A NEW social networking website is being launched later this month and hopes are high it will give Gaelic a major boost, especially among young folk and those interested in learning about the language.
Two of those behind the project are Rosemary Ward, Acting Chief Executive and Education Manager of Bord na Gaidhlig and Gaelic learner Gillian Thompson, Director of the IT firm Creative Cell.
Described as a Gaelic version of Facebook, mygaelic.co
m will hopefully be a site where people can visit if they want information on Gaelic.
Explained Bord na Gaidhlig's Hugh Dan Maclennan: "mygaelic.com is a BnG project and we put it out to tender. Creative Cell from Glasgow were selected to deliver the project and they have appointed a Gaelic speaker to look after the day to day management of the website. We have briefed Gaelic organisations about the new website which will be launched formally later this month.
"It is a website to attract people, particularly young people, and those who don't know much about the language. Gaelic speakers can also use the site which is like Facebook and other such sites," he said.
Mr Maclennan went on: "We want all the Gaelic organisations to be involved as they will all be linked into the site. It is a site where people can go for information about Gaelic. There needs to be a door to attract people in, a single site where people can visit. We hope it will be hugely beneficial to learners and people who might want to know something about the language but don't know where to start."
For more information on 'mygaelic' see this week's Stornoway Gazette, out on Thursday, January 15.
