Sgiobaidhean nan iar chuairtean deireannach air an ainmeachadh airson Deasbad 2024
An t-seachdain seo thàinig sgoilearan bho air feadh Alba còmhla ann an Steòrnabhagh airson a’ chiad ’s an dàrna cuairt de Dheasbad Nàiseanta nan Àrd-sgoiltean Gàidhlig. Ghabh an fharpais àite anns An Lanntair ann an Steòrnabhagh agus ’s e bliadhna mhòr a th’ ann agus còig bliadhna fichead on a ghabh a’ chiad fharpais àite. Bha dùbhlan mòr mu choinneamh britheamhan na bliadhna seo: Joy Dunlop, Aonghas MacIllinnein agus Iain MacAmhlaigh agus feum aca na ceithir sgiobaidhean a bha iadsan a’ faireachdainn a bha na bu làidire a thaghadh. ’S iad Àrd-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu v Àrd-Sgoil Sheumais Ghilleasbuig agus Sgoil Sir E Scott v Àrd-Sgoil Phort Rìgh.
’S ann aig Ionad Sgeulachdan na h-Alba ann an Dùn Èideann a bhios na h-iar-chuairtean deireannach a’ gabhail àite air Diciadain 27 Samhain 2024. Thèid a’ chuairt mu dheireadh a chumail ann am Pàrlamaid na h-Alba an oidhche an dèidh sin, Diardaoin 28 Samhain, agus bidh seo ri chluinntinn beò air BBC Radio nan Gàidheal agus ri fhaighinn beò air-loidhne.
Thuirt Tanya Davies, Stiùiriche Pròiseict Spiorad na Mara, pròiseact tuath-ghaoithe far-chosta taobh an iar Eilean Leòdhais, a tha nam prìomh bhuidheann taice de dh’fharpais 2024: “Tha sinn air leth pròiseil a bhith a’ cumail taic ri Deasbad 2024 agus tha sinn a’ faicinn cho cudromach ’s a tha e do dh’ionnsachadh agus cleachdadh na Gàidhlig. Tha an fheadhainn a tha air pàirt a ghabhail air sgilean fad-beatha air leth cudromach ionnsachadh agus bu mhath leam moladh a dhèanamh air gach neach a ghabh pàirt. Tha mi a’ guidhe gach soirbheachas do na ceithir sgiobaidhean anns an obair ullachaidh aca airson nan cuairtean deireannach ann an Dùn Èideann”.
A' bruidhinn às leth nam britheamhan thuirt Joy Dunlop: “Bu mhath leam an cothrom seo a ghabhail taing a thoirt do gach sgioba a ghabh pàirt anns an deasbad thar an dà là a chaidh seachad. Bha e air leth follaiseach gun robh deagh obair ullachaidh air gabhail àite agus tha gach sgoilear airidh air moladh airson an cuid saothair. Bha deasbadan air leth tarraingeach agus bha iad nan adhbhar smaoineachaidh dhuinn uile. Seo an treas bliadhna agam fhìn mar bhritheamh agus tha e air tlachd mòr a thoirt dhomh pàirt a ghabhail – gu dearbha, tha an Deasbad mar thachartas air leth prìseil do shaoghal nan Gàidheal. Air seo, an còigeamh bliadhna fichead on a chaidh an Deasbad a stèidheachadh, ’s e farpais air leth cudromach a th’ ann agus tha mi an dòchas barrachd sgoiltean fhaicinn a’ gabhail pàirt anns na bliadhnaichean ri thighinn”.
Fiosrachadh do luchd-deasachaidh:
Bu mhath le Comataidh Rianachd Deasbad 2024 taing mhòr a thoirt do Spiorad na Mara, am prìomh bhuidheann maoineachaidh airson farpais 2024.
Thàinig taic a bharrachd bhon BhBC, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Foghlam Alba, Stòrlann Nàiseanta na Gàidhlig, Leasachadh Sgilean Alba, Riaghaltas na h-Alba, Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd, Comhairle Baile Ghlaschu agus MG Alba.
Semi-finalists announced
This week secondary school pupils from across Scotland made their way to Stornoway for the preliminary rounds of the Gaelic Secondary Schools Debating competition. An Lanntair in Stornoway was the setting for the first and second rounds of the prestigious competition which is celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary. The judges Joy Dunlop, Iain MacAulay and Angus MacLennan, certainly had their work cut out choosing the four teams who would proceed to the final stages of the competition. The four teams who have reached the semi-final stages of this year’s competition are Àrd-sgoil Gàidhlig Ghlaschu v Àrd-Sgoil Sheumais Ghilleasbuig and Sgoil Sir E Scott v Àrd-Sgoil Phort Rìgh.
The semi-finals will be held at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh on Wednesday the 27th November, starting at 6.30pm. The Final will be held the following evening in the Scottish Parliament and will be broadcasted live on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal from 7pm. The event will also be livestreamed.
Tanya Davies, Project Director of Spiorad na Mara, the proposed offshore wind farm located off the west coast of Lewis, who are the main funders of the 2024 competition said: We’re proud to be supporting this initiative and the important contribution it makes to Gaelic language learning. Those involved have gained many valuable lifelong skills and I would like to congratulate all those who participated. I wish the four teams who have reached the semi-final stages all the best in their preparations ahead of the final rounds in Edinburgh”.
Commenting on the two days of competitions, Joy Dunlop, added: “On behalf of the judges I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the teams who took part in the debates over the last two days. It was apparent that a huge amount of preparatory work had taken place and all competitors are to be commended for the excellent entertainment and thought-provoking debates they showcased. On this, my third and final year as judge, I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and the Deasbad really is one of the jewels in the crown of the Gaelic language. On this, the 25th year since the competition began, it is a hugely important event and I would like to see more schools participating in the coming years.