Cànan & CultarWilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 - 294 pages This volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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... Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia than in Scotland . The Earl of Lindsay , Under Secretary of State , Scottish Office , in a speech to the Empire Club of Canada , 19951 Currently there are more Gaelic speakers in Strathclyde than in the ...
... Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia than in Scotland . The Earl of Lindsay , Under Secretary of State , Scottish Office , in a speech to the Empire Club of Canada , 19951 Currently there are more Gaelic speakers in Strathclyde than in the ...
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... Gaelic was weakest in Ontario . In Glengarry County , only half of the Scottish population was returned as Gaelic mother tongue . However , considering the age and history of this community ( an eighteenth - century settlement in ...
... Gaelic was weakest in Ontario . In Glengarry County , only half of the Scottish population was returned as Gaelic mother tongue . However , considering the age and history of this community ( an eighteenth - century settlement in ...
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... Gaelic in Scotland . Per Ahlander , University of Edinburgh : ' Gaelic Influence on Classical Art : Twilight or Dawn ? ' Kristján Ahronson , University of Edinburgh : ' Early Christian Things : Characterising Scotland's Cross - marked ...
... Gaelic in Scotland . Per Ahlander , University of Edinburgh : ' Gaelic Influence on Classical Art : Twilight or Dawn ? ' Kristján Ahronson , University of Edinburgh : ' Early Christian Things : Characterising Scotland's Cross - marked ...
Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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