litirbheag: 22 Aug 11: An Litir Bheag 328




The Little Letter for Gaelic Learners show

Summary: I was telling you about cairidhean/yairs. There were lots of them in the Beauly Firth, west of Inverness. In olden times it was called Poll an Ròid in Gaelic. That means “the inlet of the rood or cross”. That’s the same Rood as in Holyrood House in Edinburgh. Accompanying text is available in both English and Gaelic at bbc.co.uk/litirbheag.