Mac-Talla

Mac-Talla (The Echo) was a Scottish Gaelic bi-weekly periodical published by Jonathon MacKinnon (1869–1944) out of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. It ran 12 volumes between 1892 and 1904.[1] Its first issue was published May 28, 1892 and its final issue was published June 24, 1904. The entire collection of this periodical is available online through the Sabhal Mòr Ostaig website.

For the Scottish Gaelic band formed in 1987, see Mac-Talla (band).

The Scotsman has referred to it as "[t]he most successful Gaelic newspaper ever".[2]

References
  1. Campbell, Donald, and MacLean, R. A. (1974). Beyond the Atlantic Roar: A Study of the Nova Scotia Scots. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 156. ISBN 0773581197
  2. (September 8, 1999). "Gaelic Page", The Scotsman, p. 18.


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