Cànan & CultarThis 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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13 Gaelic in Canada : new evidence from an old census Jonathan Dembling There are now more Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia than in Scotland . The Earl of Lindsay , Under Secretary of State , Scottish Office , in a speech to the Empire ...
13 Gaelic in Canada : new evidence from an old census Jonathan Dembling There are now more Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia than in Scotland . The Earl of Lindsay , Under Secretary of State , Scottish Office , in a speech to the Empire ...
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the concentrations of Gaelic speakers in western and southeastern Queens County , for example , were receiving immigrants from Skye and Raasay up into the early 1860s ( Mike Kennedy , personal communication ) . Retention of Gaelic was ...
the concentrations of Gaelic speakers in western and southeastern Queens County , for example , were receiving immigrants from Skye and Raasay up into the early 1860s ( Mike Kennedy , personal communication ) . Retention of Gaelic was ...
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Other papers presented at the Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 3 conference indicates papers published in the accompanying volume Revitalising Gaelic in Scotland . Per Ahlander , University of Edinburgh : ' Gaelic Influence on Classical Art ...
Other papers presented at the Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 3 conference indicates papers published in the accompanying volume Revitalising Gaelic in Scotland . Per Ahlander , University of Edinburgh : ' Gaelic Influence on Classical Art ...
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Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Cànan & Cultar Scottish Gaelic Studies Series |
| Editors | Wilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 1903765609, 9781903765609 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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