Eilidh Cormack, Portree, is this
year's recipient of the Scottish Government's Gaelic Ambassador of the
Year award.
The Gaelic cultural festival began in Dunoon on Friday night, with a special celebration honouring Scotland's Year of Young People.
Over the next eight days there will be more than 200 competitions and events in Highland dancing, sport, literature, drama, Gaelic music and song.
The ambassador award, presented by MSP Michael Russell, celebrates how much Ms Cormack has accomplished within the Gaelic community at such a young age, and what lies ahead for her in the future.
She said: "I am absolutely delighted to have been awarded with the Gaelic Ambassador of the Year at the Royal National Mod this year and I certainly wasn't expecting it, especially being so young.
A 22-year-old singer from Skye has been named Gaelic Ambassador of the Year, as the Royal National Mod gets under way.
Eilidh Cormack, from Portree, said she was "absolutely delighted".The Gaelic cultural festival began in Dunoon on Friday night, with a special celebration honouring Scotland's Year of Young People.
Over the next eight days there will be more than 200 competitions and events in Highland dancing, sport, literature, drama, Gaelic music and song.
The ambassador award, presented by MSP Michael Russell, celebrates how much Ms Cormack has accomplished within the Gaelic community at such a young age, and what lies ahead for her in the future.
She said: "I am absolutely delighted to have been awarded with the Gaelic Ambassador of the Year at the Royal National Mod this year and I certainly wasn't expecting it, especially being so young.
