Julie Fowlis

Julie Fowlis

female
Julie Fowlis is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist, who sings in Scottish Gaelic. She grew up in North Uist, a small island in the...
Mary Jane Lamond

Mary Jane Lamond

female, 49 years old
Mary Jane Lamond is a Canadian folk musician who performs renditions of traditional Gaelic folk songs from Cape Breton Island. She was born in 1960...
Karen Matheson

Karen Matheson

female, 46 years old
Karen Matheson OBE (born 11 February 1963) is a Scottish folk singer, who usually sings in Scottish Gaelic. She is lead singer of the group...
Derick Thomson

Derick Thomson

male, 88 years old
Professor Derick S. Thomson, known as Ruaraidh MacThòmais in his native Scottish Gaelic, is a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic a...
Iain Crichton Smith

Iain Crichton Smith

male, deceased (1998)
Iain Crichton Smith (Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn) (January 1, 1928 - October 15, 1998) was a Scottish man of letters, writing in both English and...

Alexander Carmichael

male, deceased (1912)
Alexander Carmichael (1832 - 1912) was a writer and folklorist born in Taylochan, Lismore, best known for his multi volume work "Carmina Gadelica"....
Aonghas Macneacail

Aonghas Macneacail

male, 67 years old
Aonghas MacNeacail (1942 -, nickname "Aonghas Dubh" - black Aonghas) is a contemporary poet in the Scottish Gaelic language. He is highly...

Edward Dwelly

male, 145 years old
Edward Dwelly (1864-1939) was a Scottish Gaelic lexicographer. He is generally believed to have created the authoritative dictionary in that...
Donnie Munro

Donnie Munro

male, 56 years old
Donnie Munro/Donaidh Rothach (born August 2 1953, in Uig, Isle of Skye) is a Scottish musician, and former lead singer of the band Runrig. A native...
George Campbell Hay

George Campbell Hay

male, deceased (1984)
George Campbell Hay was a Scottish poet and translator, who wrote in Scottish Gaelic, Lowland Scots and English. He used the patronymic Deòrsa Mac I...