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Fàilte air a' Bhaile

Date
Track ID 49726
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

FailteAirABhaile 22.05.1985

Summary

The history of Aberdeen University and a bit about its Celtic Department.

Information about the history of Aberdeen University and how it came to be in the city. Professor Donald Macaulay who is head of the Celtic Department at Aberdeen University discusses how the university had changed, how lack of money affects the departments and how the number of fluent Gaelic speaking students is falling and the number of students who are learning Gaelic is rising.

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Aberdeen

Village/Place - Aberdeen

Item Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Aberdeen

Village/Place - Aberdeen

Language

Gaelic

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good