Carn 79
Seose lesh Albinish
Ta fys ain dy vel ardjeeanid son cooishyn Celtiagh kinjagh cheet neese sheese (goll
rish ooilley cooishyn sheelnaue). Ec y traa t'ayn, ta Albinish (Gaelg Albinagh) cheet
neese as, er aghtyn ennagh, oddagh oo gra dy vel ee ny stroshey nish na t'ee er ve
rish tammylt, ga dy vel ee (myr gagh chengey Cheltiagh) foast ayns gaue mooar.
Son y chooid smoo, ta'n lhiasaghey shoh er jeet voish yeearreeyn ny moiraghyn as ayraghyn.
By vie lesh kuse mooar dy liooar jeu shoh Albinish y ve ec ny paitchyn oc.
Ta moiraghyn as ayraghyn laccal possanyn-cloie Albinish son ny paitchyn oc: ta paart
jeu shoh currit er bun. Ny paitchyn beggey voish ny possanyn-cloie Albinish, t'ad
goll gys ny bunscoillyn: ta ny mummigyn as jishagyn shirrey edjaghys trooid Albinish
ayns ny bunscoillyn, as ta shoh ry gheddyn ayns paart jeh ny bunscoillyn.
Shen y stayd ta Nalbin ayn ec y traa t'ayn. Ta'n chengey ghooghyssagh foast faase
ayns ny scoillyn ard as ny ollooscoillyn.
T'eh bunnys erskyn credjal nagh row bunscoill erbee ayns Nalbin raad va paitchyn abyl
gynsaghey trooid Albinish gys 1958, tra va unnidyn Albinish currit er bun ayns daa
vunscoill, nane ayns Inbhir Nis as y fer elley ayns Glaschu. Neayr's y traa shen,
ta earroo ny unnidyn Albinish ayns bunscoillyn er naase dy mooar (red goll rish daa unnid
noa gagh blein). T'eh scanshoil dy hoiggal nagh vel slane scoillyn cheet dy ve Gaelagh
ayns grig agh dy vel unnidyn Albinish currit er bun cheusthie jeh scoillyn Baarlagh (son y chooid smoo). Ayns ny unnidyn shoh ta dy chooilley red jeant trooid Albinish.
Veih'n toshiaght, ta ny ynseyderyn loayrt Albinish rish ny ynseydee, ta gynsaghey
Albinish liorish y saase-thummey. Ayns ny brastyllyn, ta paitchyn gyn Albinish erbee
gynsaghey maroo shid as paart dy Albinish oc hannah, foddee.
Lurg un imbagh ta ny paitchyn toiggal y chooid smoo jeh goan yn ynseyder. Lurg un
vlein, ta ny paitchyn loayrt Albinish sy laa. Ta ny paitchyn lhaih as screeu Albinish,
agh ta'n trimmid er y chengey loayrit ec y toshiaght.
Sheshaght feer scanshoil, shen Comhairle nan Sgoiltean Araich (CNSA Sheshaght ny
Possanyn-cloie Albinish). Ghow ee toshiaght ayns 1982 lesh kiare possanyn-cloie.
Nish ta red goll rish 85 possanyn-cloie ayn lesh 1,420 paitchyn. Ta CNSA er ve abyl
dy hroggal argid preevaadjagh ( 115,000 ayns 1990-91). Agh shegin dooin toiggal dy vel reiltys
Lunnin er ve arryltagh er y gherrid (er oyryn ennagh) dy chur argid dy liooar da
sheshaghtyn Albinish, ga dy beagh eh doillee feddyn magh quoid jeh argid Lunnin raink
ny possanyn-cloie.
Ec y traa t'ayn, ta 31 scoill / unnid Albinish ayns Nalbin. Ta 25 jeu shoh ayns ny
ellanyn as cheer ard (y Ghaeltaght). Foddee dy bee yn earroo dy scoillyn / unnidyn
Albinish goll seose gys 60 ayns 1995 as gys 135 ayns 2000. Eisht, veagh Nalbin feme
180 ynseyderyn Albinish ayns 1995 as 540 jeu ayns y vlein 2000. Bee genney mooar jeh ynseyderyn
ayn, erskyn ooilley jeu shid oddys loayrt Albinish dy flaaoil as gynsaghey harrish
reayn (range) jeh cooishyn-ynsee.
