The Neo-Celtic Architectural Revival That Wasn’t
Most observers agree that the applicability of the term “Celtic architecture” is largely a matter of perception since no such tradition of buildingContinue Reading
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English Only, In Beirut’s American Restaurant
In relation to my recent posts on the discrimination faced by Irish- and Welsh-speakers in their respective nations, where intolerance of theContinue Reading
The Celtic Language Insurgents
Predictably enough, following the successful intimidation of a small community council in the majority Welsh-speaking village of Cynwyd by English language lobbyists, weContinue Reading
Drowning Welsh-Speakers In The English Language
A few days ago I highlighted a story from Wales where an anglophone lobbyist in the village of Cynwyd, a majority Welsh-speaking areaContinue Reading
In Wales, They Speak Welsh, So Get Over It!
The small village of Cynwyd in the narrow, oblong county of Denbighshire, in the north-east of Wales, has a population of less than 600 men,Continue Reading
Celtic-Speaking Communities Of Britain Denied Funding
While most eyes and ears were focused on the headline-grabbing announcements in the November budgetary review by the UK’s aristocratic finance minister, George Osborne, moreContinue Reading
Anglophone Segregationists In Wales, Hipster Denigrationists In Ireland
I suppose it was inevitable that an Anglophone supremacist somewhere in Ireland or Britain would pop up to denigrate that which mostContinue Reading
The Origins Of The Halloween Jack-O’-Lantern
There are many customs surrounding the annual October holiday of Halloween or All Hallows’ Eve, the quasi-Christian festival incorporating significantContinue Reading
The Irish Driver Theory Test – In Gaelic?
A couple of days ago I was helping my sister complete her online application form for the driver theory test when we encountered a drop-downContinue Reading
Restorative Justice For The Celtic Peoples
Returning to the issue of righting old wrongs, what might be described as restorative justice for dispossessed cultures, Paula Young Lee makesContinue Reading
58% Support Welsh Teaching For Children In English-Speaking Schools
ITV News in the UK has a headline-grabbing story on its website: “Exclusive poll: 64% oppose compulsory Welsh to ageContinue Reading
Oíche Bhealtaine 2015
It’s May Eve in north-western Europe and at sunset the ancient festival of Bealtaine, marking the start of theContinue Reading
Putting The Éire In Ireland
For the last four or five years of An Sionnach Fionn I have been promoting the potential benefits of “language tourism” forContinue Reading
Síle Na gCrann
Remarkable the things one can find in nature when one is out an’ about. However, can anyone else see it?Continue Reading
The Proto-Indo-European Urheimat
I know that quite a few ASF readers share my interest in the historical origins of the Indo-European peoples butContinue Reading
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Celtic Cosmology, Perspectives from Ireland and Scotland
Over the last two decades relatively few studies have been published analysing the cosmological traditions of the Celtic-speaking peoples, atContinue Reading
It Seems That Bigotry Unites As Well As Divides
Continuing with the controversies that have arisen in the eastern Scottish region of Fife where British nationalist politicians from the main UnionistContinue Reading
The English Empire Strikes Back In Scotland
Following on from yesterday’s post examining press reports that Dundee City Council had agreed to reverse efforts to place the EnglishContinue Reading
The United Languages Of Europe
Contrast and compare these stories from Scotland on the Scottish (Gaelic) language. First up, from the Courier: “Ambitious plans toContinue Reading
Translation Fail
Cautioning on the perils of machine translation, especially when expectations surpass achievable results, Michael Bauer on his Dear Developer blog posts a letter he has written toContinue Reading
Prosecutions In Catalonia, Political Revolution In Scotland
The newly authoritarian tone of politics and government in Spain becomes more evident with every passing week. Following a rangeContinue Reading
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