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Bottle Imp #36 from June 2025, Petra Johana Poncarová writes about ‘’S aobhar a bhàis soilleir an clàr-aodainn’: Crime Writing in Gaelic www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/s-ao...

Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic (@dasg-glaschu.bsky.social) Blog post #41 Na Luinn – “the shimmering, glitter-like appearance in grass during an especially hot summer” Posted by Shelagh on Thursday 30 July 2015 dasg.ac.uk/blog/41/en (English) or dasg.ac.uk/blog/41/gd (Gaelic) #gaelic #gàidhlig

Cailean Mark Tips of the Week on Scottish Gaelic grammar: www.geocities.ws/george_seto.... . Tip of the Week 16 - An-dràsta versus a-nis for “now.” From Sunday April 23 2000. www.geocities.ws/george_seto.... #gaelic #gàidhlig

Blog from Scotland’s Nature www.nature.scot The ‘Three Wonders’ of Loch Lomond by Roddy Maclean, August 29, 2025. In English: scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/t... or in Gaelic: scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/t... #gaelic #gàidhlig

The 5000-year-old Neolithic tomb in Scotland that is one of Europe's 'finest'

See why this 5000-year-old Neolithic tomb in Orkney, Scotland, is one of the 'finest' in Northwest Europe

Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.

12 Things You Didn’t Know About the Bayeux Tapestry - Medievalists.net Discover 12 surprising facts about the Bayeux Tapestry, from its true origins and missing scenes to erotic imagery and medieval military insights.

12 Things You Didn’t Know About the Bayeux Tapestry www.medievalists.net/2025/05/thin... #BayeuxTapestry

Our first nature walk in September is Tuesday 2nd, meeting at Vatersay Hall, 4pm. It's a great opporunity to explore the machair and beaches with the local expert, Bruce Taylor. To book reach us through social media or call 01871 817948, or go into Buth Bharraigh
#vatersay #naturewalks

There are many exciting Gaelic events happening in and around Inverness in September!

Tha iomadh tachartas Gàidhlig a' tachairt ann an agus mu thimcheall Inbhir Nis anns an t-Sultain!

🔗 Read more in the September edition of our newsletter, An t-Àban 👉 www.canva.com/design/DAGxE...

#Gaelic

On 20 August 1901 #OTD, a pan-Celtic congress opened in Dublin. Ruaraidh Erskine was involved as one of the vice-presidents, and the event brought together many future contributors to his magazines. