Scotland: Gaelic in the Hebrides (Part 4/4) 

Gaelic isn't just in the Hebrides! I'm from Caithness (North East Mainland) and I come from a family where only Gaelic is spoken, haha. I study in Edinburgh and it's actually surprising the amount of people from the South East I've come across who also speak it. It's an optimistic sign. Bring back the Gaelic!

'The fields waiting for their children to come home'. Beaytiful sentiments.

I'm from Lewis! I speak Gaelic too. It makes me really happy watching this video

I'm from Ullapool, fluent in Gaidhlig (Gaelic) and live on croft :) So cool to see you guys exploring our country. Hope you enjoyed yourselves :D

We didn't forget where we came from; Cape Breton has Nova Scotia's biggest Scottish history with a Gaelic college still! My own great grandfather Angus McLean came from Northern Uist; my great grandmother from the Isle of Skye.

at the end the Gaelic speakers are saying "we love the Vagabrothers", tha gaol againn air Vagabrothers, that is sweet (I think anyway). I love the Isle of Lewis.

"The people who built these stones, the Celts." Those standing stones were ancient to the Celts! Even to the previous Bronze Age 'Beaker' settlers too!

I have a strong linguistic background in Germanic, Slavic and Baltic languages. One day when I was in Barnes & Nole I saw a Teach Yourself Gaelic book on the shelf, so I bought it, thinking it was Irish Gaelic. When I got home I discovered, to my disappointment, it was Scottish Gaelic, so the book collected dust on the shelf for a couple of years. Realizing since I bought the book I should read it. Thus began my journey with Gaidhlig. The spelling is a nightmare, so I've had to use RU-vid videos to learn how to pronounce the words. By the way, at the end of the video you showed chan eil aon chanan gu leor. That means "one language is not enough"! What a beautiful language! Alba gu brath!!!! (Scotland forever).

As I stay currently in Scottish Highlands for a bit longer, I can see as much united they're in differences. Sense of freedom, misty landscapes and so warm -hearted people! Thank you for shared inspiration :)

This further reinforces my intense desire to visit this country. I love this.

Just a small correction in a fascinating video: the Calanais stones were not erected by the Celts. They were erected by whoever was around on the islands around 5000 years ago. We don't really know who that was, but it wasn't the Celts, that much is certain.

Glad to see the young people speaking Gaelic. I wish the people would feel a sense of pride and tradition to speak and keep the Gaelic language alive. The people at large (non-Gaelic speaking) see the Gaelic language as something valuable. It is the language of first peoples to inhabit that area. It is rich cultural heritage that should not be lost!!

I’m from Newcastle Upon Tyne in North East England and I visited the Outer Hebrides on a birdwatching holiday with the Newcastle Upon Tyne RSPB Group and visited those amazing Islands in the Spring/Summer period in 2019 and one of the highlight was the seeing the amazing machair, crofters working and hearing the Corncrake in many places on the Outer Hebrides. It was a holiday I will never forget and sadly I probably won’t get to visit the Outer Hebrides again as I will be 68 in May of this year 2020. But the Outer Hebrides is still largely unspoilt. I would have liked to have seen on this RU-vid video the amazing machair, but it must have been the wrong time of the year to see the amazing colours of the machair. But this holiday in 2019 was the most amazing holiday in the UK in all my lifetime and it was a holiday I will never forget.

Awesome, dudes.... I love ya!! Scotland is the best.

What a lovely island.....thanks, guys! :)

It's amazing to see my home country like this. Born and live in Glasgow and I hear Gaelic a lot...

My Great great grand parents immigrated to Nova Scotia from Lewis. He was a teacher and a lay minister. She was a midwife. They have descendants across North America.

Loved all four parts. Brilliant! Thank you.

Hell the language is spoken in the streets in Ullapool and in the east coast of the Highlands.

Grandmother was a morrison,ancestor came from lewis,would love to go,particularly to dun eistien!

I've just started studying Irish :) and it was so exciting to realize I understand the lil bits of Scottish too! The two languages really are quite similar

Gaelic is epic!!!!❤❤❤ from a South African Scot.

Gaelic is spoken in more places than the outer islands and northern Highlands. You just have to know where to look. The fact that all Gaelic speakers know English as well means that in public they'll mostly be speaking English in the streets. I have to say that it's surprising these these commentators identified the standing stones and having been erected by the Celtic ancestors. A tad bit of reading would have told them that they preceded the Celts by many centuries.

