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1. Horses in Celtic Mythology

   ... Horses were viewed as status symbols, treated with great respect, treasured and well cared for. There was a great bond between ... They are thought to have merged with Gaels (speakers of the Gaelic languages) after which that language became dominant and the Celtic ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Oct 15 2017 - 5:06am

2. Fight the Virus - Help Scots Gaelic - Gaelic College Offers Tartan FaceMasks

   Emmett McIntyre's blog Cape Breton Island is today home to world’s only Gaelic speaking population outside of Europe. The 2011 Canadian census reported 1,300 Gaelic speakers, with an ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Jul 14 2020 - 11:32pm

3. Ancient Irish Standing Stone and Death of Cúchulainn

   ... to have been originally erected to mark the grave of a past great warrior and is called Clochafarmore (Irish: Cloch an Fhir Mhóir). ... a god in Irish mythology and member of the pre-Christian Gaelic pantheon the Tuatha Dé Danann. The Tuatha Dé Danann form a significant ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Jun 7 2021 - 12:34pm

4. Gaelic Triumph - Edinburgh Opens First Dedicated Gaelic School

   Emmett McIntyre's blog In the news this week are reports on the opening of the first dedicated Gaelic school in Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh.  The school, known by ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Aug 16 2013 - 4:59pm - 0 comments

5. Interview with Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Scottish Gaelic Poet, Author of Groundbreaking Poetry Collection "Deò" - Bringing Gay Themes to Scottish Gaelic Literature

   Deò is a collection of poems written in both Scottish Gaelic and English by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir.  In his poetry Marcas touches on Gay subject matter not often addressed in Gaelic writing. His work is refreshingly honest, using Gaelic in a way that ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Jul 24 2014 - 9:04pm - 0 comments

6. Gaelic College of Cape Breton Combines Gaelic Language Instruction and Celtic Mythology

   Niall McCarsten's blog The Cape Breton Post website, under the headline "Gaelic Immersion Will Meet Halloween" reports that instructors at the Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts "..will guide Gaelic language students through a ...

   Niall McCarsten - Sep 8 2013 - 10:53pm - 0 comments

7. Isle of Man: Oie Voaldyn Manx Fire Festival Lights Up Peel Skyline

   Valerie Caine's blog Last year's inaugural Oie Voaldyn Manx Fire Festival in Peel ... Oie Voaldyn (May Eve) was a time to celebrate the return of fertility to the land and recognise joy, revelry, courtship, romance and the ... with Viking Games on the beach, guided tours of Peel in Manx Gaelic and an opportunity to make a traditional Crosh Cuirn (rowan cross) to ...

   Valerie Caine - May 31 2019 - 3:46pm

8. Food & fuel poverty - Minister Thomas responds for the CMs office.

   Bernard Moffatt's blog I wrote to the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man two weeks ago asking for urgent assistance to help the needy on the Island AHEAD of this winter. I applauded the Island overseas aid commitment but urged that the same ...

   Bernard Moffatt - Oct 4 2018 - 8:15pm

9. Finfolk, the sinister creatures of the deep and the hidden islands of Orkney

   ... the Finfolk. Said to be a magnificent underwater palace with great halls of crystal, decorated with colourful curtains that flow gently with ... and 1469. So developed a mixed folklore with both Norse and Gaelic elements. In regard to such supernatural beings as the Finfolk, there is ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Sep 24 2018 - 9:04pm

10. The Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend by Miranda Green

    Professor Miranda Green of Cardiff University in Wales is the author of several books related to Celtic ... into the characters of the Christian saints.  The goddess Brigit became Saint Brigit, with her cult virtually unchanged. Saint Ann was probably originally the Irish goddess Anu. The Virgin Mary took over many functions of the Celtic ...

    Emmett McIntyre - Aug 9 2014 - 3:46pm

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