Na Bàird: Niall O’Gallagher & Rody Gorman

15 November 2023 6:00 pm

Join Niall O’Gallagher, the 2023 Comunn Gàidhealach crowned bard, and Rody Gorman, who was the crowned bard between 2021-2022, for an evening of Gaelic poetry as part of Book Week Scotland. Niall and Rody will be reading and discussing their poetry and how their work has been translated to other languages.

Niall O’Gallagher is well-known as a poet and journalist. He was awarded the Gaelic New Writers Award by Scottish Book Trust in 2010, and has since published four collections of Gaelic poetry, including Fuaimean Gràidh / Sounds of Love (Francis Boutle Publishers, 2023), which was shortlisted for the Derick Thomson Prize for Best Poetry Book at the Gaelic Literature Awards 2023. He was crowned as An Comunn Gàidhealach’s bard at the Royal National Mòd in Paisley 2023.

Rody Gorman is from Dublin originally, but now lives on the Isle of Skye. He has published several poetry collections and was the Gaelic editor of Northwords Now for many years. In 2021 he was awarded the Comunn Gàidhealach Bardic Crown at the Royal National Mòd in Inverness. His most recent book, Lorg Eile / Final Call (Francis Boutle Publishers, 2022) was shortlisted for the Derick Thomson Prize 2023.

This event will be taking place in Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Sir Alex Ferguson Library, Glasgow Caledonian University.