Catriona Nicolson

Catrìona NicGumaraid (; 22 March 1947 – 5 January 2024) was a Scottish Gaelic poet.

Biography Catrìona NicGumaraid was born at Roag near Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. She was educated on Skye and at the University of Glasgow, where she studied Celtic and Scottish history. She then attended Jordanhill College to qualify as a secondary teacher. She began to write poetry both in Gaelic and English in the 1970s, and published her first collection of poems in 1974.

Career

Teaching After graduating, NicGumaraid taught Gaelic and Modern Studies at Penilee Secondary School in Glasgow. Later in her career she taught in Dundee.

In 1973, she became the first writer in residence at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on Skye.

Selected poems 'Cearcall mun Ghealaich' 'Urnaigh na Ban-Tigrich' 'A' Chraobh' 'Gun Stiùir'

Publications A' Choille Chiar ( (1974) Glasgow: Clò-Beag – published with her sister, Mòrag NicGumaraid Rè na h-Oidhche (1994) Edinburgh: Canongate Àilleagan am Measg nam Flùr (2018) Glasgow: Comhairle nan Leabhraichean

Anthologies An Aghaidh na Sìorraidheachd: Ochdnar Bhàrd Gàidhlig (1991) Edinburgh: Polygon – edited by Christopher Whyte An Tuil: Anthology of 20th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse (1999) Edinburgh: Polygon – edited by Ronald Black

Editorial work Òrain Aonghais agus an Sgiobair (1980) – the songs of Aonghas Fleidsear (1896–1983) and Iain MacNeacail (1903–1999). Dundee: Catrìona NicGumaraid