From: cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn)
Subject: Re: London: Anything going on week 41?
Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd., Reading, England
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:04:44 GMT


In article <1992Sep10.103836.382W@lumina.edb.tih.no>, ketil@edb.tih.no (Ketil Albertsen,TIH) writes...
> 
>I will be going for a week long trip to London week 41, Oct 4th to 11th.
>Having "discovered" British (and Celtic, not the least!) folk music fairly
>recently, I would like to get to know more about it. But travel agents
>here in Norway mostly tell you about musicals and Albert Hall concerts,
>very little about folk.
> 
>Hints and suggestions from Londoners or others who knows what goes on
>in greater London in early October will be greatly appreciated! Please 
>respond by mail.
> 
Here you go
The information below is also available from the Scottish Tourist Board
in London (I send them a copy of this info), as well as the English(!)
folk dance and song society (also in London)

This information started off in 8-bit format (ISO 8859), and so it may
be a bit garbled by the time it reaches you.

	Craig  (member of the London Gaelic choir)





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	  A guide to some Scottish Gaelic events in London and Scotland

          LUNNAINN (London)

          Comunn na Ga\idhlig an Lunnainn (The Gaelic Society of London)
          The oldest Gaelic society in the world, founded 1777 and
          still going strong. This organisation has regular meetings in
          London (usually once a month) and is involved with
          campaigning for Scottish Gaelic at all levels.
          Contact: Cliff Castle, 14 Poulton Avenue, Sutton, Surrey, SM1
          3PY. Tel: 081-644 7303.

          The Highland and Islands Society of London
          This society organises traditional ceilidhs in the London
          area. There is usually one a month, except in
          July and August. There is plenty of dancing, a live band, and
          excellent entertainment provided by
          leading Scottish singers. The ceilidhs are usually held at
          The Harvey Goodwin Suite, Church House,
          Great Smith Street, Westminster SW1 (7:30pm to Midnight).
          Contact: Angus MacNab, 6 Bridle Way, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4
          1ES  Tel: 0442-864674.

          Coisir Chiu\il Gha\idhlig Lunnainn  (The London Gaelic Choir)
          The choir meets every Tuesday at  7:30pm at Crown Court
          Church hall (off Russell Street, Covent Garden) The choir is
          now working towards competing in this year's Mod in Oban and
          hoping to build on last year's sucesses. It isn't all serious
          though, the choir sometimes sings Runrig songs and has
          regular ceilidhs too. Please come along - knowledge of Gaelic
          is useful, but certainly not essential!
          Contact: Arthur Findlay, 36 Fossil Road, Lewisham, London,
          SE13  7DE         Tel: 081- 691 1281

          Comunn Ceilteach (The Celtic League)
          An organisation which promotes all the Celtic countries,
          their languages and cultures and campaigns for their
          independence. They  produce a newsletter `Carn' which is
          written in English and  the 6 Celtic languages (Most of  the
          Celtic articles have English summaries). The League has a
          London branch which meets regularly.
          Contact: Robat ap Tomos, "Dyffryn", Gretton Fields, Gretton,
          Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54  5HH.

          LACE (The London Association for Celtic Education).
          This body co-ordinates the promotion of the 6 Celtic
          languages in the London area. They organise monthly lectures
          on Celtic topics and they produce the only Pan-Celtic guide
          to events in London (price 1).
          Contact: LACE, Roger Casement Irish Centre, Eastgate
          building, 131 St. John's Way, London N19  3RQ
          Tel: 071- 281 3225

          Seirbhis Gha\idhlig (Gaelic Church Service)
          These take place at Crown Court Church, (Crown Court Lane,
          off Russell Street),  Covent Garden
          usually on the second Sunday of March, June, September and
          December at 3:30pm. For more information,
          Contact:  Iain M Craighead, 44 Osborne Road, Little Heath,
          Near Potters Bar, Herts EN6 1SF.

          Ga\idhlig Aig Deas (Gaelic in the South)
          A central point of contact for information on all Gaelic
          events in England and Wales. GAD is run by John Angus
          Macleod, a winner of the Bardic crown at the National Mod. It
          is 3 a year to join GAD, and you get a quarterly bilingual
          newsletter detailing various Ga\idhlig events and societies in
          England and Wales, and Ga\idhlig news from Scotland.  John
          Angus is a very good source of information if you want to
          know if there are any Gaelic events, classes, learners or
          fluent speakers in your area. John Angus is also keen to find
          out about any Gaelic societies or classes you may know of, or
          names, addresses and phone numbers of Gaelic speakers who are
          prepared to help learners nearby. Please send SAE to:
           John Angus Macleod, 5 Berkeley Crescent, Lydney,
          Gloucestershire, GL15  5SH   or phone 0594-842750.