I'm not from Scotland, nor do I speak their language, but thank you for pronouncing "Gaelic" correctly. 👍

Loved your Scottish tour videos, I’m from Glasgow but my family is originally from the Isle of Lewis. There is definitely so much more for you guys to see 😁

Beautiful documentary!

You are my best discovery on youtube!! I cannot wait to watch all your videos! You make me dream that one day I'll also go and discover places like you do. Awesome job, guys, keep it up! :)

the Cali girl in me loves that this ended in the surf. can't wait to share this series!

this was just awesome..feels great watching you people travel...

Soooo love Scotland❤️

Slàinte mhath Vagabrothers! I really enjoyed this serie on Scotland, I know it might not be in the 2017 big plan but keep putting in historical, cultural facts, you have a such nice way of doing it!

Great show guys thank you for taking the time to visit and share this with us

Thanks guys, that was a beautiful series.

that's super! Going to spend 5 months on exchange from Canada, at the University of Glasgow. Hope I find a Gaelic crew and get to got to the Highlands and the islands! :D thanks boys. Cheers from a fellow Westcoaster!

Excellent

Good film guys, enjoyed watching and sharing a laugh. Hope your film inspires people to visit our lovely country and by the way. I'll be voting Yes

Well done, lads - this was a pretty cool series of vids. A good reflection of Scotland.

Superb videos. Thanks.

New vagabrothers fan. Love the writing on this episode.

The Celts migrated to the British Isles from mainland Europe at least a thousand years AFTER Stonehenge and the many other smaller arrangements of standing stones were built.

My ancestory DNA came back that my granddad was from outer hebrides. Going to learn all I can, this made me tear up 😥

thank you.

Very cool. My mom is from Scotland and I surf. I found your video very interesting and informative. Tapadh leat.

My ma's mum is from Stornoway of clan MacDonald, and her father is a Mackay of the highlands, they all only spoke Gaelic at their homes, hated the english because they were forced to not speak in Gaelic and to adopt some of English culture like singing god save the Queen which my grannie always told me she fuckin hated her lol i remember stories about the blackhouse and her lamb named Suki. They all immigrated to Canada just before my mum was born, and even though I'm from Canada Scotland has always been known as home. Wish I could have been taught Gaelic to keep it alive.

I haven't forgotten. It isn't easy to come home either. More and more want to.

Thank you

Such an amazing trip and keep up the good work !!

Reminds me of the Song of Albion trilogy and the show Monarch of the Glen.

america has so many people of scottish descent it sucks that we dont have any areas were gaelic is spoken

Pan-Celt! We are your brothers! American Irish Celts! Illinois/Colorado Celts!

Very similar to the west of Ireland

This is obviously a low budget thing from a couple of lads, but honestly great work boys. I got Goosebumps at the end, very nice attitude you went in with and made a nice wee video. Respect.

God Bless!

amazing, I came across your channel from jacks gap, I love living in Scotland. Keep up the good work, give me a shout if you are ever back in Edinburgh!

What a superb set of videos! Great to see an open-minded, sensitive approach to travel. You guys should come back and do the North Coast 500. Scenery and vibe even more awesome than you've already seen!

Love Skerryvore, just bought all of their albums!!! Thank you for showing me them. Rock, folk, bagpipes, there is nothing better!!! Keep up the great videos guys, I've watched all of your UK tours now I think. What's up next?

Great doc, thanks guys! Didnt even know Scottish Gaelic was still spoken in pockets, thought only in Ireland was Celtic language still alive. Whats the band name or is there a link for them wanting to hear more and its not showing up on my music search. Slainte!

it seems similar to Moroccan Berber , in Berber we say " ismino" which means "my name is" , and in Berber we say also " ismens" which means " her/his name " . in addition there are three Moroccan Berber tribes got their names from Scot clans M'Touga ( Moroccan Berber Tribe ) ------- > MacDougall ( Scottish highland clan ) M'Ghill ( Moroccan Berber tribe ) ----------> MacGill ( from Scotland ) M'Tir ( Moroccan Berber tribe ) -----------> MacTier ( Scotland ) M' of the Berbers which means 'sons of', and is exactly the same as the Gaelic Mac or Mc ... do you see some similarity ? :)

I constantly asked people in Stornaway if they spoke the Gaelic, and after many denials someone told me to go to the local library and there I would finally find someone who spoke it.

