Dr Priscilla Scott, University of Edinburgh ‘Suas leis a’ Ghàidhlig!’: The influence of innovative and forward-looking women in the development of the Mòd in the early years of the twentieth century.

by Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh .

The Lecture takes place on Monday, 8 May, at 7.30pm in the Project Room, First Floor, 50 George Square. Refreshments will be served.

Dr Priscilla Scott, University of Edinburgh

‘Suas leis a’ Ghàidhlig!’: The influence of innovative and forward-looking women in the development of the Mòd in the early years of the twentieth century.

An Comunn Gàidhealach was formed in 1891, organising the first Gaelic Mòd the following year, but it was not until the early years of the twentieth century that the first women managed to access its somewhat conservative and all-male central committee. This presentation considers the impact of a small group of dynamic ‘new women’ on the development of the Royal National Mòd and wider An Comunn Gàidhealach activities, as they sought to implement their own innovative ideas and to encourage a forward-looking and more inclusive organisation in support of Gaelic.

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