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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32 For example , the Pictish origin legend in Cruithnig cid dosfarclam presents them as hailing from Thrace and descended from Hercules , an origin comparable to Grecian links of the Gaels ( for discussion of the latter see Jaski ...
32 For example , the Pictish origin legend in Cruithnig cid dosfarclam presents them as hailing from Thrace and descended from Hercules , an origin comparable to Grecian links of the Gaels ( for discussion of the latter see Jaski ...
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Mac Dubhghaill's contemporary Eóin Mac Griogóir is said to be ' flath tréan na nGaoidheal ' ( ' the mighty prince of the Gaels ' ) and ' Mac Griogóir díonach ' ( ' MacGregor who gives shelter ' ) . 36 The extant poems composed for the ...
Mac Dubhghaill's contemporary Eóin Mac Griogóir is said to be ' flath tréan na nGaoidheal ' ( ' the mighty prince of the Gaels ' ) and ' Mac Griogóir díonach ' ( ' MacGregor who gives shelter ' ) . 36 The extant poems composed for the ...
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Such exaggerated claims to the leadership of the Gaels appear also in the poems composed for members of the main line of the Mac Domhnaill family . The author of a eulogy for Eóin mac Alasdair , fourth Lord of the Isles , ascribes to ...
Such exaggerated claims to the leadership of the Gaels appear also in the poems composed for members of the main line of the Mac Domhnaill family . The author of a eulogy for Eóin mac Alasdair , fourth Lord of the Isles , ascribes to ...
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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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| 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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