Pròiseact nan Ealan

Pròiseact nan Ealan is the Scottish Gaelic arts agency. It was set up in 1987 for the development of the Scottish Gaelic arts. Based in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis it is a not for profit limited company and charity. Its projects have won many awards including foreign film festivals and its best known project is An Leabhar Mòr.

External links

Official Site

Gaels

General history	Gaelic Ireland High King of Ireland Gaelic Irish kingdoms Dál Riata Alba Nine Years' War Statutes of Iona Flight of the Earls 1641 Rebellion Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 Jacobite risings Penal Laws Great Hunger Irish diaspora Highland Clearances Gaelic Revival Gaeltacht Gàidhealtachd

Gaelic culture	Ogham Brehon law Gaelic mythology Lebor Gabála Érenn Gaelic warfare Gaelic astrology Gaelic kinship Bardic poetry Gaelic literature (Early Irish, Modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic & Manx) Gaelic type Insular script Fáinne Gaelic music Sean-nós song Oireachtas na Gaeilge Am Mòd Gaelic games Highland games Insular Christianity Gaelic Christian mission

Language	Primitive Irish Old Irish Middle Irish Classical Gaelic Irish Manx Scottish Gaelic

Major tribes or clans	Connachta (incl. Uí Néill, Clan Colla, Clan Donald, Uí Maine, etc) Dál gCais (incl. Déisi) Eóganachta Érainn (incl. Dál Riata, Corcu Loígde, Clan Conla, Dál Fiatach, etc) Laigin Ulaid (incl. Dál nAraidi, Conmhaícne, Ciarraige, etc)

DNA haplogroups	R-S971 (Clan Colla) R-M222 (Connachta & Uí Néill) R-L21 (Dál Fiatach) R-L226 (Dál gCais) R-CTS4466 (Eóganachta) R-L159.2 (Laigin)

Prominent organisations	Údarás na Gaeltachta Foras na Gaeilge Bòrd na Gàidhlig Culture Vannin Conradh na Gaeilge An Comunn Gàidhealach Manx Gaelic Society Seachtain na Gaeilge Gael Linn ULTACH Trust Clì Gàidhlig Comunn na Gàidhlig Columba Project Clans of Ireland Association of Highland Clans and Societies

Related subjects	Celts Norse–Gaels (incl. Uí Ímair and Clan MacLeod) Kingdom of the Isles Gaelicisation

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