As the University of Edinburgh moves to close a number of degree programmes, including the standalone degree in Scottish Ethnology, Kevin MacNeil reflects on the subject that changed the course of …

(Thu 29 Oct: 5pm) Tradition accrues and is transformed through relational and referential encounters, both anticipated and unanticipated, between uncertain and

AN CUMANN LE BÉALOIDEAS ÉIREANN | THE FOLKLORE OF IRELAND SOCIETY COMHDHÁIL AN CHÉID 2027 | CENTENARY CONFERENCE 2027 Céad Bliain ag Fás: Ag Comóradh Céad Bliain de Bhailiú, de Léann, agus de Chruthaitheacht Bhéaloideas na hÉireann A Hundred Years a-Growing: Commemorating a Centenary of Irish Folklore Collection, Scholarship, and Creativity 10-12 June 2027, University College Dublin,

An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge. The National Database of Irish-Language Biographies.

An scéal neamhghnách faoin tslí ar tharla sleachta Gaeilge a bheith scríofa ar chnámha beithígh

How the UFO myth, in the form of reports of flying saucers, first arrived in the British Isles and became embedded in existing legends

The Folklore Society's annual conference, in collaboration with the Dept of Folklore and Ethnology, University College Cork

On the active hope of parenthood, of wrens and skylarks

Chaidh làrach-lìn ùr fhoillseachadh le còrr is 5,000 sgeulachd no mith-sgeul ann an Gàidhlig na h-Alba, Gaeilge na h-Èireann agus Beurla.

Explore the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of Ireland and Scotland

Streaked Shearwater has been documented in the North Atlantic for the first time, sparking suggestions that the species could appear in British waters in the future. The bird was seen from the Cape May to Lewes ferry in New Jersey waters off the US east coast on 11 May. On the back of recent records...

New research into the fossil record of Macaronesia has uncovered a formerly rich diversity of gadfly petrel species (genus Pterodroma) that have mostly disappeared from the North Atlantic. The findings show that these currently rare seabirds once occupied a much wider range and included several spec...

The human past is unimaginable without the horse. From our ancestors hunting and painting horses in the Upper Palaeolithic, to the earliest riders, the rise of equestrian empires, and the critical rol...

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