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Ollamh Litreachas agus Eachdraidh nan Gàidheal | Professor of Gaelic Literature and History @uofglasgow.bsky.social
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/sheilakidd/
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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!

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November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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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.

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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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November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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In a week's time, please join us for the next @iassl.bsky.social webinar celebrating the legacy of Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill | Finlay J. Macdonald (1925–1987), held to mark the centenary of his birth. Tuesday 25 November, 7 pm UK time, on ZOOM. Bidh fàilte bhlàth romhaibh uile / All welcome!
Finlay J Macdonald at 100 | Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill aig 100
Tuesday 25 November 2025, 7 pm UK time, ZOOM. This year marks the centenary of the birth of Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill | Finlay J. Macdonald (1925–1987). The webinar explores his rich legacy as a…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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We have lots of student notebooks containing sketches on anatomy, diseases etc, however, this one is by far our favourite. It shows Joseph Lister, father of antiseptic surgery, disappearing through a trapdoor after his lecture in Glasgow in 1868. Now that's how to make an exit!
#Museum30 #Sketchbook
A pen sketch showing an old style lecture theatre with wooden banches. In the middle of the room. Lister can be seen dropping through a trapdoor in the floor
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Aithris bhrìoghmhor air Mairead Burnley Chaimbeul agus eachdraidh a' Chomuinn Ghàidhealaich aig toiseach an 20mh linn
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"Is lugha orm a bhith nam cheannard ann an ainm a-mhàin" - Naidheachdan a' BhBC
Sgeulachd Màiread Burnley Chaimbeul - am boireannach a chuir An Comunn Gàidhealach air bun-stèidh ionmhais cheart airson a' chiad uair.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Great to see the new Scotnote Study Guide on 'The Gaelic Writings of Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich' by Aonghas MacLeòid, published by @asls.org.uk. Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich | Donald Sinclair (1885–1932) was one of the most prolific and innovative contributors to Erskine's periodicals.
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Aonghas MacLeòid Published in: paperback, 128 pages By: Association for Scottish Literature, 2025 Price: £6.95 ISBN 9781906841645 Order from Hive.co.uk Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich (Donald Sinclair…
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October 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Gairm Phàipearan Co-Labhairt | Call For Conference Papers: Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 14−16 July 2026
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October 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Rugadh Aonghas MacDhonnchaidh air an 6mh latha den Dàmhair 1871 ann am Breacais, anns an Eilean Sgitheanach. | Angus Robertson was born #OTD 6 October 1871 in Breakish, Skye.
erskineproject.bsky.social Project ERSKINE | Radical Gaelic Magazines 1900s – 1930s @erskineproject.bsky.social · Oct 6
Aonghas MacDhonnchaidh | Angus Robertson was born #OTD 6 October 1871 in Breakish, Skye. Author of one of the two earliest Gaelic novels and an important figure in Gaelic initiatives in Glasgow, Robertson also contributed to Erskine's magazines. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/angus...
October 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Just reading a post by offspring about last year's adventure. I still remember how stressed I was about her Lukla flights! findraclothing.com/blogs/journa...
Why the Mountains Keep Calling (And I keep going back)
Katie McGhee shares her trek to Everest Base Camp, the joy of mountains, and why adventure is worth the challenge - no showers, frozen bottles and all.
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October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Tha dreuchd ùr ri fhaighinn mar Oifigear Gàidhlig le Hebrides People sna Hearadh
Gaelic Officer – Obraichean Gàidhlig
Làrach-lìn / Website /HebridesPeopleHebrides People Visitor Centre
www.obraichean.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Do dhuine sam bith a th’ air am beò-ghlacadh le faclan, abairtean is gnàthasan-cainnte, nach math an naidheachd gu bheil prògraman #FacalOirbh rin cluinntinn a-rithist.

Gheibhear taghadh de 40 prògram an seo: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
October 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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From @chrismpaton.bsky.social Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly. Extremely alarming legal saga involving US genealogy company Ancestry and National Records of Scotland re core Scottish genealogy and family history records. scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...
Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly
From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Cumaibh 14mh–16mh Iuchar 2026 airson Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu.
Gairm phàipearan & fiosrachadh clàraidh uile ri thighinn.

Hold 14th–16th July 2026 for the Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference at the University of Glasgow.
Call for Papers & Registration information all to follow.
September 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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New publication based on the ERSKINE Project: the article ‘Irish Content and Contributors in Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic Magazines’ has just been published in the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies 12:1 (2025).
Irish Content and Contributors in Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic Magazines
The article provides the first detailed examination of Irish content in the Gaelic periodicals founded and edited by the Scottish author and activist Ruaraidh Erskine of Mar (1869–1960) in the 1900s –...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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How time flies! Excited to say that IIssue 30 of #RoSC is now with our typesetter and out soon so... we're open for submissions to issue 31.

