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Revivals of Gaelic traditions have come and gone on Cape Breton Island over the decades, but the ceilidh, a ‘kitchen party’ with food, music and dance, is alive and well today.
Recent studies by the geneticist Rui Martiniano and the archaeologist Claire-Elise Fischer indicate that people living in the most remote and most "Celtic" regions of Ireland and Scotland today ...
Therefore, when the Celtic-Gaelic people faced the Republic of Mexico’s soldados (soldiers) on battlefields across Texas in 1835-1836, hundreds of Emerald Isle volunteers still carried ...
English has been Scotland’s main language since the 18th century, before that many people spoke ‘Scottish’ whether that was Scots or Gaelic… Here’s what that means.
When the latest Maine Ulster-Scots Project newsletter hit my inbox, I was delighted at their list of activities aimed at ...
Ms Forbes – who is also minister for Gaelic – said she was “extremely optimistic” about the future of the language. Scotland’s Census found that 2.5% of people aged three and over had ...
The BBC bet on Scotland Gaelic TV series 'An t-Eilean,' 'The Island,' the first prestige Gaelic show. ... It’s just a really fun story. A lot of people have been saying for years, ...
The number of people with Gaelic skills in East Lothian has nearly doubled over the last 14 years, a new report has revealed.