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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... united under the prince of Mucroimhe of peaks like fingers ) 12 This contrasts with the references in the other poems which ... and if at all present it is always with reference to the high - kingship of Ireland , never of Scotland ...
... united under the prince of Mucroimhe of peaks like fingers ) 12 This contrasts with the references in the other poems which ... and if at all present it is always with reference to the high - kingship of Ireland , never of Scotland ...
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I am tempted , however , to take these references in the Mac Domhnaill poem to high - kingship in general , and to the ... We also have one reference to the high - kingship of Ireland in an early seventeenth century poem to Domhnall mac ...
I am tempted , however , to take these references in the Mac Domhnaill poem to high - kingship in general , and to the ... We also have one reference to the high - kingship of Ireland in an early seventeenth century poem to Domhnall mac ...
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... and so on.65 It is interesting that references to the Earldom of Ross , which was forfeited to the Scottish crown in 1476 ... 67 another Ó Gnímh poet ( perhaps Fear Flatha ) made a reference to the second Earl of Antrim's ancestor ...
... and so on.65 It is interesting that references to the Earldom of Ross , which was forfeited to the Scottish crown in 1476 ... 67 another Ó Gnímh poet ( perhaps Fear Flatha ) made a reference to the second Earl of Antrim's ancestor ...
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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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adjectives agus airson Alba animals appears bhith called century chaidh Chambers Chan eil complex composed concordance cuid cuideachd dance death dhèanamh Domhnaill eadar early English example faic fear formal prose gach Gaelic Gaels Gàidhlig genitive give given gu bheil gu robh Highlands Iain iarainn interesting Ireland Irish kings language leis lines Loch Lochlann material math mentioned modified nach nonconcordance noted noun nuair obair original perhaps phrase poem poetry position possible prepositional present printed reference registers relation robh says Scotland Scottish seems sinn sources speakers stad suggested Table term thaobh thug toirt tradition translation uair uile University variation wake writing
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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