ɐ wˈɔːɾɚʃˌɛd mˈoʊmənt tˈʊk plˈeɪs dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ɪlˈɛvən ɹˈɔɪəl nˈæʃənəl mˈɑːd æt stˈoːɹnəwˌeɪ, ˈaɪəl ʌv lˈuːɪs, wˌɛn ðə pˈoʊɪtɹi ʌv lˈuːɪs mˈæk kˈɪnən, kəmpˈoʊzd ɪnðə kɐnˈeɪdiən ɡˈeɪlɪk dˈaɪəlɛkt spˈoʊkən ɪn ˌæntɪɡˈɑːnɪʃ kˈaʊnti, nˈoʊvə skˈoʊʃə, wˈʌn ðə bˈɑːɹdɪk kɹˈaʊn.
A watershed moment took place during the 2011 Royal National Mòd at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, when the poetry of Lewis MacKinnon, composed in the Canadian Gaelic dialect spoken in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, won the Bardic Crown.