An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Gaidheal > Volumes 46--48, January 1951--December 1953

a bheil an ainm ann am fearann nach ’eil iad
ag oibreachadh—moran dhiubh a’ fuireach fada
air falbh agus gun iad a’ dpi an coir na croite
ach air son seachdain no dha ’s t-samhradh ?
Gu de mu dheighinn na muinntir a tha air fas
aosda agus gun chomas aca am fearann oibreach¬
adh, agus an teaghlach air sgapadh ?
Tha iad ann a their gu bheil an t-am ann lagh
an fhearainn atharrachadh, agus cuid de na
coirichean a bhuilicheadh air na croitearan a
dheanamh na’s freagarraiche air suidheachadh
an la an diugh. Tha feadhainn eile a cheart cho
cinnteach nach ’eil aobhar sam bith an lagh
atharrachadh, ach gur coir an lagh agus na
riaghailtean a tha cheana ann a chur gu lan-
bhuil.
A bheil croitearan deonach is comasach am-
feum a bu choir dhaibh a dheanamh de’n eolas
ur a tha ’nan tairgse an diugh mu oibreachadh
fuinn is togail spreidhe, agus a bheil gach
seorsa cobhair a tha an Riaghaltas a’ tairgse
dhaibh a’ deanamh feum ?
Is trie daoine ag radh gur math an tighinn-a-
staigh a bhiodh aig iomadh croitear nan
cuireadh e a lamh ri arach chearc is mhuc is
mheasan-garraidh. Car son a tha uibhear de
na Gaidheil cho coma de’n mhuic, an uair is
math a dh’fhaodadh i rud cuimseach a chur
’nan sporan agus air bord na bracaist ?
An uair a chriochnaicheas an Coimision an
obair a dh’earbadh riutha, agus a dh’fhoillsich-
ear an ruintean, is docha nach cord iad ris na
h-uile. Ach cha bhi coir againn gearan a
dheanamh mur do ghabh sinn an cothrom air
ar beachdan a chur fan comhair.
NOTES and COMMENTS
Harpenden Highland Games. An Comunn
acknowledges with gratitude a donation of
£46 from the Committee of the Hertfordshire
Highland Games, Harpenden, per the Hon.
Secretary, Dr. Calum Gillies, loyal son of the
Isles and a former President of Glasgow Uni¬
versity Ossianic Society. This handsome dona¬
tion is earmarked for the War Memorial and
Thanksgiving Fund, and brings the total con¬
tribution from the Hertfordshire Games Com¬
mittee to the Fund to over £67 in two years.
This year the Games are to be held at Har¬
penden on Saturday, 14th June, and all Gaels
and Scots within reach should make an effort
to attend. We have before us the interesting
36-page programme brochure issued in con¬
nection with last year’s Games. It includes
short articles on Scottish Country Dancing,
The Caber, The Pipes, and Highland Games
(this last by Compton Mackenzie).
Good Wishes. We should like to extend
our very sincere good wishes to Mr. J. Norman
MacConochie, M.A., who has just retired z
over eight years as Headmaster of Kent R:
School, Glasgow, and forty-five years’ ser
in the teaching profession. He was made
recipient of several presentations by his
leagues' and pupils. Mr. MacConochie is 1
known to us, of course, as Conductor of
Glasgow Gaelic Musical Association for m
years, and for his work for Gaelic music genera
Clan Clash. By the victory of the M|
kenzies over the Murrays in the Final Cont
this very popular radio feature has come to
end. Its popularity is not only a tribute
those who devised and produced the p
grammes, and to the excellent Quiz-Master, 1|
is also another indication of what seems to usj
be a growing interest in Scottish and Highlaji
lore and history among the general public, j
CEARTACHADH
“ Am Bagh ”
Ann an aireamh an Damhair, 1951, dq
Ghaidheal (t.d. 116) chuir sinn an clo pr
Gaidhlig, “ Am Bagh, ” a thogadh as a’ phaipe
naidheachd, The Eastern Chronicle, Nova Scoti
Dh’ainmich sinn C. I. N. MacLeoid, Ce^ij
Breatann, mar ughdar a’ phios, oir bha a
t-ainm aige air a’ phios mar ughdar an uair
fhuair sinne e, ach is e mearachd a bha an sil
agus tha sinn ag iarraidh maitheanais air fi<
ughdar a’ phios.
B’ann anns A’ Chabairneach III, 1950, t.d. Ij
a chuireadh “Am Bagh” an clo an toiseacl
ach chan ’eil ainm ixghdair ris an sin. Chui
C. I. N. MacLeoid am pios anns a’ cholt^
Ghaidhlig a tha fo a churam anns an Easter
Chronicle, gun ainm sam bith ris is gun iomradi
air cia as a thugadh e. B’ann mar sin a shao
leis a’ charaid a chuir chugainn e gur e C. I. N
MacLeoid fhein a sgriobh e.
Bu mhath leinn an cothrom seo a ghabhai
gus comhairle a thoirt air na h-uile, ma thoga
iad sgriobhadh sam bith, rosg no bardachd nc
ni air bith, a bha an clo roimhe, a chum a chui
an clo as ur, gur coir dhaibh a bhith faiceallacf
ann a bhith ag innse ainm an iighdair (ma the
lorg air sin) agus cia as a thugadh am pios.
Am Fear-Deasachaidh 1
GLIOCAS NAN GAIDHEAL
Ghlacadh e ’na lion fhein.
FIRINN AIR SON A’ MHIOS SEO
Tuiteadh na h-aingidh ’nan liontaibh fein.—i
Salm cxli. 10.
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