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Sheila Kidd

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Ollamh Litreachas agus Eachdraidh nan Gàidheal | Professor of Gaelic Literature and History @uofglasgow.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/st…

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Comann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu @cgaidhligghlaschu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tachartas sònraichte còmhla ri Coinneach MacIlleathain gus 'Nicolson’s Traditions of Skye' a chur air bhog (14 Dàmhair 2026, 2f, Colaiste Baile Ghlaschu). Tha an tachartas seo air a chur air dòigh le @leughleabhar.bsky.social mar phàirt de Latha Litreachais a’ Mhòid Nàiseanta Rìoghail.
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Comann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu @cgaidhligghlaschu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Clàr-ama ùr: tachartasan Comann Gàidhlig Glaschu ann an 2026/2027. Fàilte chridheil oirbh uile! A' tòiseachadh air 13 An Dàmhair 2026 (Willow Tea Room, 7.00f) le Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul, 's e ag ath-leughadh na h-òraid a rinn Dòmhnall Eairdsidh air 'Beul-Aithris agus na Sitheanan'.
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Clàr-ama | Events
2026 – 2027 A’ coinneachadh gus meòrachadh mu dhualchas, litreachas, òrain is eachdraidh nan Gàidheal is na Gàidhealtachd – tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig. Gach coinneamh ann an Leabharlann Mhitchell, fe…
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oops, not enough caffeine - Tuesday 6 October (not 5th).
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A-màireach – tomorrow (5/10) Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies’ Research Seminar in person & online Professor Hugh Cheape ‘Material Culture and Language: Reconstructing the Past in a West Highland Community’ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hugh-cheap...
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Hugh Cheape, Material Culture and Language
Part of the weekly seminar series run by the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, for academic session 2026/27
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 30/09/2026
Thoir dhuinn do bheachd air Gàidhlig aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu san àm ri teachd. Tha sinn a' sireadh bheachdan bho cho-obraichean, oileanaich agus am poball san fharsaingeachd air an dreachd Plana Gàidhlig againn 2027-2032. gla.ac/4rNwoaM
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Thoiribh ur beachd air Gàidhlig aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu san àm ri teachd
Give your opinion on the future of Gaelic at the University of Glasgow
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An Eighteenth-Century Poem In Praise of Gaelic by Iain MacGriogair of Glenlyon, Perthshire gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/an-eightee...
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An Eighteenth-Century Poem In Praise of Gaelic
By Iain MacGriogair of Glenlyon, Perthshire
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 28/09/2026
Narratives of Illness & Dis/ability in Scottish Literature 23 Oct, online, free @gabriellefath.bsky.social & @poncarova.bsky.social will look at dementia, extreme emotion, & mental illness in the #Gaelic short stories of Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn & Ruaraidh MacThòmais scotlit-iassl.org/2026/09/20/w...
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Narratives of Illness and Dis/ability in Scottish Literature II: Gabrielle Fath & Petra Johana Poncarová
The Dis/ability and Scottish Studies Working Group has formed to encourage critical engagement with narratives of illness and dis/ability in cross-period Scottish literature and culture. It aims to…
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Scottish Historical Review @scottishhistreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Registration is required: In-person: lnkd.in/dZQGpT9c Online: lnkd.in/deCyrYnm
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 25/09/2026
CFP: Religious Texts in the Celtic Languages, 1500–1900 24–25 May 2027 @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Abstracts invited on any linguistic, philological, literary, historical or theological topic relating to religious prose & verse in the Celtic languages, from 1500 to 1900 llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...
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Religious Texts in the Celtic Languages, 1500–1900 | Celtic & Scottish Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture
A two-day conference exploring religious prose and verse from between 1500 and 1900, written in Celtic languages including Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Call for papers curr...
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Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yesterday, thanks to @fsg-dcu.bsky.social, I had a chance to share some of my research on Girvan McKay | Garbhan MacAoidh (1929-2024) and the latter part of his life which he spent in Ireland, his Gaelic articles about Ireland for Gairm, and his contacts with figures like the Rev. Terence McCaughey.
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Faclair na Gàidhlig @faclair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🍂🍁 Newsletter – Autumn 2026 🍂🍁 At the start of autumn and a new academic year, we look back in this newsletter at our activity over the summer. We’ve been really busy! #Gaelic #lexicography #historicallexicography
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Faclair na Gàidhlig – Cuairt-litir | Newsletter
’S e toiseach an fhoghair a tha ann agus toiseach bliadhna ùir acadaimigich. Anns a’ chuairt-litir seo bheir sinn sùil air ais air cuid dhe na bha sinn ris as t-samhradh. Abair gun robh sinn dripeil!
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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
📢 Please share widely! Our speaker for the annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper! 📅 Saturday 24 October 🕑 2.00–3.30pm 📍 AK Bell Library, Perth 🎟️ Book via Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/women... Non-WHS members welcome!
Poster for the Women’s History Scotland annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture. It advertises a lecture by Professor Marjory Harper titled “Testimonies of Transition and Transformation: Female Voices from the Scottish Diaspora.” The event takes place on Saturday 24 October, 2–3:30pm, at Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP. Admission is free, with tickets available via a QR code. The poster includes a photograph of Professor Harper and an image of a historical Canadian immigration poster showing a woman standing in a rural landscape.
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Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...
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Ninety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shape
According to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language.
