The list below contains information on the different types of media available in the

Celtic languages The Celtic languages ( usually , but sometimes ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward ...

All languages

Only a handful of media contain all the Celtic languages. An example is ''

Carn ''Carn'' is the official magazine of the Celtic League. The name, a Celtic word which has been borrowed into English as ' cairn', was chosen for its symbolic value and because it can be found in each of the living Celtic languages. The subtit ...

'' magazine, which has contained columns in all six languages since its 1970s inception. The 2019 documentary series ''

Tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravity, gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide t ...

'' was produced in Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic editions.

Welsh

Irish

Scottish Gaelic

The following media are produced in the

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

language:

Television

Digital and satellite channels

BBC Alba BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched on 19 September 2008 and is on-air for up to seven hours a day with BBC Radio nan Gàidheal s ...

is a Gaelic-language television channel. The channel launched on 19 September 2008 and is now available in all Scottish homes after launching on Freeview on 8 June 2011. It is currently available across the UK on Sky channel 142, Freesat channel 109, Virgin Media channel 161 and online, with Freeview coverage available in Scotland only. The channel is funded by the Scottish Government, MG Alba and ''

Bòrd na Gàidhlig (, ) is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government with responsibility for Gaelic.BBC Gàidhlig department is jointly responsible for the channel with

MG Alba MG Alba is the operating name of the Gaelic Media Service ( gd, Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig). The organisation's remit, under the Communications Act 2003, is to ensure that a wide and diverse range of high quality Gaelic programmes is m ...

. Gaelic programming on BBC Two Scotland is to continue until the digital switchover is completed in 2012. It also has radio facilities, broadcasting ''BBC Radio nan Gàidheal'', based in Stornoway. * TeleG was a digital channel on

Freeview Freeview may refer to: * Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia * Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand *Freeview (UK), ...

only. It broadcast for only one hour a day before being replaced by BBC Alba.

Other

* BBC Gàidhlig is the Gaelic department of Scottish national broadcaster

BBC Scotland BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...

. It offers some Gaelic programmes such as ''Eòrpa'', ''Dè a-nis?'' and ''Air ais air an Ràn Dàn''. * STV is a major contributor to Gaelic programmes showing about four hours a week.

Radio

Radio stations broadcasting completely in Gaelic

BBC Radio nan Gàidheal BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is a Scottish Gaelic language radio station owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. The station was launched in 1985 and broadcasts Gaelic-language programming with the simulcast of BBC Radio Scotland. ...

is a Gaelic-language radio station, founded in Stornoway and broadcast from 1985 to 89 under the name Radio Nan Eilean, when it joined with other BBC Scotland radio stations (mainly Inverness and BBC's HQ in Glasgow). It is available around Scotland on FM and internationally online with an annual budget of £4 million.

Radio stations with some Gaelic programmes

Isles FM Isles FM is a local radio station operating from Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The station is operated entirely by a volunteer staff, from a building in the Newton area of the town. Isles FM is the trading name of Western Isles Com ...

is a radio station based in the Outer Hebrides broadcasting programmes in English and Gaelic. *

Two Lochs Radio Two Lochs Radio is Britain's smallest commercial radio station, and community broadcaster for the Gairloch, Loch Ewe and Loch Maree areas of Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The station broadcasts in stereo on 106.0 and 106.6MHz FM. It ...

is a small radio station in the Scottish Highlands. * Cuillin FM is Skye's main radio station and has several shows each week in Gaelic. *

Moray Firth Radio MFR is an Independent Local Radio station based in Inverness, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio Network. It broadcasts to Moray, the Scottish Highlands and South West Aberdeenshire. As of December 2022, the station has ...

* Reidio Guth nan Gàidheal a volunteer online radio station in English and Gaelic
Scottish Radio South Australia
a volunteer radio programme producing a monthly bilingual programme in Australia through 5EBI.

Print

* '' An Gàidheal Ùr'' was a Gaelic publication which ran for ten years until March 2009. It was available online or free in some local newspapers. * Additionally, some Scottish newspapers, such as ''

Scotland on Sunday ''Scotland on Sunday'' is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by JPIMedia and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate ''The Scotsman''. It was originally printed in broadsheet format but in 2013 ...

'', '' Press and Journal'' (Highland edition) and ''

The Scotsman ''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its par ...

