Mairéad Nic Craith
@maireadnc.bsky.social
Irish, Gaeilgeoir, writer, academic, interested in folklore, nature and environmental humanities. Love reading, playing the piano, Tai ‘Chi
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Mairéad Nic Craith
@maireadnc.bsky.social
· Oct 12
BBC Radio Scotland - New Every Sunday, 12/10/2025
Act of worship with Prof Mairéad Nic Craith.
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My thoughts on the seasons of life broadcast this morning @alastairmci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Vérène and I are heading up Ben Lomond, a wee quiet celebration of my 70th.
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Vérène and I are heading up Ben Lomond, a wee quiet celebration of my 70th.
My thoughts on the seasons of life broadcast this morning @alastairmci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio Scotland - New Every Sunday, 12/10/2025
Act of worship with Prof Mairéad Nic Craith.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My thoughts on the seasons of life broadcast this morning @alastairmci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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I'm giving a keynote lecture at 2 pm (UK) on Fri 3 Oct to the annual gathering of Quakers Uniting in Publications on "Depth and Discernment in Spiritual Writing". Focussed mainly on my titles with @BirlinnBooks. Other speakers too - full programme and Zoom registration at www.quakerquip.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I'm giving a keynote lecture at 2 pm (UK) on Fri 3 Oct to the annual gathering of Quakers Uniting in Publications on "Depth and Discernment in Spiritual Writing". Focussed mainly on my titles with @BirlinnBooks. Other speakers too - full programme and Zoom registration at www.quakerquip.com
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Ocean acidification, caused by carbon emissions from fossil fuels, has exceeded safe levels, hindering the ability of shellfish and corals to develop, impacting fisheries and the ocean's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, thereby exacerbating global warming.
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Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News
The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans’ ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ocean acidification, caused by carbon emissions from fossil fuels, has exceeded safe levels, hindering the ability of shellfish and corals to develop, impacting fisheries and the ocean's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, thereby exacerbating global warming.
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
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Centre for Human Ecology alumnus Adam Weymouth: “Ten years ago I walked across Scotland, beginning on an estate attempting to reintroduce wolves, & finishing where Scotland's last wolf is reputed to have been shot, in 1680. Along the way I spoke with gamekeepers, hikers, conservationists & farmers…”
September 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Centre for Human Ecology alumnus Adam Weymouth: “Ten years ago I walked across Scotland, beginning on an estate attempting to reintroduce wolves, & finishing where Scotland's last wolf is reputed to have been shot, in 1680. Along the way I spoke with gamekeepers, hikers, conservationists & farmers…”
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I’ll be on Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Scotland tomorrow (Tuesday) at about 0720 on the mackerel fishing season, a terrible tangle, and for World Quaker Week, how Scrappy Mick taught me to “think it possible that you might be mistaken”. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio Scotland - Good Morning Scotland
The nation's morning news programme.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’ll be on Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Scotland tomorrow (Tuesday) at about 0720 on the mackerel fishing season, a terrible tangle, and for World Quaker Week, how Scrappy Mick taught me to “think it possible that you might be mistaken”. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Proud of our PhD student Sarah Squire presenting on heritage and conviviality at Charles University Prague @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Proud of our PhD student Sarah Squire presenting on heritage and conviviality at Charles University Prague @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
Ullrich Kockel from @insuhi.bsky.social presenting on heritage and displacement at Charles University Prague @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Ullrich Kockel from @insuhi.bsky.social presenting on heritage and displacement at Charles University Prague @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 16, Leabhar Breac: www.ria.ie/collections/manuscripts/irish-language-manuscripts/leabhar-breac-the-speckled-book-the-book-of-mac-egans-leabhar-mor-duna-doighre/
July 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 16, Leabhar Breac: www.ria.ie/collections/manuscripts/irish-language-manuscripts/leabhar-breac-the-speckled-book-the-book-of-mac-egans-leabhar-mor-duna-doighre/
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Review of Belfast Twilight by Gabriel Rosenstock
Haiku Dawning in Ireland
Gabriel Rosenstock reviews Belfast Twilight, Liam Carson's sparkling debut as a haiku poet. Published by Salmon Poetry, 2025.
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July 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Review of Belfast Twilight by Gabriel Rosenstock
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Congratulations to Associate Professor Jessica Smyth &Associate Professor Dr Neil Carlin, and International colleagues, on their publication in Antiquity today,
"The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber"
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"The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber"
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Doubts cast over suggestions incestuous ‘god-kings’ ruled during Neolithic Ireland
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June 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Congratulations to Associate Professor Jessica Smyth &Associate Professor Dr Neil Carlin, and International colleagues, on their publication in Antiquity today,
"The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber"
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
"The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber"
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
My thoughts on prayer, Gaelic and the corncrake @lillis.bsky.social @frankrennie.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
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Prayer for the Day - Marking the programme's 55 years on Radio 4 - BBC Sounds
The sound of the corncrake inspires Professor of Public Folklore, Mairéad Nic Craith.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My thoughts on prayer, Gaelic and the corncrake @lillis.bsky.social @frankrennie.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
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Delighted that we passed the Scottish Languages Bill today, recognising for the first time in law that Scots is one of our native languages and strengthening measures to support both it and Gaelic.
