Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic (DASG)

Description

The Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic (DASG), in Gaelic Dachaigh airson Stòras na Gàidhlig, is a digital resource for the Scottish Gaelic language, established in 2006 within Celtic and Gaelic at the University of Glasgow. Its central holding is Corpas na Gàidhlig, a text corpus drawn from Gaelic writing across several centuries and searchable through a dedicated query platform, alongside a fieldwork archive of around 700 manuscripts and some 50,000 headwords gathered between the 1960s and the 1980s in mainland Scotland, the islands and Nova Scotia.

The archive maintains bespoke research tools, among them Am Briathradan and LEACAN, and a transcribed audio collection opened in 2015. DASG has been a recognised British Academy Academy Research Project since 2007, renewed for 2024 to 2029, and its corpus supplies the evidence base for the historical dictionary project Faclair na Gàidhlig.

Currently active

Yes

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2006

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University affiliation(s)

University of Glasgow
Glasgow

Partner Infrastructures

British Academy (BA)

The British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. It mobilises these disciplines to understand the world and shape a brighter future. ​ From artificial i… read more about British Academy (BA)

London

Bòrd na Gàidhlig

Bòrd na Gàidhlig is the principal public body in Scotland responsible for promoting the development of Gaelic, including advising Scottish Ministers on Gaelic issues. Its stated aim is f… read more about Bòrd na Gàidhlig

Inverness

Faclair na Gàidhlig

Faclair na Gàidhlig is an inter-university project building a historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic on the model of the great historical dictionaries of other European languages, tracing the… read more about Faclair na Gàidhlig

Isle of Skye

Additional Partnerships

Soillse; Comunn na Gàidhlig; Urras Brosnachaidh na Gàidhlig; Uist Digitisation Centre; Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba; Scottish Natural Heritage