Tag: Gaelic
What comes to mind when you think of Scotland and story? A whole year of stories? Rob Roy, perhaps, or Robert Burns? Folk tales of dancing giants and standing …
The west of Ireland is a diverse, varied, and at times mysterious country. It is place of quiet bays and crashing surf, wild winds and warm welcome, winding back …
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh was looking out the window of her father’s house in Dun Chaoin in the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry in the west of Ireland. “We get …
There are songs you might think of as valentines, romantic love songs of all sorts, songs of family, songs of celebration. What about love songs for place? Are there …
30 November is Saint Andrew’s Day, It is the national day of Scotland. It is celebrated in Scotland itself and in many places across the world where Scotland’s sons …
Cape Breton Island in Atlantic Canada is the home Celtic traditions in the new world, traditions brought over by immigrants from Scotland. Their ways met with with those of …
When it comes to lochs in Scotland… – You may know a bit about Loch Ness and the many theories concerning its mysterious monster – You likely have heard …
Scotland: it is a land of long coasts, vibrant rivers, splashing waterfalls, mysterious lochs. No wonder then that 2020 was meant to be Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters. …
Whether you know them by Sliabh Liag, the name in Irish, or the English name Slieve League, these cliffs in Donegal are dramatic, thought provoking, and impressive. That is …
Cape Breton Island: it is a place where ocean meets forest, forest meets story, communities make music together, and where, as some say, Mother Nature meets Father Time. Cape …
The music of Ireland is as varied as its landscape, with stories to tell as varied as the lives shaped by those landscapes. In the physical landscapes of Ireland …
Ireland by podcast: from fishing to climate change to comedy for varied tastes to music also for varied tastes to business to drama to politics, there are all sorts …