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Members of the community and Flodigarry Township Trust look on as local MSP Kate Forbes cuts the first turf at the ceremony .
Members of the community and Flodigarry Township Trust look on as local MSP Kate Forbes cuts the first turf at the ceremony .

Work to start on £8million Gaelic cultural centre on Skye

The Herald, 7th July 2025

Preliminary work is set to start in the next few weeks on a Gaelic language and culture centre which will ‘help protect and develop the language in one of its community heartlands’.

The new centre – Ionad Thròndairnis – will be built at Flodigarry in Staffin on the North-east peninsula of Skye.

It will include a large function hall, classrooms for language, music and heritage education, and a significant library and digital archive.

The Ionad Thròndairnis (Trotternish Centre) project includes a café-restaurant and a scalable development of quality accommodation to serve not only the users of the centre, but also address the chronic shortage of bed spaces in that part of Skye.

Siuated to the north of Portree, The Trotternish Peninsula is home to some of Skye’s most spectacular scenery. 

Ionad cultarail ùr Sgitheanach ceum nas fhaisge

BBC Alba, 6 An Cèitean 2019

Tha ionad cultarail ùr san Eilean Sgitheanach, Ionad Thròndairnis, ceum nas fhaisge. Chum Urras Baile Fhlòdaigearraidh tachartas Disathairne a’ comhar- rachadh gur ann acasan a-nise a tha an talamh air a bheileas an dùil an to- galach a chur. A rèir an Urrais, ‘s e an ath cheum a bhith a’ lorg maoineachaidh mu choinneamh an leasachaidh. Gheall am ball pàrlamaid Albannach, Ceit Fhoirbeis, gum bi taic ri fhaighinn. Tha an aithris seo aig Alasdair MacLeòid.

Members of the community and Flodigarry Township Trust look on as local MSP Kate Forbes cuts the first turf at the ceremony .
Members of the community and Flodigarry Township Trust look on as local MSP Kate Forbes cuts the first turf at the ceremony .

Ionad Thròndairnis: “Bheir e misneachd don choimhearsnachd Ghàidhlig”

BBC Naidheachdan, 7 An t-Iuchar 2025

Tha obair gus tòiseachadh air ionad Gàidhlig agus dualchais san Eilean Sgitheanach ann an tè de na sgìrean far a bheil an cànan fhathast air bilean an t-sluaigh.

Cosgaidh e £8m airson Ionad Thròndairnis a thogail ann am Flòdaigearraidh an ceann an ear-thuath den Eilean.

Ged a bha àrdachadh gu nàiseanta sa chunntas-shluaigh mu dheireadh sna thuirt gun robh Gàidhlig aca, thathar a’ gabhail ris gu bheil crìonadh mòr air tighinn oirre mar chànan choimhearsnachd.

Tha a’ Ghàidhlig a ghlèidheadh mar chànan beò san àite a tha gu bhith na phrìomhachas aig Ionad Thròndairnis.

Ceremony kick-starts plans for Trotternish Centre

West Highland Free Press, 10 May 2019

Last Saturday a special ceremony was held in a bid to kick-start the plans for Ionad Thròndairnis (the Trotternish Centre) – unique multi-function arts and educational centre to welcome the many hundreds of thousands of visitors who travel to this part of the island annually.

Local MSP Kate Forbes cut the first turf on the site of the proposed centre in Flodigarry.
Over the last decade the community, through the work of Urras Baile Fhlòdaigearraidh – Flodigarry Township Trust – has been drawing up plans for Ionad Thròndairnis.

The centre is conceived as a multi-purpose venue for hosting concerts, ceilidhs and other cultural and social events. Importantly, it will be an educational resource for the development of the Gaelic courses that the community has been running in partnership with Scotland’s national Gaelic college, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

In addition to providing space for the interpretation of the history, geology and wildlife of the Trotternish peninsula, the centre’s primary role will be as a social hub where members of the community can meet with each other and welcome all the visitors who come to experience the splendour of the peninsula.

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Fios / Contact

Faigh tuilleadh a-mach mu phlanaichean airson Ionad Thròndairnis.
Find out more about plans for the Trotternish Centre.

Le taic bho; / With support from;

Fios / Contact

Faigh tuilleadh a-mach mu phlanaichean airson Ionad Thròndairnis.
Find out more about plans for the Trotternish Centre.

Le taic bho Bhòrd na Gàidhlig / With support from Bòrd na Gàidhlig