Last Friday, Carola MacCallum, Gaelic Language Development Officer for the University, and Rhiannan Ledwell, AUSA Vice President for Education, were invited to the premiere screening of the new BBC Alba program about the archaeological dig to find the lost monastery in which the Book of Deer was written. The dig coincided with the exhibition of the Book of Deer at the Aberdeen Art Gallery last summer. The Book of Deer is one of the most important manuscripts in Scotland as it contains the first written record of Scottish Gaelic. You can watch the program on BBC iPlayer for the next month.
Larach Leabhar DheirDihaoine sa chaidh chaidh cuireadh a thoirt do Caròla NicCaluim, Oifigear Leasachaidh na Gàidhlig aig an Oilthigh, agus Rhiannan Ledwell, Iar-Cheannard Foghlaim AUSA, chun chiad shealladh den phrògram ùr BBC Alba mun chladhach arc-eòlais gus a’ mhanachainn chaillte anns a bheil Leabhar Dheir a lorg chaidh a sgrìobhadh. Bha an cladhach aig an aon àm ri taisbeanadh Leabhar Dheir aig Gailearaidh Ealain Obar Dheathain as t-samhradh an-uiridh. 'S e Leabhar Dheir fear de na làmh-sgrìobhainnean as cudromaiche an Alba leis gu bheil a' chiad chlàr sgrìobhte de Ghàidhlig na h-Alba ann. Chì sibh am prògram air BBC iPlayer airson na h-ath mhìos.