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Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic DASG @dasg-glaschu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
'A' Ghàidhlig is saidheans a' tighinn còmhla 'son eisirean a thilleadh gu costa an iar na h-Alba': www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
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Ainmean-àite mar phàirt den obair eisirean a thilleadh gu costa an iar na h-Alba
Tha eòlas mu ainmean-àite na Gàidhlig agus saidheans mara mar phairt de phròiseact eisirean fhàs agus a bhuain an sgìrean far a bheil fianais ann gun robh iad uair pailt.
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So sorry to hear this, what an absolutely awful way to be treated
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Irish in Britain @irishinbritain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín will give a lecture on the portrayal of the Irish language by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and the motivations for some negative stereotypes which were to prove resilient & enduring in later centuries 6pm Thurs 1 Oct ow.ly/SoRF50ZKFZL
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Shakespearean England and Views of the Irish Language
The Irish language has been associated with politicisation and conflict, particularly in the context of contemporary Northern Ireland identity politics. However, debates around the language extend much further back in time and some key elements of the discourse may be traced to the sixteenth century in particular.This lecture looks at the portrayal of the Irish language by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and the motivations for some negative stereotypes which were to prove resilient and enduring in later centuries.
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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wonderful blog by @sheilamkidd.bsky.social on this fascinating document!
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Meal do naidheachd, Petra, abair deagh naidheachd!
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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Leabhar ùr – A’ Ghàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann Tro na Linntean Sealladh air àite na Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann bho na Meadhan Aoisean chun an latha an-diugh, a’ coimhead air eachdraidh, ainmean-àite, litreachas agus foghlam. Ri fhaighinn aig ionaddhuneideann.org no bho @leughleabhar.bsky.social
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 25/08/2026
The earth belongs unto the Lord and all that it contains except for the West Highland piers for they belong to MacBraynes —Anon. “The crossing between Stornoway and Ullapool is short on a map, but it stretches in the mind” – Kevin MacNeil on crossing the Minch bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/08/25/t...
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The Ferry: Moving Between Two Worlds
As children, we knew ferries before we knew geography. The Mainland was acknowledged to be a large and slightly nebulous place where everything happened. It existed first as something that was part…
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@graceq22.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD thesis yesterday, an excellent piece of work - 'Women and the Crofters' War of the 1880s: Land and Protest in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland'
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Meal a naidheachd dha @graceq22.bsky.social Many congratulations to Grace who was successful in her viva yesterday (supervised by Martin MacGregor and myself). 🍾 I failed to take a photo to mark the occasion, but her excellent thesis will be available via Glasgow University Library in due course
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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community. Prof Hugh Cheape. Saturday 12 Sept 2026, 14:00 - 15:00, RSE Edinburgh. #gaelic #LocalHistory #skystorians #Curious #Scotland rse.org.uk/event/sluagh...
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Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community
Discover the story of a West Highland community through the objects they left behind.
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Comann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu @cgaidhligghlaschu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Oidhche nam Bàrd: Pàdraig MacAoidh, Anne Frater, Niall O’ Gallagher, Sandy NicDhòmhnaill, Rody Gorman, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir, Maoilios Caimbeul, Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin, agus Meg Bateman. Ceòl le Alasdair MacIlleBhàin, Gillebrìde MacIlleMhaoil & Claire Frances NicNèill.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
First they came for the languages. In the hope that no one would have the words to say what was happening. 1/9🧵
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University of Aberdeen's plans to cut modern language degrees were 'rushed' - review
The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were "missteps" in its process in 2023.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 30/06/2026
14 July, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow: £5 Bidh Oidhche san Taigh-tasgaidh a’ comharrachadh gu bheil Oilthigh Ghlaschu a’ cumail co-labhairt eadar-nàiseanta na Gàidhlig, Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig Night at the Museum marks @glasgow.ac.uk hosting Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oidhche-sa...
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Oidhche san Taigh-tasgaidh | Night at the Museum
Bidh Oidhche san Taigh-tasgaidh a' comharrachadh gu bheil Oilthigh Ghlaschu a' cumail co-labhairt eadar-nàiseanta na Gàidhlig
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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We have a few spaces left for our upcoming Oral History Training in Stornoway. Join us to learn how to confidently plan and deliver an oral history project. Book your space: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989377217...
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Oral History Training
Join us for an oral history training opportunity.
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Obraichean Gàidhlig @obraichean.co.uk · 01/06/2026
Tha Glaschu Beò a' sireadh Oifigear Ealan Gàidhlig pàirt-ùine.
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Oifigear Ealan Gàidhlig (Teirm stèidhichte)
We believe everyone deserves a great Glasgow life and that starts with the people who work here. Glasgow Life is a charity like no other. Our vision is to improve the lives of everyone in our city.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 27/05/2026
Scottish Gaelic Magazines in the 20th Century 2 June, free online Dr @poncarova.bsky.social examines 20th-century Gaelic periodicals, with a spotlight on contributors & Gaelic learners coming from German-speaking countries – via JGU Mainz Scotland HUB www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scot...
READING SCOTLAND
with Petra Poncarová