Please share and submit 😊 All you need is at:
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August 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Gaelic in the gallery | Gàidhlig anns a' Ghailearaidh
National Galleries of Scotland booklet prepared by pupils at Edinburgh's Gaelic primary school, Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce
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Gaelic in the gallery | Gàidhlig anns a' Ghailearaidh | National Galleries of Scotland
Gaelic Medium Education pupils from James Gillespie’s High School in Edinburgh worked with us and Ann Paterson from Capital Gaelic to create a family friendly bilingual booklet, Gaelic in the Gallery....
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September 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Join us online today - Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar,
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Free Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1582259584...

#Gaelic #GaelicLanguage #Scotland #Canada
September 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Cothrom a bhith ag obair còmhla rinn aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu mar Manaidsear Leasachaidh na Gàidhlig
August 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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👀 Project: “Alistair Cameron - Roadman to Academic”

Cothrom Obrach - Oifigear Dualchas Gàidhlig, Ionad Achadh na Creige, An t-Òban.

Gaelic Heritage Officer wanted to catalogue and explore an archive of writings by the late Alistair Cameron.

Details: www.therockfieldcentre.org.uk/current-vaca...
Current Vacancies — The Rockfield Centre
Job vacancies at The Rockfield Centre, Oban, Scotland
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August 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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A’ dèanamh obair deasachaidh an-dràsta còmhla ri @siminnes.bsky.social airson‬ Aiste 8 a bhios air-loidhne ro dheireadh na bliadhna. Bidh fàilte ro artagailean son Aiste 9 ro dheireadh a’ Ghearrain 2026. Agus mura faca tu Aiste 7 fhathast ... clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...
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August 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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As the first Gaelic writer to become Scotland’s National Poet, Pàdraig MacAoidh/Peter Mackay is acutely aware of the responsibility he’s taken on. Ahead of his three Book Festival events, our new Makar tells Allan Radcliffe that he’s also keen to simply have fun with words
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Peter Mackay on being Scotland's makar: 'I do get to put my own shape on the role' | The List
As the first Gaelic writer to become Scotland’s National Poet, Peter Mackay is acutely aware of the responsibility he has taken on. Ahead of his three Book Fest
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August 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The next blog from Comunn Eachdraidh Nis is on our website!

This time they tell us about their project cataloguing and digitising the archive with the aim of making the collection more accessible.

Find out more via our website: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/community-ar...
A Year in the Life of a Community Archive: Comunn Eachdraidh Nis (Ness Historical Society) - Scottish Council on Archives
Comunn Eachdraidh Nis (Ness Historical Society), established in 1977 was the first historical society in the Western Isles. It was recognised that there was a need to collect the history and memories…
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August 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Thig a dh’obair còmhla rinn!

Tha Faclair na Gàidhlig a’ sireadh Oifigear Conaltraidh:
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Le taic bho @bordnagaidhlig.bsky.social
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August 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic' - a one-day, in-person workshop at the University of Edinburgh on 5 September. Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh | More information 👇
Poster advertising an event to take place on 5 September 2025 at 50 George Square, the University of Edinburgh, on the topic of 'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic'. The event will run from 10am to 5pm. 10.00 Introduction and welcome 10.30-12.00 Ken Ó Donnchú (UCC): Spanish-Irish translation 1593-1706 Aonghas MacCoinnich (Glasgow): Gaelic perspectives on ‘state formation’ and Atlantic plantation. The case of Lewis, c.1610-c.1640 Silke Stroh (Koblenz): Re-fitting ‘The Garb of Old Gaul’: Circum-Atlantic warfare and intercultural mobility in re-writings and translations of a popular 18th-century song 12.00-13.00 Lunch 13.00-14.30 Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (Edinburgh): Viewing Inveraray from St Lucia: The case of Dugald MacNicol’s manuscripts Kathleen Reddy (Glasgow): The Bàrd na Ceapaich manuscript at the University of Glasgow Brendan Kane (UConn & Edinburgh): Political thought and politicization from New York to Cork: Reading the early modern through a 19th-century commonplace book 14.30-15.00 Coffee 15.00-16.00 Rob Dunbar (Edinburgh): Johnathon Mackinnon and Mac-Talla Síobhra Aiken (QUB): Gaeltacht communities in North America: Real or Imagined? 16.00-17.00 Round table Enda Delaney (Edinburgh), Désha Osborne (Edinburgh) Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna (Galway) 17.00 Close
August 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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A bheil ùidh agaibh ann am foillseachadh, agus Gàidhlig fhileanta agaibh?

Tha sinn a' maoineachadh sgoilearachd airson a’ chùrsa MLitt Foghlam Foillseachaidh aig Oilthigh Shruighlea, airson cùrsa 2025-26 (a’ tòiseachadh san t-Sultain 2025).
Cuiribh a-steach ro 11 Lùnastal 2025: bit.ly/sgoilearachd
July 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM