Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle
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Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle ('The Islay Columba Centre') is a Gaelic medium
college on the shores of Loch Indaal
on the island of Islay
in Scotland
. It was founded in 2002 as part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, and is overseen by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
(Skye
). The Centre teaches Gaelic language, culture and heritage.
The campus is confusingly named, since one of the campus on Skye is known as "Arainn Chaluim Chille".
Scottish Gaelic language
Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
college on the shores of Loch Indaal
Loch Indaal
Loch Indaal is a sea loch on the island of Islay, the southernmost of the Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Together with Loch Gruinart to the north, it was formed by the Loch Gruinart Fault, which branches off the Great Glen Fault.Along the northwestern coast are the villages of...
on the island of Islay
Islay
-Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was founded in 2002 as part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, and is overseen by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is a Scottish Gaelic medium college located about north of Armadale on the Sleat peninsula of the island of Skye in northwestern Scotland. It is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands and also has a campus on Islay known as Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle.The college was...
(Skye
Skye
Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills...
). The Centre teaches Gaelic language, culture and heritage.
The campus is confusingly named, since one of the campus on Skye is known as "Arainn Chaluim Chille".