Stall. Convener: Lord
Inverclyde.
(Continued cm page 60)
Feill \e»*
17-20 MAY, 1950
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