The Stòras Beò nan Gàidheal project is led by the Language Sciences Institute (LSI) of the University of the Highlands and Islands. This Island Voices page replicates the LSI collection of recordings so far made. The collection comprises multiple videos of Irish and Scottish Gaelic speakers from a range of localities which might now be generally termed “areas of linguistic significance”, talking about various subjects, including their upbringing and how they perceive things have changed during their lifetime.
You can read more about the project on the LSI website here, or you can use the tables below to go directly to the videos with accompanying transcripts and summary descriptions (in “Unit Info”) on Clilstore.
If viewers see resemblances in style to the earlier Saoghal Thormoid project, these are by no means coincidental! Stòras Beò nan Gàidheal builds on previous Island Voices experience of bringing this kind of recording practice into the community, in a way that is maximally user-friendly, and feels as natural as possible. Not every recording has a fully professional polish in technical terms, and the editing has been deliberately light-touch, but arguably that gives viewers a closer picture of genuine interaction in actual practice.
NB The “Archive video” link is newly added to guide visitors directly to the relevant webpage in the UHI Island Voices Archive.