THE Royal National Mòd has appointed its new Bard and announced the Gaelic Learner of the Year.
Poet, broadcaster and journalist Peter Mackay, originally from the Isle of Lewis, has been named the new Bard in recognition of his contribution to the Gaelic literary world.
Mackay works as a senior lecturer at the University of St Andrews and was previously writer in residence at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig – a college on Skye.