          Clasaichean (classes)  Note: this is only a small selection
          from the many which are available.

           London: Evening classes at City Literary Institute,
            Stukeley Street (off Drury Lane)  Monday nights, 6-7:30pm
            for advanced class (room 31), 7:45pm to 9:15pm for
            beginners (room 34).
           Epping Forest: Wansfell college - weekend courses in
            November and February for beginners, intermediates,
            advanced and singers. Very popular and gets fully booked
            quickly. Phone 0992-813027

           Skye: There are classes at all levels at Sabhal Mo/r Ostaig,
            the Gaelic college. For more information, contact the
            college at:  Sabhal Mo/r Ostaig, An Teanga, Sle/ite, Isle of
            Skye, IV44  8RQ   Tel: 04714-373
           Glencoe: Courses taught by Alasdair MacInnes M.A. in his
            native Glencoe. Some courses for hillwalkers! Contact:
            Alasdair MacInnes, Am Bealach, Springfield Road, Dunblane,
            FK15 9AP

           Ga\idhlig Bheo\- correspondence course leading to an O-grade
            in Ga\idhlig, run by:
            The National Extension College, 18 Brooklands Avenue,
            Cambridge, CB2  2HN.    Tel: 0223-31664

          ALBA (Scotland)

          An Comunn Gaidhealach
          An Comunn has branches all over Scotland and outside Scotland
          with many affiliated societies. An Comunn runs the highly
          successful National Mod, which is held in October and moves
          from location to location annually. This year, the Mod is
          celebrating its centenary and will be in Oban (October 9th to
          16th), where the first Mod was held. Various branches of An
          Comunn organise provincial Mods, some overseas.
          Contact: An Comunn Gaidhealach, 109 Sraid na h-Eaglaise,
          Inbhir Nis, Alba, IV1  1EY.
          (109 Church Street, Inverness, Scotland, IV1 1EY)
          Tel: 0463-231226

          Comunn na Ga\idhlig  (CNAG)
          This is a young organisation, started to help Gaelic on the
          political front. CNAG scored a major triumph in getting
          approx. 10 million in government funding for Gaelic. CNAG
          has set up subsidiary organisations such as CLI (details
          below). CNAG is producing a new Gaelic newspaper called
          `Uinneagan'.  Tel:  0463-234138. Address: CNAG, 5 Caoilshra\id
          Mhi\cheil, Inbhir Nis, IV2  3HQ               (English
          translation under CLI below)

          Comann an Luchd-Ionnsachaidh (CLI)     (Gaelic Adult Learners
          Association)
          CLI develops Gaelic courses and produces learning materials.
          It has an information service and a regular newsletter. CLI
          has a complete list of Gaelic classes in Scotland, England
          and Wales.
          Contact: Comann an Luchd-Ionnsachaidh, 5 Mitchell's Lane,
          Inverness, IV2  3HQ     Tel: 0463-711792

          Naidheachdan Ga\idhlig eile (other Gaelic news)

           The following newspapers have Gaelic columns: The Stornoway
            Gazette, The West Highland Free Press, The Oban Times, The
            Saturday Scotsman, The Inverness Courier, The Press and
            Journal.
           The Gaelic Books Council has a list of every Gaelic book in
            print. They have a catalogue (price 1).
            Contact: The Gaelic Books Council, Department of Celtic,
            Glasgow University, Glasgow G12  8QQ.

           Most of the main Scottish banks produce bilingual
            Gaelic/English cheque books (even at their branches outside
            Scotland). Contact your bank's head office if your local
            branch haven't heard of them.

           For information on Gaelic playgroups, contact the Gaelic
            playgroups association (Comhairle nan
            Sgoiltean Araich - CNSA) at  21A Castle Street, Inverness,
            IV2  3ER  Tel: 0463-225469

           An all Gaelic quarterly magazine "Gairm" is available by
            subscription from:
            Gairm, 29 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2  6BZ

           Firtree publishing in Fort William have produced an
            excellent bilingual Gaelic/ English 1992 calendar Call 0397
            706181/2 for details.

           Bank of Scotland has launched a new Gaelic Mastercard. Call
            CNAG at the above number, or Bank of Scotland card services
            at Dunfermline for details.

          This list was compiled by Craig Cockburn, Tel: 0734-580597.
          All mistakes, omissions etc. are my fault!

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