... pre-Christian gods with supernatural ability and were of great importance to Gaelic people. They belong to the Otherworld (Aos Si) community whose world was ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 8 2016 - 9:36pm - 0 comments
Alastair Kneale's blog Some news of coming Gaelic events on Mannin supplied by Adrian Cain Manx Language Development ... hampers are up for grabs! It’s worth coming as it’s a great event! A Gaelic highlight of the year. Caarjyn Cooidjagh (Manx ...
Alastair Kneale - Dec 2 2014 - 3:26pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog At the time of Canadian Confederation, in 1867, Gaelic was the third most spoken language in Canada. As many as one hundred ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 14 2017 - 5:51pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog The Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge) is the main voluntary community organisation ... The League’s primary objective is the reinstatement of the Irish language as the common tongue of Ireland. Since its founding in ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 13 2016 - 4:56pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog “Public support for the language (Scots Gaelic) in terms of government financing, institutional provision and ... of Gaelic-medium education has been a development of great significance for the language.” The optimist will take heart ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 18 2014 - 1:24am - 0 comments
... God Lugh. God of the sun, light and harvests, Lugh was a great warrior. According to the Ulster Cycle he fathered the legendary Cú ... but was originally the day of devotion to the Celtic Goddess of the same name and Beltane celebrated on 1st of May. Beltane is ...
Emmett McIntyre - Nov 2 2015 - 10:27pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog The website ‘An Sionnach Fionn' (The White Fox) have ... in Ireland in the 1st century is the fate of the Celtic Goddess Brigid: “Christian missionaries incorporated elements of the ... and Anglo-British invasions of the Gaelic nations of north-western Europe has greatly impaired our understanding ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 4 2017 - 4:01pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog The following is an editorial published on the web site of the Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia: Gaelic Nova Scotia: Tradition in a Modern ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 30 2016 - 1:25pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog There has been a surge in interest in Scots Gaelic in recent years and observers are pointing to a tipping point having ... recently ran a story titled “A surge in the number of people taking up Gaelic in the last 18 months has raised fresh hopes for the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 27 2020 - 7:19pm
Douglas MacQueen's blog Moray Language Centre are holding a meeting on December 4th at 7.30pm at the Gabarfeidh Hotel in the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It will be in regard to the Isle Of Lewis Gaelic Initiative. The main topic of the meeting is to spread the message to ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 7 2014 - 11:32pm - 0 comments