Emmett McIntyre's blog The following is an editorial appearing on the Website of The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia, in honour of Gaelic Awareness Month: The ...
Emmett McIntyre - May 16 2014 - 9:12pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog The modern era of Gaelic Medium Education in Scotland’s primary schools took off in the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 21 2015 - 11:59am - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog The heart of the homeland of Scots Gaelic is receiving a welcome boost. Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides of ...
Emmett McIntyre - Dec 21 2016 - 4:28pm - 0 comments
Alastair Kneale's blog NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE One of the things the Manx Government count on is that Manx people are too mild, ... labelled a graphic on the Mec Vannin (MV) web site about winter deaths as ‘over the top’. Well it would be a ‘funny old world’ ...
Alastair Kneale - Nov 22 2015 - 12:41pm - 0 comments
Alastair Kneale's blog Scotland has been experiencing some difficult weather ... operations that had been scheduled. Putting on her winter walking clothing, goggles and snow poles she walked the eight miles from ... In the hospital Mr McAndrew, a colon cancer patient, was one of the patients who she operated on on that day. He told BBC Scotland that he ...
Alastair Kneale - Mar 9 2018 - 5:11pm
In the dead of night on Halloween, people living close to the route of the Manx Electric ... leaves as the dark steadfast trees prepared for the coming winter. In the background the waves of the Irish Sea crashed against the rocks ... linked to the harvest festival of Samhainn (Sauin in Manx Gaelic) is celebrated in the Celtic Nations. Entirely pagan in origin this ...
Alastair Kneale - Jan 1 2016 - 7:01pm
‘Pobble’ is a Manx Gaelic word that translates into English as ‘People’. It is also the name given to a newly formed organisation on the Isle of Man/Mannin that seeks to promote the Manx language. The remarkable success in the growth of Manx Gaelic has attracted international interest for a number of years. ‘Pobble’ ...
Alastair Kneale - Jul 18 2020 - 7:12pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog In late 2011 Alasdair Allan, Scottish Government Minister ... in Nova Scotia. Minister Allan’s visit to the heartland of the Gaelic language beachhead in North America included an announcement on the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 1 2015 - 1:36am - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog From "The Celtic Languages News": Nova Scotia Office of Gaelic Affairs Offers the Daltachas Program In response to feedback ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 14 2019 - 6:18pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland’s Gaelic College, located on the Isle of Skye off Scotland’s west coast, has graduated fifty students in an October ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 8 2014 - 7:26pm - 0 comments