'' print columns in Gaelic. * Local

Stornoway Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, Stornowa) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well a ...

paper ''

Stornoway Gazette The ''Stornoway Gazette'' is a local newspaper reporting on local issues in the Western Isles of Scotland, specifically Stornoway and the Outer Hebrides. In 2004, nine months of head-to-head competition with a rival title ended with ''The Hebri ...

'' carries some Gaelic articles. * ''

West Highland Free Press The ''West Highland Free Press'' was founded in the Scottish Highlands in 1972 as a left-wing weekly newspaper, but with the principal objective of providing its immediate circulation area with the service which a local paper is expected to pr ...

'' includes Gaelic columns, ''Litir do Luchd Ionnsachaidh'' for learners, and also has part of its letterhead in Gaelic. * Irish language magazine ''Nós'', with a mainly young readership, has some articles in Scottish Gaelic. * ''

An Teachdaire Gaedhealach An, AN, aN, or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) * Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy * AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey * Anime North, a Canadian a ...

'' is published by Comunn Gàidhlig Astrailia (the Scottish Gaelic Association of Australia) with articles written side-by-side in Gaelic and English. It has been published on and off in Australia since 1982.

Publishers

Publishers which issue all, or some of their content in Gaelic include: * Argyll *

Birlinn The birlinn ( gd, bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots inclu ...

* Gairm Publications * Luath *

Ùr-sgeul Ùr-sgeul was an independent publisher of new Scottish Gaelic prose. The name Ùr-sgeul is a Gaelic word which translates variously as: a romance, a novel or a recent tale. History Ùr-sgeul was founded in 2003 as a project to promote new Gaeli ...

* Akerbeltz

Internet

Naidheachdan BBC
(BBC News)
Clì Gàidhlig
(The Voice of Gaelic Learners)
Bòrd na Gàidhlig

MG Alba
(Gaelic Media Service)
Fòram na Gàidhlig
(Gaelic language forum)

Manx

The following media are produced in the

Manx language Manx ( or , pronounced or ), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Gaelic language of the insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family. Manx is the historical language of the Manx peop ...

Radio programmes

* ''Traa dy Liooar'' ('Time Enough') is on

Manx Radio Manx Radio (legally Radio Manx Ltd.) ( gv, Radio Vannin) is the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man. It began broadcasting on 29 June 1964, almost ten years before commercial radio was licensed in the United Kingdom. The Isle of ...

every Monday from 5:05pm to 6.00pm. Traa dy Liooar is a magazine programme, and is hosted by Bob Carswell. * ''Jamys Jeheiney'' ('Jamys on Friday') is on Manx Radio every Friday from 5:05pm to 6.00pm. Jamys Jeheiney is a Gaelic language world music programme alternately hosted by Jamys O'Meara and Jamys Kinree. * ''

Claare ny Gael ''Claare ny Gael'' is a bilingual radio show presented by Robert Corteen Carswell and broadcast on Sunday evenings each week on Manx Radio. Both produced and presented by Carswell since the programme's inception in the late 1970s, the show mi ...

'' ('Gaelic Programme') is on Manx Radio every Sunday from 8.00pm to 9.00pm. * ''Shiaght Laa'' ('Seven Days') programme every Wednesday from 6.00pm to 6.30pm.

Print publications

* Manx language columns occasionally appear in the ''

Isle of Man Examiner The ''Isle of Man Examiner'' is a newspaper in the Isle of Man. The paper is published every Tuesday, and is owned by Isle of Man Newspapers, which is now part of the Tindle Group. Popular features include business news, the Final Whistle spo ...

'', including Brian Stowell's serialised novel, ''The Vampire Murders''. * The ''Family Manx'' magazine (a free publication) regularly carry Manx language articles, including a recipe in each edition. * The ''Learn Manx'' website also publishes ''Gaelg Vio'', a Manx language affairs publication, and also ''Bun as Bree'', an online publication running from April 2011 until May–June 2012 aimed at intermediate-advanced learners discussing Manx grammar and style, written by Chris Lewin.

Visual presentations

* Adrian Cain has prepared a series of interviews and cartoons in Manx Gaelic which are available on YouTube. *The short film Solace in Wicca, produced in 2012 by

Culture Vannin Culture Vannin is the trading name for the Manx Heritage Foundation, established in 1982 by the Isle of Man Government to promote Manx culture, heritage and language. It was rebranded in February 2014, having previously been known as the "Manx Her ...

Isle of Man Film Isle of Man Film is a regional screen agency, part of Isle of Man Government’s Department of Economic Development. They drive inward investment in relation to film and the creative industries. Since 1995 Isle of Man Film has built a worldwide ...

and CinemaNX.

