Identity in the Scottish Diaspora

[jfraser]

This had certainly ceased by the early 1970's when I was at school in the outer Hebridies, it was not unknown for the odd Gaelic speaking teacher to converse with pupils in Gaelic (leaving me a non Gaelic speaker somewhat lost), But most Teachers were from the mainland and only spoke English.
The banning of Speaking Gaelic comes from a long way back, when the Lowland Scots Presbyterian church dominated the Scottish Education system which is totally separate from that in England. The lowland Scots still saw the Gaels as a race for "civilising"..

Indeed, there were vast differences between the 1920's and the 1970's. I know in the 1970's it was possible in some Scottish schools to obtain recognised qualifications in Gaelic.