Records of Glasgow University Ossianic Society, 1831-, student society, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Reference
- GB 248 DC 069
Dates of Creation
- 1906-1981
Name of Creator
- Glasgow University Ossianic Society (student society: 1831-: Glasgow, Scotland)
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 0.3 metres
  There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material.

Scope and Content

GB 248 DC 069 includes:

Account book, 1906-1960;
Membership lists, 1979-1980 & 1980-1981;
Report for 150th Annual General Meeting, 1981;
Correspondence with members of the House of Commons concerning Donald Stewart's Private Member's Bill on the Gaelic language, 1981;

Administrative / Biographical History

The Glasgow University Ossianic Society (Comunn Oiseanach Oilthigh Ghlaschu) was founded by a group of students from the Scottish Highlands in 1831 at the University of Glasgow , Scotland, under the inspiration of Dr Norman MacLeod (1783-1862), minister of St Columba's, the Gaelic chapel in Glasgow. He was Honorary President of the Society from its institution until his death in 1862.

Since the 1970s the position of the Society has been one where the promotion of Gaelic is the central issue, a change from the earlier days when the social side was regarded as the Society's main function.

In 2005, the society was still in existence where "from a Gaelic debating society, it has developed into a society which advances Gaelic and Celtic culture in general." Their website gives details of their current activities: http://www.gla.ac.uk/clubs/ossianic/ .