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C貌ig ceud bliadhna air ais thug Martin Luther crathadh air an t-saoghal Chr矛ostail. Sheas e an aghaidh ana-caitheamh na h-Eaglaise Chaitligich nuair a chroch e na 95 puingean-deasbaid aige ri doras na h-eaglaise ionadail ann an Wittenberg. Dh'adhbhraich na 95 puingean-deasbaid aimhreit fh貌irneartach thar na Roinn E貌rpa is th脿inig an creideimh Pr貌stanach gu bith. Mar chomharrachadh air 500 bliadhna bho 脌m an Ath-Leasachaidh, tha Ailig O'Henley a' cur a' phrosbaig air a' bhuaidh bha aig Martin Luther air na Gaidheil ann an 脠irinn is Alba.

Air turas iongantach thar na Roinn E貌rpa, na h-Eileanan an Iar agus a dh'脠irinn, bidh Ailig a' faighinn barrachd tuigse air ciamar an dh'fhuirich 脠irinn dl霉th ris a' chreideamh Chaitligeach is gun do dh'atharraich a' mh貌r-chuid de dh'Albannaich gu bhith nam Pr貌stanaich. Bidh sinn a' faicinn gu bheil an d矛leab aig Martin Luther fhathast a' bualadh air an t-saoghal Gh脿idhealach.

In October 1517, Martin Luther started a revolution. In a protest against the extravagance of the Catholic Church, the little-known German friar pinned a controversial document - The 95 theses - on a church door and caused a sensation. The event led to major religious and political upheavals across Europe as Protestantism was born.

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Alex O'Henley examines the impact of Martin Luther and his ideas on the Gaelic-speaking peoples. In a journey that takes him from Rome, Germany and Geneva to the Outer Hebrides and across the island of Ireland, Alex uncovers why the Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland became, to a large extent, Protestant while most of Ireland remained Catholic. He shows how Luther's legacy still looms large over the Gaelic world.