Eibhlìn NicColla
@eibhlinniccolla.bsky.social
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At no point in Scottish history has this country ever been home to just one language, yet for the past 300 years the sole official language of Scotland has been English, writes Paul Kavanagh ✍️
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
At no point in Scottish history has this country ever been home to just one language, yet for the past 300 years the sole official language of Scotland has been English, writes Paul Kavanagh ✍️
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Big first year for the world's only Gaelic metalcore band
Tapadh leibh uile airson èisteachd
Tapadh leibh uile airson èisteachd
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Big first year for the world's only Gaelic metalcore band
Tapadh leibh uile airson èisteachd
Tapadh leibh uile airson èisteachd
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We're all Jock Tamson's bairns.
Tell Nigel Farage and his far-right fascists, racist goons that we don't want their hate here.
#GieRacismTheBoot
#ScotlandWelcomesAll*
(*Bigots need not apply)
Tell Nigel Farage and his far-right fascists, racist goons that we don't want their hate here.
#GieRacismTheBoot
#ScotlandWelcomesAll*
(*Bigots need not apply)
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We're all Jock Tamson's bairns.
Tell Nigel Farage and his far-right fascists, racist goons that we don't want their hate here.
#GieRacismTheBoot
#ScotlandWelcomesAll*
(*Bigots need not apply)
Tell Nigel Farage and his far-right fascists, racist goons that we don't want their hate here.
#GieRacismTheBoot
#ScotlandWelcomesAll*
(*Bigots need not apply)
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Bradan Press prez @dremilymcewan.bsky.social has a petition to the Govt of #Canada asking to change eligibility rules for Canadian publisher funding so a #Gaelic publisher like us doesn't fall thru the cracks! 🇨🇦 Canadians, PLEASE sign by Fri 5 Dec 2025, 11am EST: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Bradan Press prez @dremilymcewan.bsky.social has a petition to the Govt of #Canada asking to change eligibility rules for Canadian publisher funding so a #Gaelic publisher like us doesn't fall thru the cracks! 🇨🇦 Canadians, PLEASE sign by Fri 5 Dec 2025, 11am EST: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Medieval Irish charms
When asked for an inaugural lecture as Professor of Old and Middle Irish at @maynoothuniversity.ie (2012), I was desperately looking for a suitable topic. But after some deliberation, I chose one that I had already worked on before, namely Old Irish healing charms.
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Medieval Irish charms
When asked for an inaugural lecture as Professor of Old and Middle Irish at @maynoothuniversity.ie (2012), I was desperately looking for a suitable topic. But after some deliberation, I chose one that I had already worked on before, namely Old Irish healing charms.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Medieval Irish charms
When asked for an inaugural lecture as Professor of Old and Middle Irish at @maynoothuniversity.ie (2012), I was desperately looking for a suitable topic. But after some deliberation, I chose one that I had already worked on before, namely Old Irish healing charms.
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Medieval Irish charms
When asked for an inaugural lecture as Professor of Old and Middle Irish at @maynoothuniversity.ie (2012), I was desperately looking for a suitable topic. But after some deliberation, I chose one that I had already worked on before, namely Old Irish healing charms.
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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 E 29, the Book of Fermoy. Mostly dating from the 1450s and 1460s, it is associated with the Roche lordship in County Cork and contains poems and prose material relating to the medieval Roche family.
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 E 29, the Book of Fermoy. Mostly dating from the 1450s and 1460s, it is associated with the Roche lordship in County Cork and contains poems and prose material relating to the medieval Roche family.
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"In any event these recordings provide model resources for anyone seeking samples of grounded authentic speech in real-life action." #Gàidhlig #Gaeilge #Gaelic
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Gaelic collections updated
With the official coming into force of the Scottish Languages Act on St Andrew’s Day, it may be worth noting that Island Voices has been steadily gathering collections of recordings in Gaelic…
guthan.wordpress.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"In any event these recordings provide model resources for anyone seeking samples of grounded authentic speech in real-life action." #Gàidhlig #Gaeilge #Gaelic
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guthan.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/g...
