Catrìona NicGumaraid

Catriona NicGumaraid (22 March 1947 – 5 January 2024) was a Scottish Gaelic poet.

Biography

Catriona NicGumaraid (Montgomery) was born at Roag near Dunvegan. She was educated on Skye and at the University of Glasgow, where she studied Celtic and Scottish history. She then attended Jordanhill College to qualify as a secondary teacher.[1][2] She began to write poetry both in Gaelic and English in the 1970s, and published her first collection of poems in 1974.[3][4]

Career

Teaching

After graduating, NicGumaraid taught Gaelic and Modern Studies at Penilee High School in Glasgow.[5]

In 1973, she became the first scribe at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in Sleat.[1]

Writing

NicGumaraid first published her poetry in 1970, in the magazine Gairm.[1]

Her poetry explored themes of love, family, religion, and land. She cited Somhairle McLean as one of her influences.[1] In 2003, An Common Gàidhealach conferred on NicGumaraid the hundredth Bardic Crown.[2]

Acting

In the late 1970s, she appeared in the TV series Can Seo. Through the 1980s, she also appeared in other Scottish Gaelic programs.[1]

Personal life and death

NicGumaraid was married and had two children.[5] She died on 5 January 2024, at the age of 76.[1][6]

Selected poems

Publications

  • A' Choille Chiar (1973) - còmhla ri a piuthar, Mòrag NicGumaraid
  • An Aghaidh na Sìorraidheachd: Ochdnar Bhàrd Gàidhlig (1991) - co-chruinneachadh nua-bhàrdachd Ghàidhlig
  • Rè na h-Oidhche (1994)

Editorial work

  • NicGumaraid, Catrìona (deas.) 1980. Òrain Aonghais agus an Sgiobair: Òrain le Aonghas Fleidsear agus Iain MacNeacail (Dundéagh [Dùn Dè]: Catriona NicGumaraid)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Catrìona NicGumaraid: 1947-2024". Naidheachdan a' BhBC (in Scottish Gaelic). 6 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Catrìona NicGumaraid Catriona Montgomery - Poet". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Catrìona NicGumaraid poems - National Poetry Day 2012". National Library of Scotland. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Writers/Poets Index". Leabhar Mor: The Great Book. Archived from the original on 23 November 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Làrach nam Bàrd 20mh – Am Bàrd: Catrìona NicGumaraid". BBC ALBA (in Scottish Gaelic). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  6. ^ Catrìona (Montgomery) Nic Gumaraid

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