Scottish Gaelic Magazines in the 20th Century

Tuesday, 2nd June 2026
6.00–7.30 pm (German time) on MS Teams

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
On 11-12 May 2026, IASSL members Nigel Leask and Peadar O Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social organised a symposium in the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, entitled ‘Perspectives on the Gaelic Caribbean: Irish, Scottish and Caribbean Connections’. The recording is now available on YouTube.
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Perspectives on the Gaelic Caribbean: Irish, Scottish and Caribbean Connections - Day 1
YouTube video by The Barbados Museum & Historical Society
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Cothrom èisteachd ri prògram air leth air an t-sàr ghaisgeach, Tom Ally Dòmhnallach a Ùig, a chaochail an t-seachdain sa. shorturl.at/uDZ98
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BBC Radio nan Gàidheal - Coinneach MacÌomhair, 17/03/2022
Today's programme marks the passing of Norman MacDonald, OBE, from Uig, Lewis.
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thank you :)
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
If anyone who follows me is following the account below, which appeared at the start of the week, it's fake (my middle initial is missing) and it has lifted my bio and picture. It has been reported but is currently still there.
screenshot of fake bluesky account
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Can completely understand that, I think I would have been and if you hadn’t reposted I wouldn’t have noticed. Thanks for reporting as I did too
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Not me as I’m sheilamkidd here
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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
📣 Applications open! Women’s History Scotland Research Bursary Up to £500 is available for Masters students, doctoral researchers, ECRs, and independent historians researching women’s and gender history 🗓 Deadline 31 May 2026 Details on how to apply 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
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WHS Research Bursary – Women's History Scotland
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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Free UHI Institute for Northern Studies online seminar on April 30th at 12 noon! Explore "Resistance to Improvement in the Highlands and Islands, 1750-1820" with Dr Juliette Desportes and Dr Iain Robertson @uhihistory.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social Book online tinyurl.com/mr39dcfy
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Taing, Geraldine
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Deadline for contributions to the next issue of Aiste, Celtic and Gaelic's peer-reviewed, open access journal, is 28 February 2026 clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...
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Faclair na Gàidhlig @faclair.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Faclair na Gàidhlig’s winter newsletter is out now! Read it here or send us your email address to receive the newsletter directly to your inbox: sway.cloud.microsoft/uGL96lHBVH5S... #gàidhlig #gaidhlig #faclair #lexicography
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Faclair na Gàidhlig
Tha sinn a-nis a' teannadh air deireadh na bliadhna is a' coimhead air ais air adhartas na bliadhna ach cuideachd a' coimhead air adhart ri leasachaidhean san amharc aig Faclair na Gàidhlig sa bhliadh
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Project ERSKINE | Radical Gaelic Magazines 1900s – 1930s @erskineproject.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
New substantial essay by Tòmas MacAilpein on Aonghas MacEanraig | Angus Henderson (1866–1937), one of the most important and prolific contributors of journalistic writing to Erskine's magazines, has been published in the latest issue of the journal Aiste. Available in open access.
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Aonghas MacEanraig (1866–1937), à Àird nam Murchan: A bheatha agus a chuid sgrìobhaidhean | Aiste – Rannsachadh air Litreachas Gàidhlig / Studies in Gaelic Literature
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Delighted to see my article on Catrìona nighean Mhic Aonghais, a Mull-born poet living in Greenock, published in the new issue of Aiste clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...
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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Aiste 8 just published with articles by Duncan Sneddon, Mary Low & Michel Byrne, @macailpein.bsky.social and one by myself. clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...
Cover image of Aiste 8 showing a view of boats in Greenock. Detail from ‘Greenock’ (1890), by Sir David Young Cameron (1865−1945)
Copyright, National Galleries of ScotlandThe contents page of Aiste showing:
The Smith and the Sage: An edition of the heroic ballad ‘An Deilgnach Mhor’ by Duncan Sneddon