Breton

The following media are produced in the

Breton language Breton (, ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albeit as a member of t ...

Television

France 3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info. It is made up of a network of regional television services providing ...

, a few local opt-outs in Breton (ca. 60 hours every year) on the regional service

France 3 Bretagne France 3 Bretagne is one of France 3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info. It is made up of a network ...

* TVRennes35, television station broadcasting a number of programmes in Breton * Tébéo

Radio stations

Broadcasting in Breton only

Arvorig FM
(in North Finistère) * Radio Kerne (in South Finistère)

Broadcasting in French and Breton

* Radio Bro Gwened (in Morbihan) * Radio Kreiz Breizh (in Western Côtes d'Armor) * RCF Rivages (in Finistère) *

France Bleu Breizh Izel France Bleu Breizh Izel - also known as France Bleu Lower Brittany, is a public service generalist radio station located in Lower Brittany, where Breton is traditionally spoken. The broadcast network and by extension Lower Brittany is made up ...

(from

Quimper Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography The ...

)

Print publications

* ''Bremañ'', monthly magazine containing articles about various topics, including international events, politics, culture, economy, and society

Internet

* Agence Bretagne Presse: http://abp.bzh/ * Brezhoweb, web TV entirely in Breton language * BreizhVOD, video on demand platform

Cornish

The following media are produced in the

Cornish language Cornish (Standard Written Form: or ) , is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. It is a List of revived languages, revived language, having become Extinct language, extinct as a livin ...

Radio

* ''An Nowodhow'', a 5-minute news bulletin in Cornish is broadcast on BBC

Radio Cornwall BBC Radio Cornwall is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cornwall. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Phoenix Wharf in Truro. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 1 ...

every Sunday at 5pm. Elizabeth Stewart took over presenting this programme from its long-standing presenter

Rod Lyon Rod Lyon was born in Cornwall and trained as a civil engineer. After spending some early years at sea, he worked until retirement as a Local Government Officer. He was the Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow between 2003-2006 with the bardic name of ...

in 2014. * ''

Radyo an Gernewegva Radyo an Gernewegva (abbreviated as RanG; meaning in English 'radio of the Cornish-speaking area') is a radio service broadcasting through the medium of the Cornish language both online, via podcast, and on several community radio stations in Corn ...

'', a weekly hour-long magazine programme originally just an online radio

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...

is now also broadcast on several

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...

stations in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

. From 2014

Radio St Austell Bay Radio St Austell Bay (RSAB, often incorrectly called St Austell Bay Radio) is a non-profit, community radio station. The radio station is funded by a combination of grants from the National Lottery and the Arts Council, alongside a small amount ...

is broadcasting it every Sunday at midday and

Source fm Source FM is a community radio station, for the combined Falmouth and Penryn community and the wider area. History The idea to create a community radio station in the Falmouth and Penryn area goes back to 2006, when Russell Clarke, Source FM d ...

( Falmouth and Penryn) broadcasts the same programme every Tuesday at 1pm.

Print publications

* ''An Gannas'', monthly magazine containing news, fiction, learners' pages and special interest writing, available from Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek * ''MyCornwall'' magazine has parts in Cornish and a Cornish learners' section.

Visual Media

*A variety of youtubers produce short videos on the Cornish language and in Cornish.

Diaspora media

* ''Aisrigh nan Gaidheal'', Scottish Gaelic radio programme on CKJM in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia, CanadaThe Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia
/ref> * ''

Celtic Family Magazine ''Celtic Family Magazine'' was a Los Angeles, California-based print and electronic publication, serving Celtic communities and their descendants around the world. ''Celtic Family Magazine'' published special features and articles on art, history, ...

'', quarterly publication distributed in North America serving Celtic communities and their descendants * ''Celtic Heritage Magazine'', magazine in Nova Scotia, Canada

References

Media Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...

Lists of mass media in Ireland Mass media by language

All languages

Welsh

Irish

Scottish Gaelic

Television

Digital and satellite channels

Other

Radio

Radio stations broadcasting completely in Gaelic

Radio stations with some Gaelic programmes

Print

Publishers

Internet

Manx

Radio programmes

Print publications

Visual presentations

Breton

Television

Radio stations

Broadcasting in Breton only

Broadcasting in French and Breton

Print publications

Internet

Cornish

Radio

Print publications

Visual Media

Diaspora media

See also

References

External links