{"id":1604,"date":"2020-09-15T15:36:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T15:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:14:52","slug":"calasraid-aite-nan-sgeulachdan-callander-place-of-the-stories-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/2020\/09\/15\/calasraid-aite-nan-sgeulachdan-callander-place-of-the-stories-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Calasraid: \u00c0ite nan Sgeulachdan \/ Callander: Place of the Stories (home education)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Comic about Callander\u2019s Gaelic heritage, in both English and Gaelic<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Callander (Calasraid) has a rich Gaelic heritage (dualchas), which can be seen in place-names but also in the stories told by local people. In and around Callander, people still speak of the each-uisge (water horse) living in Loch Venachar, or the tragic death of the famous Irish hero, Diarmad, on the slopes of Ben Gullipen. This project aimed to celebrate the Gaelic heritage of Callander by working with local primary schools to retell these legendary Gaelic stories (sgeulachdan) with a new comic (comaig or p\u00e0ipear-\u00e8ibhinn)!\u00a0Read the comic here.<\/strong><\/a> It is suitable for home educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All of the characters in the stories speak in Gaelic to reflect the linguistic heritage of Callander. We made the decision to include simultaneous English translations of the Gaelic in the speech bubbles to aid learning and comprehension for non-Gaelic speakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The script of the comic was written by Paul Bristow (Magic Torch Comics) in collaboration with the P6-7 pupils at Callander Primary School and Riverside Primary School. The pupils created their own comicbook stories and, along the way, they learned Gaelic words and phrases.\u00a0 Some of the Gaelic sound effects \u2013 sgleog (bang), clostar (clatter\/crash), aobhag (ouch) \u2013 were relatively new even to the Gaelic Medium Education pupils at Riverside Primary School! The artwork was created by Robin Henley (pages 1-4, 13-18), Dylan Gibson (5-8), and Norrie Millar (9-12). Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to find out more about the comic, on Callander\u2019s Landscape webpage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about the whole project here – Callander’s Landscape Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Funders and partners on the comic project include: Heritage Lottery Fund<\/a>, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park<\/a>, Magic Torch Comics<\/a>, <\/strong>and Stirling Council<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Callander\u2019s Landscape | Loch Lomond & The Trossachs | National Park Authority | Corrochan | Carrochan Road | Balloch | G83 8EG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Heritage Resources Portal is an Archaeology Scotland <\/a>initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Funded by Historic Environment Scotland<\/a> towards realising Scotland\u2019s Archaeology Strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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