Fèis Thiriodh 2010 - 11-16 July

Fèis Thiriodh 2010 will be our 20th anniversary and we hope to make it a special year.   We are currently working on the programme and tutors for this year’s  and will post details when we get them.

Fèis Thiriodh

ar ceòl, ar cànan ’s ar dualchas...

’S ann sa bhliadhna 1989 a chuir buidheann de mhuinntir Thiriodh Fèis air
dòigh airson cànan is ceòl an eilein a bhrosnachadh. An luib seo, tha eòlas
air dualchas Thiriodh air a shnaigheadh a-staigh do dhòigh-beatha an là ’n
diugh ann an dòigh a tha taitneach agus tarraingeach do shean is òg.
Chan fheum Gàidhlig a bhith agad a’tighinn, ach fàgaidh sibh le beagan a’ bharrachd, agus, tha sinn an dòchas, le ùidh agus tuigse ann an cànan, cleachdaidhean agus dualchas Eilean Thiriodh.

“thig crìoch air saoghal, ach mairidh gaol is ceòl.”

or music, our language and our culture

The first Fèis Thiriodh was held in 1990 as a group of islanders, following in the footsteps of the Barra Fèis, sought to find a way to re-invigorate the old ways of Tiree. Every July we promote this week-long festival of traditional culture with classes for young and old, and evenings filled with dances, cèilidhs, lectures and walks. Most of these traditions have been handed down to us through the medium of Gaelic, and we try to use the language as much as possible. Even if you come with little or no Gaelic, we hope you leave with a little bit more, and an enthusiasm for ar dualchas – our traditional culture – which Tiree has in such riches.

“the world will come to an end, love and music will endure” Gaelic proverb.