The English Disease, Or Anti-Gaelic Racism
Today saw the opening in Edinburgh of Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, a new Scottish-medium primary school, in yet another signContinue Reading
Tag: The Scottish Language
Shooting Down Gaelic
A news report from Scotland on the alleged vandalism of a bilingual Scottish and English language road sign that oneContinue Reading
Big Boost For Online Scottish Language Resource
Some great news for the ongoing development and growth of the Scottish language. The government of Scotland has announced aContinue Reading
BBC Alba, Best Year Ever
Good to see that the success of the Scottish language television channel, BBC Alba, is being recognised with an increaseContinue Reading
Scotland’s Missing Scottish Question
There is an excellent article on Bella Caledonia by Wilson McLeod examining the failure of the SNP-led Scottish Government toContinue Reading
Scottish Medium Education In Edinburgh
Some further news on Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, the new Scottish medium school for Edinburgh, via the website Premier ConstructionContinue Reading
Language Wars – Coming To A Sign Near You Soon
More new from the Pax Anglia, via the Dunfermline Press: “… councillor Dave Dempsey is proposing that road signs inContinue Reading
Ruairidh Arascain Is Mhàirr
Good article by Patrick Witt on the Irish Story examining the late 19th and early 20th Scottish Gaelic Republican writer RuairaidhContinue Reading
Scottish Sci-Fi With “Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach”
Over at Bella Caledonia writer Paul F Cockburn has an interview with Tim Armstrong, author of the Scottish language Sci-Fi novel AirContinue Reading
Seanchas – Irish, Scottish And Manx Mythology And Folklore
For those of you with an interest in early, middle and early modern indigenous Irish literature and post-Medieval folklore (IrishContinue Reading
Second Scottish-Medium School For Glasgow
Big news for the Scottish-speaking community of Glasgow as the establishment of a second school teaching through the medium of the ScottishContinue Reading
Gráinne Holland – Teanga na nGael
In a shameless rip-off of the Cedar Lounge Revolution here is my own “Something For The Weekend“. Belfast’s Gráinne HollandContinue Reading
BBC Alba And The Success Of Scottish Language Broadcasting
The Scotsman newspaper has an in-depth profile of Maggie Cunningham, the new head of BBC Alba, the Scottish language television service. Like Ireland’s TG4,Continue Reading
A Scottish Map Of Scotland – But Where Is The Irish Map Of Ireland?
Paul T. Kavanagh and Newsnet Scotland, the Scottish nationalist news and current affairs site, have done their nation and theContinue Reading
From Ireland To Scotland – The Colonial Infection
It says much, perhaps, for the power of colonialism that so many inhabitants of so many colonised or formerly colonisedContinue Reading
Bravetongue
Two stories highlighting good news for our fellow Gaels in Scotland as the declining population of Scottish speakers begins toContinue Reading
Kicking The Pale Where It Hurts
Here in Ireland a virulent minority of the population, anglophone supremacists and other Neo-Unionist remnants of the former British colonyContinue Reading
Ulster-Scots – Full Marks For Invention
The Belfast Telegraph has got into the polling gimmick in a big way recently (blame it’s “sister” paper, the OirishContinue Reading
Ignorance Is Bliss
In the Scotsman newspaper columnist Fiona McCade has contributed to the world of journalism one of the most selfish, self-centred,Continue Reading
Gaelic North America
I’ve discussed the popularity of the Irish language in North America before but it’s not the only Gaelic tongue enjoying a renaissance there. InContinue Reading
Scotland Moves Forward – While Ireland Goes Into Reverse
In Ireland a significant number of government departments and other public bodies, along with many public officials, have spent muchContinue Reading
The Banality Of Discrimination
The most notable thing about discrimination, whether towards a race or an ethnicity, is the utter, petty banality of it all. In IrelandContinue Reading
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