Andy - Lowland Gaelic

John Bannerman Lecture 2026 - Professor Fiona Edmonds | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology 'Dál Riata and Northumbria, c. 700‒1000: Connections and comparisons'. Hybrid.

Thurs 26 March, Prof. Fiona Edmonds will deliver the 2026 John Bannerman Memorial Lecture (in-person and online), on a topic close to Bannerman's own work: 'Dál Riata and Northumbria, c. 700‒1000: Connections and comparisons'.

Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh | More info 👇
hca.ed.ac.uk/john-bannerm...

Pacclebmech looks like Old Welsh

He's playing 5D intergalactic chess here, $75000 will be worth nothing by the time Trump is done

Aye fair play, respect. Did she learn it at school? There was a documentary on BBC Scotland a wee while ago about Bunscoill Ghaelgagh

gra eh ayns Mannin, cha nee Baarle

Thought I was having a stroke looking at this picture

I choose to believe that's what made you decide to move here

All these moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain

Aithnichidh leughadair sam bith bho 2000 AD an soitheach seo.

Siol nan Gaidheal - Wikipedia

Sìol nan Gàidheal have this terrible reputation as a far-right ethnonationalist vanguard, but I've ran into them before and there's
about 3 of them
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siol_na...

79 Group - Wikipedia

Maybe dov feels different but the 79 Group was probably the only one that amounted to anything. Most of them didn't ever actually properly split from the SNP, just disagreed with the leadership

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79_Group

Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh eyeing the stony grey soil of Monaghan at his native Inniskeen, 1963, photo by Elinor Wiltshire.

An dòchas nach bi Stèisean a' Mheadhain mar seo a-rithist a-màireach às dèidh an teine!

Tha mi an dùil is an dòchas gu bheil a h-uile duine sàbhailte.

The blurb looks exactly like what im looking for! Tapadh leat 🙌

A picture of Dean Village, Edinburgh popped up on my timeline on X. I wondered if it were dean meaning valley as in Dean St and Jesmond Dene (same word, different spellings.)

A quick Google - Yes !!

Thanks for your answer, that makes sense. The point of my questions I suppose is I'm wondering where these fragments are found. Would there be wee mentions in Roman records and early Christian works (all the usual suspects essentially)?

Following him now 👌

A question for anyone and everyone:

How much of modern Paganism in rhr UK & Ireland is actually based on older beliefs? How much does our modern conception look like the pre-Christian understanding? Or is this just the wrong way to think about it?

Celtic/Pars semi where BBC pundit N.Lennon has to interview Dunfermline manager N.Lennon who is both happy and sad that his team won and lost, followed by the universe reaching event singularity and collapsing

I’ve posted updated versions of two comprehensive bibliographies relating to Gaelic in Scotland.
The first deals with sociolinguistics and language planning concerning Gaelic from 1980 on:
tinyurl.com/bdeda7br
The other covers Gaelic literature from 1900 to the present:
tinyurl.com/caxbjv9s

My tiny mind can't even comprehend someone more right wing than him, the Taliban maybe

That wee creep would really benefit from a trip to the heart of the sun 💯

Support for rape culture; "female victims especially had it coming" etc etc

Tha mi duilich, it's a rumour I've just made up right now for a laugh. At least once a week, I remember the PP escapades and wonder where they are now...

Rumours have it that it's Japanese for 'Pink Peacock'

Trans Cosmologies 2: Art, Ritual & Memory
30 Apr–1 May · University of Stirling

A two-day gathering of trans, gender-nonconforming and queer artists and thinkers exploring memory, ritual and cosmology through performance, scholarship and dialogue.

More details and registration soon.

Atmospheric black and white photo of bare trees along a broken down dry stone dyke across a field. Light shine through misty drizzle.

A winter landscape in the Machars of Galloway.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

The American upper classes have been captured by no-one but Americans 🤷 Trump does all this shit because he wants to and nobody stops him

Also recommend- Simply The Best by Tina Turner & Human by The Killers (Saltcoats version)

To be clear, I think it's very possible to get a nazi tattoo in Croatia - I just think it's inexcusable. A Croatian tattoo artist who does nazi tattoos will just be a nazi. The only excuse I can think for this guy is maybe the language barrier got in the way, but even that barely holds together