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TheScottish Gaelic Renaissance (Scottish Gaelic:Ath-Bheòthachadh na Gàidhlig) is a continuing movement concerning therevival of theScottish Gaelic language andits literature. Although the Scottish Gaelic language had been facing gradual decline in the number of speakers since the late 19th century, due to the increasing use ofScottish Gaelic-medium education the number of young and fluent Gaelic speakers is quickly rising.^[1] A similar trend using similar tactics is also taking place in thelanguage revival ofCanadian Gaelic inNova Scotia,New Brunswick, andPrince Edward Island.

The movement has its origins in theScottish Renaissance and especially in the work ofSorley MacLean,George Campbell Hay,Derick Thomson andIain Crichton Smith. A major role has also been played by theliterary scholarship ofJohn Lorne Campbell, Ronald Black, Donald E. Meek, and many others like them.

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is sometimes seen as being a product of this renaissance.Although many of the products of the Renaissance were in poetry, fiction, or inScottish traditional music, many such as MacLean andIain Crichton Smith, and more recentlyAonghas MacNeacail,Angus Peter Campbell, andChristopher Whyte have blended Gaelic folklore, mythology, and literary traditions with more international literary styles such asmagic realism.

Mike Russell became the first person to address aEuropean Union meeting in Scottish Gaelic in May 2010.^[2] Gaelic had long suffered from its lack of use in educational and administrative contexts, having been suppressed in the past^[3] but it has now achieved some official recognition with the passage of theGaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005.

At the firstScottish Parliament, a number of people also swore their oaths in English and Scottish Gaelic. (A version of the oath had to be said in English.)

• Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul - author^[4]
• Somhairle MacGill-Eain - poet
• Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn - intellectual, poet and author.
• Ruaraidh MacThòmais - academic, author, poet and publisher.

• Sharon Macdonald,Reimagining Culture: Histories, Identities and the Gaelic Renaissance (Oxford, Berg, 1997).
• Roger Hutchinson,A Waxing Moon: The Modern Gaelic Revival (Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, 2005).

• Celtic Revival
• Gaelic revival (Irish)
• Highland Revival
• Scottish Renaissance

• You Can Conquer Digital Worlds in Scottish Gaelic, Thanks to Hard-Working Localizers—Global Voices Online (April 12, 2017)

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