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Gaelic Guerrilla - John Angus Mackay, Gael Extraordinaire (Paperback)
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Gaelic Guerrilla - John Angus Mackay, Gael Extraordinaire (Paperback)
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This book describes the astonishing achievements of John Angus
Mackay - a man whose intelligence, humanity, political nous, people
skills, wit, steely resolve and courage, were such that, what
lesser beings regarded as impossible, he made possible. Through his
efforts in concert with a small group of others, a thousand year
process of 'ethnic cleansing' of the Gaelic language and culture
was challenged and new means created to rebuild that which the
powers-that-be had long sought to destroy. These efforts were so
successful that now, the Scottish Gaelic language and culture has
turned the corner and the number of young Gaelic speakers is
increasing. How this was achieved, against a sustained barrage of
negativity, is described, but perhaps his most obvious achievement
is his long, dogged and forensically focused campaign, against huge
establishment resistance, to win a Gaelic television channel. That
channel now provides a fascinating range of programming at times
attracting viewership figures well in excess of the total number of
Gaelic speakers in Scotland. But that is only part of the story.
John Angus was also a gifted teacher, pivotal in developing
community co-operatives in his native Lewis, in paving the way for
the creation of the Crofters' Union and leading the development of
the Gaelic Comunn na Gaidhlig, Bord na Gaidhlig, An Lanntair
multi-arts venue, the University of the Highlands and Islands, and
as its chairman, in turning round NHS Western Isles from crisis
into a model small health board.
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