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  1. Easter 2020 celebrated in midst of global pandemic

    Alastair Kneale's blog Easter is a Christian festival and holiday commemorating the ... Easter appears to have come from the northern European Saxon Goddess Ēostre or Ostara. She was possibly equivalent to the Norse goddess ... Manx - Caisht sonney dhyt Scottish (Gaelic) - A' Chàisg sona Welsh - Pasg Hapus   ...

    Alastair Kneale - Apr 7 2020 - 5:15pm

  2. Isle of Man: Professor Ronald Hutton Shares His Research about Hop tu Naa and Neighbouring Celebrations

    Valerie Caine's blog As the celebration of Hop tu Naa looms on the horizon, celebrated academic Professor Ronald Hutton ... their time in purgatory. Samhain is recognised as a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of ...

    Valerie Caine - Oct 31 2015 - 12:07pm - 0 comments

  3. Scots Gaelic Heartland Strengthens - Primary Schools Switch from English to Gaelic Medium Education

    Emmett McIntyre's blog Earlier this month it was reported that Gaelic will become the language of instruction at approximately 25% of Primary schools in the Western Isles. ...

    Emmett McIntyre - Feb 26 2015 - 4:13pm - 0 comments

  4. Historic Gaelic Summit Unites Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man – Nova Scotia Gaelic College Hosts

    Emmett McIntyre's blog A significant event for the Pan Celtic movement took place in July in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. An International Gaelic Summit formally named “Connecting the Gaels an International Gaelic ... — the “Connecting the Gaels” conference — was a great success. It was a chance for individuals to get together and speak about ...

    Emmett McIntyre - Sep 6 2017 - 8:19pm

  5. Spike in Gaelic Speakers In Nova Scotia Pushes up Demand for Gaelic Speaking Educators

    Emmett McIntyre's blog The provincial government of Nova Scotia is advertising for teaching staff "with a high level of proficiency in the Gaelic language". The Strait School Board, who are offering the positions, ...

    Emmett McIntyre - Sep 9 2019 - 8:38am

  6. Gaelic Language Foothold Strengthens in Scotland’s Largest City – Gaelic Medium Education Flourishes

    Emmett McIntyre's blog Soaring demand for spots at Glasgow’s two Gaelic Medium primary schools is just another sign of the Celtic Tongue’s resurgence in Scotland’s largest city.  Glasgow ...

    Emmett McIntyre - Feb 26 2018 - 9:43pm

  7. Gaelic Medium Education Fuels Scots Gaelic Comeback in Scotland

    Emmett McIntyre's blog The Bòrd na Gàidhlig, an organisation formed under ... for 2013/2014.  The report attests to dramatic growth in Gaelic medium education showing a 6% increase in primary school and a 7% ... The Bord’s report attributes the reversal in the decline of Gaelic speakers, as reported in the 2011 census, to the increases in Gaelic ...

    Emmett McIntyre - Jul 30 2014 - 9:29pm - 0 comments

  8. The Good Gaelic, The Old Gaelic She Loves – Anna MacDonald MacKinnon

    Emmett McIntyre's blog Seldom does one come across a newspaper article that so poignantly touches as many of the critical elements related to the struggle of the Celtic tongue. The past, present and future of Nova Scotia Scots Gaelic are in sharp focus in an article by Francis Campbell in the Halifax ...

    Emmett McIntyre - Jul 21 2014 - 4:25am - 0 comments

  9. Ireland - Rathcroghan, the Tara of the west

    Eibhlin O'Neill's blog News from the Celtic League: As always a interesting ... do to be wandering too near the underworld lair of the war goddess Morrigan. Marked by whitethorn trees, the cave of Mór-Ríoghain, or the Great Queen, sits in east Connacht, within a couple of kilometres of the royal ...

    Eibhlin O'Neill - Oct 19 2016 - 12:19pm - 0 comments

  10. Gaelic and Irish National Identity

    Emmett McIntyre's blog The Irish language spoken in Ireland today is the direct ... of letting it go.  To part with it would be to abandon a great part of ourselves, to loose the key to our past, to cut away the roots ... the 50th anniversary of the founding of Conradh na Gaeilge (Gaelic League). The Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge) is the main voluntary ...

    Emmett McIntyre - May 13 2017 - 7:07pm

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