🧵 I passed about 50 amendments to strengthen the bill in various ways, inc:
🧵 I passed about 50 amendments to strengthen the bill in various ways, inc:
June 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Delighted that we passed the Scottish Languages Bill today, recognising for the first time in law that Scots is one of our native languages and strengthening measures to support both it and Gaelic.
🧵 I passed about 50 amendments to strengthen the bill in various ways, inc:
🧵 I passed about 50 amendments to strengthen the bill in various ways, inc:
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The kid read her first real book front to back with limited assistance tonight. This is a well done children’s book because it is a meaningful story with accessible and repetitive vocabulary to build confidence. Would recommend 10/10.
She was very proud of herself 🔥
She was very proud of herself 🔥
June 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The kid read her first real book front to back with limited assistance tonight. This is a well done children’s book because it is a meaningful story with accessible and repetitive vocabulary to build confidence. Would recommend 10/10.
She was very proud of herself 🔥
She was very proud of herself 🔥
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June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Applications are now open for the International Writing Workshops. The scheme is designed to help early-career researchers enhance their writing skills and increase the uptake of their research in academic publications. Learn more: buff.ly/GxYuIKT
June 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Applications are now open for the International Writing Workshops. The scheme is designed to help early-career researchers enhance their writing skills and increase the uptake of their research in academic publications. Learn more: buff.ly/GxYuIKT
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Worrying days for The Shetland Times and all of us. We hold all the editions on microfilm and it’s an essential historical resource. If we lose our newspapers it gets much harder to find and preserve consistent output by trained journalists.
The Shetland Times, Shetland's only print newspaper, has been put up for sale after 131 years of ownership by the Wishart family.
If a buyer cannot be found, the newspaper - along with its publishing arm and bookshop - could come to an end.
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2025/04/25/u...
If a buyer cannot be found, the newspaper - along with its publishing arm and bookshop - could come to an end.
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2025/04/25/u...
Uncertain future for The Shetland Times - The Shetland Times
After more than a century and a half, the future of The Shetland Times looks far from certain.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Worrying days for The Shetland Times and all of us. We hold all the editions on microfilm and it’s an essential historical resource. If we lose our newspapers it gets much harder to find and preserve consistent output by trained journalists.
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Baubi Urquhart of Yell, Shetland: "photographs of Baubi were once used to illustrate two quite different stories – one about folklore, specifically tales of ‘seal women’ or ‘selkies’ from the Northern Isles of Scotland, and the other about women’s work in the rural economy of the 19th century."
The Story of a Seal-Woman from Shetland – MAA Digital Lab
Baubi Urquhart’s portraits tell two stories—mythical ancestry and rural industry. Eona Bell explores how this woman embodied both in 19th-century Scotland.
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June 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Baubi Urquhart of Yell, Shetland: "photographs of Baubi were once used to illustrate two quite different stories – one about folklore, specifically tales of ‘seal women’ or ‘selkies’ from the Northern Isles of Scotland, and the other about women’s work in the rural economy of the 19th century."
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On dry-stone walling niamh MacKenzie of @insuhi.bsky.social @intangble.bsky.social
At #SIEF2025 Aberdeen chairing #PlaceWisdom panel. First up is Niamh MacKenzie from the UHI‘s Institute for Northern Studies with a paper on „wild ethics“.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
On dry-stone walling niamh MacKenzie of @insuhi.bsky.social @intangble.bsky.social
Great presentation on outdoor education by sarah squire of @insuhi.bsky.social on outdoor education @frankrennie.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social @lukedevlin.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Great presentation on outdoor education by sarah squire of @insuhi.bsky.social on outdoor education @frankrennie.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social @lukedevlin.bsky.social
Great presentations by @insuhi.bsky.social PhD students @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @sarahsquire.bsky.social
Presenting remotely at #SIEF2025 on „putting the Wright in #unwriting“ is Alex Gibbon from the UHI‘s Institute for Northern Studies
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June 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Great presentations by @insuhi.bsky.social PhD students @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @sarahsquire.bsky.social
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Delighted with our special issue on ich and climate change @ppmcdermott1.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
The latest Open Access issue of Anthropological Journal of European Cultures has been published! View the TOC and more for this special issue, "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change," here: conta.cc/4dbCVEH
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May 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Delighted with our special issue on ich and climate change @ppmcdermott1.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
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Thank you @alastairmci.bsky.social @apilz.bsky.social @creativeethnology.bsky.social @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social @robdunbar.bsky.social @roibeardmac.bsky.social @irishunireview.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
A very rich essay on the weave of people, place & nature by @maireadnc.bsky.social: “I grew up in Ireland and now live in Scotland – but I recognise that many of the points I make concerning Gaelic folk narratives also apply to other Indigenous cosmologies.”
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The Multi-Species Paradigm in Traditional (Gaelic) Folklore
This is from Professor Mairéad Nic Craith research published in the open access book ‘Narrating the Multispecies World’, In her masterful novel, The Island of the Missing Trees, Elif Shafak (2022)…
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May 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM