As part of Gaelic Week 2026 in Edinburgh, we will be exploring Gaelic-language digital media and broadcasting through the generations. With contributions from Gaelic media broadcasters Matthew MacIver, Cathy MacDonald and Calum Maclean, we will discuss the expansion of TV broadcasting in the 1990s, to the launch of BBC Alba, to the current world of digital connection.
How has Gaelic media represented and supported the community it serves, and how can it contribute to maintaining use of Gaelic in the future? Should we count on specialist broadcasters to inform, entertain, and educate through Gaelic, or do we also have to do it ourselves?
Drawing on the Gaelic Week theme of ‘Use it or Lose it‘ Gaelic media practitioners representing different periods of this constantly evolving sector will discuss their perspectives on these issues. How should we ‘use it’ to avoid ‘losing it’?
Using it or losing it: How important is Gaelic media?
Thursday 26 February at 5.30pm at the National Library of Scotland.
Tickets (free): https://www.nls.uk/whats-on/gaelic-media/
Organised by Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann, Caital Gaelic, University of Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.
Funded by Seachdain na Gàidhlig’s Small Grants Fund, with support from Bòrd na Gàidhlig.
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