John Macleod Memorial Festival 2025

Published: 17 Dec 2024

The late John Macleod and Donnchadh MacLeòid
The late John Macleod and Duncan MacLeod

​The John Macleod Memorial Festival will return early next year, with the annual Memorial Lecture taking place on Thursday 30th January, followed by a string of events over the weekend which will celebrate Gaelic language, community and culture in Edinburgh.

Duncan MacLeod will present the Memorial Lecture- “Thoughts of a Linguist- What does language decay tell us abut Gaelic?”

An Comunn Gàidhealach has been hosting this event in partnership with Edinburgh University since 2019, when the John Macleod Memorial Lecture took place for the first time.

Throughout his life, John Macleod was heavily involved in Gaelic development work in Edinburgh. He became President of An Comunn Gàidhealach in 2017 and continued in that role for 10 years. In 1996 he re-launched the Edinburgh branch of An Comunn Gàidhealach and in 2017 he was presented the “Sàr Ghàidheal” award from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, for his work and dedication to the Gaelic language. Having also worked as a police man his whole working life, he spent his whole life in public service.

We plan to livestream the lecture on our Facebook and / or YouTube pages.

The festival will include a variety of events, music, walks and much more, providing an excellent opportunity for the Gaelic community of Edinburgh to come together.

Keep an eye on our website and social media in the coming weeks for more details.

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