‘Crìosda Clèireach os ar Cionn’: Reconstructing a vernacular hymn by 

Mary Low and Michel Byrne

‘Dùisg thus’ às do chodal’ [‘Wake up from your sleep’]: Catrìona nighean Mhic Aonghais, a fresh voice from nineteenth-century Greenock by Sheila M. Kidd

Aonghas MacEanraig (1866–1937), à Àird nam Murchan: A bheatha agus a chuid sgrìobhaidhean le Tòmas MacAilpein
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 08/12/2025
Michel Byrne on poet & translator George Campbell Hay | Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa (1915–1984) – born #OTD, 8 Dec Gaelic & Scots: Cultural Connections & Inspirations in the 20th Century (Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland & Ulster webinar, 6 May 2025) www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIes...
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FRLSU Webinar: Michel Byrne on poet and translator George Campbell Hay | Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa
YouTube video by FRLSU
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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Òran don luchd-giùlain chathraichean an Dùn Èideann (Song to the Edinburgh Chairmen) by Robert Stewart (1802) Performed by Tawana Maramba, Iris MacLeod, Laura Penman (clàrsach) and Alasdair Scott (accordion) Arrangement by Michel Byrne and Sgorrabreac ionaddhuneideann.org/events/blasa...
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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We now welcome submissions for the 2026 Magnus Magnusson Essay Prize, awarded to PG/EC/returning scholars for the best essay on a topic within the Society's remit. As well as being awarded £500, winners will have their essay published in our journal, Northern Studies. Deadline: 1 April 2026
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Magnusson Prize - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
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Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 2026 @rannsachadh2026.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
A’ cur Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig nur cuimhne- 19 Dùbhlachd an ceann-latha airson geàrr-chunntasan.
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Project ERSKINE | Radical Gaelic Magazines 1900s – 1930s @erskineproject.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
An event to celebrate Donald Sinclair (1885–1932), one of the most prolific and versatile contributors to Erskine's magazines, will be held on 5 December, with Aonghas Mac Leòid, a leading expert on Sinclair's work and author of the new Scotnote Study Guide: asls.org.uk/publications...
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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Delighted to announce that vol 30 of 'Review of Scottish Culture' is now available online. It's another super issue, ranging through Scotland and across genres, from senior scholars and emerging voices. All free to download. Now open, for new submissions! journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc
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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
A reminder that this year's Canna Lecture will take place on tomorrow evening (Friday) in Edinburgh! Bidh an Dr Màrtainn MacGriogair a-mach air bàrdachd agus eachdraidh nan Gàidheal anns an 19mh linn. llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...
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Canna Lecture | Celtic & Scottish Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture
Join The Gaelic Texts Society and Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh for their annual Canna Lecture by Dr Martin Macgregor (University of Glasgow), entitled ‘“Ach thèid an cran...
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