BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

An Litir Bheag

Sreath de litrichean don fheadhainn a tha a' toiseachadh air Gaidhlig ionnsachadh. Series of letters written for people starting to learn Gaelic.

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BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

15/07/2013 15.07.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

08/07/2013 08.07.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

01/07/2013 01.07.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

24/06/2013 24.06.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

17/06/2013 17.06.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

10/06/2013 06.06.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

03/06/2013 03.06.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

27/05/2013 27.05.2013

Cia mheud facal Gàidhlig a tha againn airson 'sneachd'? Chan eil iad idir cho pailt ris na faclan airson talamh àrd no talamh bog. Ach, tha feadhainn ann. Cluinnear tuilleadh ann an litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. How many Gaelic words do we have for 'snow'? They're not at all as plentiful as the words for high ground or boggy ground. But there's a few.

20/05/2013 20.05.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

13/05/2013 13.05.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

06/05/2013 06.05.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

29/04/2013 29.04.2013

Aig fìor cheann a deas Loch Lòchaidh, tha Magh Comair. Ann am Beurla - Mucomir. Tha baile-fearainn ann. Tha an t-ainm a' ciallachadh magh no blàr anns a bheil dà abhainn a' tighinn còmhla - ann an 'comar'. 'S iad sin Abhainn Spiothain agus Abhainn Lòchaidh.

22/04/2013 22.04.2013

A bheil fios agaibh dè tha ann an dochy? Faigh a-mach ann an litir bheag na seachdain-sa. Find out what a dochy is in this week's short letter for learners.

15/04/2013 15.04.2013

Cluinnidh sinn tuilleadh mu chall Iain Garbh Mac 'Ille Chaluim Ratharsair. Chaidh a' bhirlinn aige fodha. Bha sin far costa ceann a tuath an Eilein Sgitheanaich anns a' bhliadhna sia ceud deug, seachdad 's a h-aon (1671). Le Ruairidh MacIlleathain.

08/04/2013 08.04.2013

Cluinnidh sinn tuilleadh mu Iain Garbh Mac 'Ille Chaluim. B' esan an seachdamh ceann-cinnidh air Leòdaich Ratharsair, agus bha e beò anns an t-seachdamh linn deug. Fhuair e ceannas air Clann 'ic Leòid Ratharsair ann an sia ceud deug, ceathrad 's a h-ochd. Innsidh Ruairidh MacIlleathain tuilleadh dhuinn ann an Litir Bheag na seachdain-sa.

01/04/2013 01.04.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

25/03/2013 25.03.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

18/03/2013 18.03.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

11/03/2013 11.03.2013

Bidh Ruairidh MacIlleathain ag innse tuilleadh mun t-soitheach, an Annie Jane. Roddy MacLean tells us more about the vessel, the Annie Jane.

04/03/2013 04.03.2013

Anns an Lùnastal ochd ceud deug, caogad 's a trì (1853), sheòl an Annie Jane à Liverpool. Bha i a' dol a Quebec. Bha ceithir cheud duine air bòrd. B' e Uilleam Mason an sgiobair. Bha an Annie Jane a' giùlain luchd de dh'iarainn - ochd ceud tonna dheth. Bha trì cheud tonna ann cuideachd de bhathar eile. Agus bha i làn daoine. Cluinnear tuilleadh bho Ruairidh MacIlleathain.

25/02/2013 25.02.2013

Bidh Ruairidh MacIlleathain a' bruidhinn mun t-soitheach, an Admiral. Sheòl i à Loch Baghasdal gu ruige Quebec ann an ochd ceud deug, caogad 's a h-aon (1851). Bha ceithir cheud gu leth Barrach air bòrd. Dh'fhuadaich an t-uachdaran, an Coirneal Iain Gòrdan Chluanaidh, na daoine. Roddy MacLean tells us more about the boat, The Admiral.

18/02/2013 18.02.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

11/02/2013 11.02.2013

'S e gille-ruadh an cuspair a th' aig Ruaraidh MacIlleathainn. Ach an e balach a th' ann? Roddy MacLean's short letter for learners has a gille-ruadh as its topic; but is it a brown-haired boy or something entirely different?

04/02/2013 04.02.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

28/01/2013 28.01.2013

Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain. This week's short letter for learners is introduced by Ruaraidh MacLean.

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