Royal National Mòd
royal national mòd scottish gaelic mòd nàiseanta rìoghail eisteddfodinspired international celtic festival focusing upon scottish gaelic literature traditional music culture held annually scotland largest several major scottish mòds often referred simply mòd mòd run comunn gàidhealach gaelic association includes competition award mòd founded comunn gàidhealach st columba church glasgow also greatly influenced mòds inception choir invited give gaelic concert oban presided lord archibald campbell concert attended much scottish nobility including louise princess royal duchess fife concert choir entertained supper alexandra hotel description entertainment given one william black novel concert prelude first mòd held oban following year st columba choir award choral music competition poet traditional singer highland land league activist màiri mhòr nan òran – performed first mòds gaelic song competition awarded medal mòd held year october since year national mòd held first world war – second world war – covid pandemic year royal originally part name still practice st columba church send concert party start fundraising mòd visit oban well winning premier choir competition first three year congregation also many mòd gold medallist year mòd greatly influenced national eisteddfod wale although tends somewhat restrained ceremonial aspect according ronald black following example welsh eisteddfod commun gàidhealach simplified structure annual poetry competition single contest bardic crown crùn na bàrdachd winner acknowledged bard commun bàird chomuinn gàidhealaich coming year man behind move surprisingly angus robertson president comunn offering distinctive middle path traditional modern verse competition produced much work note deserves put perspective many subsidiary prize remained sorley maclean junior one derick thomson gold medal distinguished entrant literary competition generally bard crowned year closing concert mòd astonishingly unlike wale winning poem formed part proceeding award made entry adequate quality second time five year happened march comunn announced bardic crown would longer awarded watershed moment took place royal national mòd stornoway poetry lewis mackinnon composed canadian gaelic dialect spoken antigonish county nova scotia bardic crown first time history mòd award granted nonscot mòd largely take form formal competition choral event traditional music including gaelic song fiddle bagpipe clarsach folk group dominate spoken word event include childrens adult poetry reading storytelling bible reading category ancient folk tale humorous monologue child also present original drama prose poetry competition written scottish gaelic literature mòd also run annual shinty competition mòd cup two shinty team closest mòd taking place winner day competition invited perform winner cèilidhs held every evening mòd celebration scottish gaelic language culture raise profile contributes towards aim securing future improvement recent mass expansion scottish gaelicmedium education across scotland meant beginning junior fluent speaker section increased extent organiser forced extend mòd competition beyond one day culturally mòd comparable welsh eisteddfod irish oireachtas na gaeilge mòd draw large crowd lead local venue put various event addition official mòd event event collectively referred mòd fringe participant mòd also opportunity meet old friend make new one recent criticism gold medal event favor style gaelic singing adapted victorian era art song tradition popularized early th century marjory kennedyfraser st century scottish traditional musician allege contest long marginalised traditional singer like late flora macneil style new criticism however conversation american ethnomusicologist amy murray fr allan macdonald iconic poet scottish gaelic literature said choral arrangement gaelic song usually performed mòd inception based collection noted staff tonic solfa course twist turn cut though fit statue box taking nose ear recently scottish traditional musician fergus munro also gone record scotland grown increasingly secularised critic alleges growing tendency exclude christian poetry gaelic psalm hymnsinging mòd furthermore mòd popularly known whisky olympics considered either vicious slur fair comment bbc scotland traditionally broadcast mòd highlight bbc one bbc two radio nan gàidheal since introduction bbc alba provided coverage gaelic presenter included traditional musician gaelic speaker broadcaster mary ann kennedy gaelic broadcaster cathy crombie mòd held october held following location throughout scotland highland lowland host location date location upcoming móds oban october lochaber october glasgow october western isle october southernmost host location ayr easternmost aberdeen northernmost thurso seen list certain location favoured area large amount hall space accommodation favoured notable area scotland never visited mòd include arran islay significant gaelicspeaking population dumfries galloway fife angus outwith dundee north east scotland loch lomondside etc mòd never scottish border northern isle little connection area gaelic language unlike national eisteddfod national mòd never held england national eisteddfod wale oireachtas na gaeilge list celtic festival royal national mòd royal national mòd falkirk october