An Dà Thaobh
Acadamaidh an Dòrnaich
Dornoch Academy
Dùbhlachd 1914, a’ Bheilg. Tha Albannaich anns na trainnsichean a’ fàs tinn leis a’ chogadh mu thràth. Bidh iad a’ cluinntinn an nàimhdean Gearmailteach a’ seinn rudeigin air a bheil iad eòlach agus a’ tighinn còmhla ris an dreach Ghàidhlig aca fhèin. “A bheil fìor eadar-dhealachadh eadar sinn?” Tha geama ball-coise càirdeil a’ leantainn. 110 bliadhna air ais, chan eil dad air atharrachadh. Tha dà thaobh ann fhathast – ach a bheil sinn uile cho eadar-dhealaichte?
December 1914, Belgium. Scotsmen in the trenches are getting sick of the war already. They hear their German enemies singing something familiar and join in with their own familiar Gaelic version. “Is there really much difference between us?” A friendly football match follows. 110 years later, nothing has changed. There are still two sides – but are we really all that different?