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🎄On the first day of #12PubsOfChristmas, we’re cooking up Ireland’s rich food heritage! Irish Food History: A Companion, edited by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire & Dorothy Cashman, brings together 30+ contributors to explore Ireland’s culinary heritage from the Ice Age to modern dining.
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🎄On the first day of #12PubsOfChristmas, we’re cooking up Ireland’s rich food heritage! Irish Food History: A Companion, edited by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire & Dorothy Cashman, brings together 30+ contributors to explore Ireland’s culinary heritage from the Ice Age to modern dining.
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Wait no The Blackness is definitely an early 2000s rock band from Aberdeen
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Wait no The Blackness is definitely an early 2000s rock band from Aberdeen
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1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
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This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
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BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Just out!
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Just out!
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
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Living in Angus, we are surrounded by standing stones, Pictish art, and hill forts.
So this book caught my eye
#CarvedInStone
#Picts
carvedinstone.scot
So this book caught my eye
#CarvedInStone
#Picts
carvedinstone.scot
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Living in Angus, we are surrounded by standing stones, Pictish art, and hill forts.
So this book caught my eye
#CarvedInStone
#Picts
carvedinstone.scot
So this book caught my eye
#CarvedInStone
#Picts
carvedinstone.scot
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I love this poem too - thanks for bringing it over to #speirgorm
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I love this poem too - thanks for bringing it over to #speirgorm
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Wow!
NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Wow!
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1/4📜✨New on ISOS: from the Russell Library, Maynooth
three 19th-c. Manuscripts for Fr. Muiris Cinniféic,
scribes Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna & Pól Ó Longáin.
Saints’ lives, genealogies, law, devotional, etc
links to Book of Lismore & the Leabhar Muimhneach.
🙏Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social
@dias.ie
three 19th-c. Manuscripts for Fr. Muiris Cinniféic,
scribes Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna & Pól Ó Longáin.
Saints’ lives, genealogies, law, devotional, etc
links to Book of Lismore & the Leabhar Muimhneach.
🙏Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social
@dias.ie
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
1/4📜✨New on ISOS: from the Russell Library, Maynooth
three 19th-c. Manuscripts for Fr. Muiris Cinniféic,
scribes Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna & Pól Ó Longáin.
Saints’ lives, genealogies, law, devotional, etc
links to Book of Lismore & the Leabhar Muimhneach.
🙏Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social
@dias.ie
three 19th-c. Manuscripts for Fr. Muiris Cinniféic,
scribes Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna & Pól Ó Longáin.
Saints’ lives, genealogies, law, devotional, etc
links to Book of Lismore & the Leabhar Muimhneach.
🙏Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social
@dias.ie
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Foliseachán nua - New publication 2
The Triads of Ireland: An Old Irish Wisdom Text
Edited by Fergus Kelly
shop.dias.ie/product/the-...
@dias.ie
#DIASdiscovers
The Triads of Ireland: An Old Irish Wisdom Text
Edited by Fergus Kelly
shop.dias.ie/product/the-...
@dias.ie
#DIASdiscovers
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Foliseachán nua - New publication 2
The Triads of Ireland: An Old Irish Wisdom Text
Edited by Fergus Kelly
shop.dias.ie/product/the-...
@dias.ie
#DIASdiscovers
The Triads of Ireland: An Old Irish Wisdom Text
Edited by Fergus Kelly
shop.dias.ie/product/the-...
@dias.ie
#DIASdiscovers
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Friday at 9am Hawaii - join us for the final session of the 2025 Language Documentation Learning Series! We’ll talk about Indigenous language revitalization, and how to find funding for this work.