Harrish ny bleeantyn, ta'n Comunn Gàidhealach er nyannoo obbyr vie. Agh nish, ta'n
chooid smoo jeh'n obbyr jeant ec sheshaght ta ny s'breeoil, ta shen dy ghra, Comunn
na Gàidhlig (ny 'CNAG'). Va CNAG currit er bun ayns 1984 as t'eh cur Albinish er
y hoshiaght liorish co-stiurey yn obbyr jeh sheshaghtyn elley as yn Oik Albinagh (ayrn jeh
reiltys y Reeriaght Unnaneyssit). Mastey ny sheshaghtyn elley ta HIE - Highlands
and Islands Enterprise, ren goaill yn ynnyd jeh'n Highlands and Islands Development
Board. Ta'n dean smoo (prime aim) dy chur Albinish as y cultoor Gaelgagh er y hoshiaght dy
hroggal creeaght-hene y sleih sy Ghaeltaght as dy ghreeasaghey cooishyn tarmaynagh
as sheshoil.
Hooar y chengey cooney mooar tra ghow Comhairle nan Eilean ayns laue polasee daa-hengagh
syns 1975 as tra va Radio nan Eilean currit er bun. Shaleeyn (projects) ellay va
scanshoil, va shen Acair (Alcer - cur magh lioaryn Albinish) as Sabbal Mor Ostaig,
y Cholleish Albinish er yn Ellan Skianagh.
Y red mooar bentyn rish ny bleeantyn kiare feed as Albinish, ta shen dy vel obbyr
ry gheddyn nish son paart dy 'leih as Albinish oc. Ta red goll rish 200 kiartaghyn
noa er nyn groo, y chooid smoo jeh syns edjaghys as creeley radio as chellveeish.
Ta Chellveeish Grampian geddyn milliunyn dy phunt dy yannoo claaryn Albinish.
Lhig dooin guee dy vod ny ellanyn Albinagh cowral lurg scammylt mooar BCCI. As lhig
da ny Manninee cur tastey da'n niart jeh moiraghyn as ayraghyn my t'ad shirrey red
ennagh ta feeu.
Orree Crennell
Jeih Gaelgeyryn ayns Baatey
She'n chied red va goaill greim jeh my hooill tra haink mee roish y Cholloo va'n daah
j'ee. Nish ta ny renneeyn mooarey er ve marrooit liorish yn Thie Tashtee foddee shiu
cronnaghey ny clagheenyn gorrym my-vlaa t'er ve follit fo'ee. She reayrt feer aalin
nagh vel mee er n'akin roie
Va shoh yn trass turrys gys y Cholloo son kione shiaghtin Gaelgagh as, myr t'eh er
ve roie, she kione shiaghtin niartal v'eh.
Va shin ooilley tannaghtyn ec y chenn thie gowaltys as va failt mooar currit dooin
veih'n wardoon Norman as e ven Monica. Va'n lectraghys ayn eddyr nuy as nane jeig
'syn' astyr beg as lurg shen va shin jannoo ymmyd jeh londeyr ooill. Hie gammanyn
er cloie dagh oie as va shin loayrt ry cheilley, gyn gaccan erbee veih'n wardoon kyndagh rish
ny coraaghyn feer ard goaill arrane derrey ny ooryn moghey 'sy voghrey.
Feiy'n laa hooyll shin mygeayrt yn clane ellan as hug shen er-ash dooin ooilley ny
t'er ve caillt ayns Mannin hene. (Son yn chied cheayrt fodmayd gra yn "Mainland!")
Cha row thieyn Dandara ayn, ny Volvoyn, ny red erbee elley t'er ve currit er Mannin
ayns ennym y Jee argidoil. Cha row agh ny ushaghyn, y thalloo, y keayn as y Ghaelg ayn.
Va oltey yn Chiare as Feed, Peddyr Karran, marin as t'eshyn jannoo obbyr mie da'n
Ghaelg. V'eh g'insh dooin dy row eh geearree kied dy chiartaghey fer jeh ny shenn
thieyn sollys t'aynshen myr Scoill Souree Gaelgagh. She boayl mie veagh shen g'ynsaghey
ard-Ghaelg! Ta'n troggal hene ayns stayd feer vie, troggit myr v'eh ec shenn-ayr Robert
Louis Stevenson, Robert Stevenson, 'sy vlein hoght keead jeig hoght-jeig. Cha nee
agh thie ny caaigyn eh ec y traa t'ayn.
Dy shickyr, ta'n Cholloo ny boayl yndyssagh son kione shiaghtin Gaelgagh as, fegooish
cummaghtyn mooie, fodmayd co-chruinnaghey ny share er yn obbyr ayns laue, as, er-my-hon
hene, bhare lhiam slane shiaghtin ayns "Eubonia Seyr".
By vie lhiam cur booise da Fiona Ben Vic Ardle son reaghey ooilley ny kione shiaghteeyn
er y Cholloo as s'treisht lhiam dy bee'ms er-ash aynshen dy gerrid.
Seose lesh Pobblaght Eubonia!
David Mac y Eeasteyragh