There has been strong demand for the nursery's 26 full-time equivalent places and there are now six children on the waiting list. Demand has come from parents across Glasgow and western Scotland as far away as Ayrshire, according to Annrose Bisset, the nursery's director.
'Some of the parents speak Gaelic themselves and almost all of the parents will send children to a Gaelic school. One parent does not speak Gaelic but is going to take up classes,' Ms Bisset said.
'Recruitment has not been easy because there are lots of people who speak Gaelic, but not as many who read and write it,' she said. 'But we have done well, we have five people and just need one more.'
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