I think Glasgow is the biggest Gaelic speaking area outside of the highland.Gaelic medium education is popular and there are Gaelic medium schools but there is a shortage of Gaelic speaking teachers and a high demand for school places.

It’s interesting how a lot of sounds guys are so used to doing sound for rock shows, they put so much emphasis the drums. Often, the other instruments are drowned out by the drums. I’ve often been to trad shows where the traditional instruments are practically inaudible. The scene at the Skerryvor concert is a case in point.

'S math sin! (just say, 'smashin') - That's so good!

Tha mi à Alba Nuadh. We haven't forgotten.

lovely film x

The Stones predate the Celts by 1,000 year.

Wonderful video. Glè-mhath! By the way, it was the Welsh who went to Patagonia.

I loathed it in school but now I am making up to it...

Overseas a lot of people want to learn Gaelic...fancy that. I have started. More music in Gaelic would help.

These are my islands

Awesome vid guys!

Sweet! 🙏

liked and subscribed! Amazing video, and so nice to see two guys from California not acting like the typical douchbag that says oh, dude, totally, gnarly every 10 seconds

I stay there

Glasgow there's gaidhlig spoken . and stop calling us British!!! great video though guys.

I was there and it's gods country!!

If you do come I recommend visiting Guinness's store house in Dublin its awsome you would really enjoy ir ☺

"Glaaaaz Goe"

It is highly unlikely that the standing stones you stood amongst were built by Celtic people. Following fairly recent DNA analysis of ancient skeletons from the period of the stone circle construction , the stone circles are now thought to be from the Neolithic period which was before Celtic people (Indo-European speaking) arrived in Western Europe.

You should have gone to the broch in carloway

These guys didn't bother to look at a map of where Scots Gaelic is spoken? That's scary.

9.31 Argos in stirling in background.

Forgive me, I know this video is well intentioned. But the Calanais Stones were not erected by the Celts. That’s not an insignificant error.😑

Why don't they make it mandatory to learn Scottish Gaelic in schools?

Honestly, the fact that it seems that (even if the vid is eight years old by now) some of the locals are too nervous or unwilling to speak their native or old tongue, it just feels so *depressing*. Unbelievable that those people got the short end of the stick with social interactions just because of the Gaelic language.

Celts didn't put up dem stones bruh

I'm from the islands.and I'm American..well my ancestors are..

Scotland, great North UK

Indeed, there are some Gaelic speakers in the Western Highlands as well as the cities of Inverness, Glasgow and Edinburgh. However, it is only on the Outer Hebrides that Gaelic speakers are not a small minority so that you can address people in Gaelic and hope to be understood. Otherewhere in Scotland, it is more or less searching for the needle in a bunch of hay. As to Irish Gaelic, you will more often been understood across the country than speaking Scottish Gaelic across Scotland. thanks to Irish lessons at school in the Republic of Ireland, even if the outcome of the Irish lessons at school is not that good as it ought to be. The censuses as well as surveys tell the differences, too. Scottish Gaelic has around 57.700 speakers alltogether with some 30.000 more with some skills in it. In Ireland, we have,between 50.000,and 100.000 native Irish speakers and 500.000 to 1 Million fluent and moderate skilled Irish speakers. Those with some knowledge range up to 1,8 Million on the island looking to the census of the Republic and of Northern Ireland. Kindly, Alex

Gaels are the real 2%ers

Scotland should start to give education in Scottish not English. This places are last chance for save their own language. They protect this areas and start to make everything with Scottish language. Protecting language is a radical thing. You can not protect it only with talking about it. Work hard and survive your own language

The Celts did not build these stones.

Are the American Scotts really welcome back or you just saying that?

pistastuvu nta bovatta? O iistuvu sulu u faciti i ricchiuni adduvi i masculi si vestunu i fimmina?

'Scotland's many languages' - it's hardly India.

It’s a shame I wish the whole of Scotland speak it I am lucky in a way cos I speak Scots Doric I’m from the North East where it’s widely spoken and I love my language eg: (Fit like iday ma Freen Affa Dreicht oot ere) English Translation: How are you today my friend it’s very dull out there

the Celts didn't build the megaliths!

im from south uist

If only the average American was half as open-minded as you guys :-) Edit : For American read ¨English speaker¨ maybe?

Did I miss something, or are they saying Gaelic incorrectly? It's actually bothering me. Is it GAYlick? Or GAllick?