After a very busy fall, the Scottish Heritage Center’s Monthly Lecture Series will return on Thursday, December 5 at 7 p.m. at the Center with an end-of-year presentation before resuming in January.
The topic will be "THE CAROLINA GAELS"
The Laurinburg region and an area encompassing 10 counties in North Carolina and parts of 3 counties in South Carolina once contained a population which spoke the most prominent minority language outside of Native American languages in the Carolinas prior to the late 20th Century. This language was that of homes and churches, and a printing press in Fayetteville even printed documents and books in the language. The earliest Presbyterian as well as Baptist and Methodist congregations in our county were founded by ministers who spoke this language and preached in it for a number of decades. We have place-names and communities here in the region which bear names in this language, and there are even words and phrases known in local vernacular which are still pure examples of this language. Come learn how Scottish Gaelic influenced this greater region and how the evidence of its use helps us define the boundaries of this community.
The event is free and open to all! Please share and spread the word. I’d love to have people "galore" ( a hint there….that word is pure Gaelic…"gu leoir") to come out and learn more!
Bill Caudill
Director, The Scottish Heritage Center
Instructor, St. Andrews University Pipe Band
Official Community Relations Liaison
St. Andrews University
A Division of Webber International University
Laurinburg, North Carolina 28352-5598
(910)277-5236 office phone
bill OR bagpipe