All are welcome, and this event (like all ELP programs) is free! Register at: bit.ly/langdoc2025
All are welcome, and this event (like all ELP programs) is free! Register at: bit.ly/langdoc2025
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Friday at 9am Hawaii - join us for the final session of the 2025 Language Documentation Learning Series! We’ll talk about Indigenous language revitalization, and how to find funding for this work.
All are welcome, and this event (like all ELP programs) is free! Register at: bit.ly/langdoc2025
All are welcome, and this event (like all ELP programs) is free! Register at: bit.ly/langdoc2025
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Smithsonian Folklife just released an oral history interviewing guide for people who want to interview family members, neighbours, and friends about the history, culture, and tradition they bear. Here's hoping this sort of conversation finds its way around your Thanksgiving table. #folklore
The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide
Here are some guidelines Smithsonian folklorists have developed over the years for collecting oral histories from family and community members.
folklife.si.edu
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Ach cò tha air cùl obair an Fhaclair, agus dè dìreach an obair a tha iad a’ dèanamh?
Bidh sinn a’ toirt sùil air an sgioba anns na seachdainean a tha romhainn.
Seo cuid againn an-seo - cò a dh’aithnicheas sibh?
#gàidhlig #gaidhlig #faclair #lexicography
Bidh sinn a’ toirt sùil air an sgioba anns na seachdainean a tha romhainn.
Seo cuid againn an-seo - cò a dh’aithnicheas sibh?
#gàidhlig #gaidhlig #faclair #lexicography
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Ach cò tha air cùl obair an Fhaclair, agus dè dìreach an obair a tha iad a’ dèanamh?
Bidh sinn a’ toirt sùil air an sgioba anns na seachdainean a tha romhainn.
Seo cuid againn an-seo - cò a dh’aithnicheas sibh?
#gàidhlig #gaidhlig #faclair #lexicography
Bidh sinn a’ toirt sùil air an sgioba anns na seachdainean a tha romhainn.
Seo cuid againn an-seo - cò a dh’aithnicheas sibh?
#gàidhlig #gaidhlig #faclair #lexicography
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review of #SSBA2025 finalist Ghost Apparent, by Jelena Dunato, a loving and gleeful tearing-apart of fairy-tale romance by subjecting both the conventions of fairy tales and the conventions of romance to Renaissance/early modern Realpolitik: anduilleaggheal.neocities.org/leirmheasan/...
Ghost Apparent / an duilleag gheal
anduilleaggheal.neocities.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
review of #SSBA2025 finalist Ghost Apparent, by Jelena Dunato, a loving and gleeful tearing-apart of fairy-tale romance by subjecting both the conventions of fairy tales and the conventions of romance to Renaissance/early modern Realpolitik: anduilleaggheal.neocities.org/leirmheasan/...
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This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
I kept finding cló gaelach everywhere this weekend - a typewriter @nmireland.bsky.social , font on school signage, and blocks of type at the National Print Museum #gaeilge #clógaelach
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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New audio and photographic material was published during Oireachtas na Samhna.
More information: www.gaois.ie/assets/pdf/2...
More information: www.gaois.ie/assets/pdf/2...
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
New audio and photographic material was published during Oireachtas na Samhna.
More information: www.gaois.ie/assets/pdf/2...
More information: www.gaois.ie/assets/pdf/2...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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He keeps doing it. Every time somebody gets beheaded in this text, the word "head" is replaced with a little hand-drawn emoticon. And considering how many people get beheaded in this story, that's a lot of lil face drawings.
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
He keeps doing it. Every time somebody gets beheaded in this text, the word "head" is replaced with a little hand-drawn emoticon. And considering how many people get beheaded in this story, that's a lot of lil face drawings.
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Yeah you know what, the description of Lugaid beheading Cú Chulainn was really missing hand-drawn emoticons, that's absolutely what we needed in this specific moment
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yeah you know what, the description of Lugaid beheading Cú Chulainn was really missing hand-drawn emoticons, that's absolutely what we needed in this specific moment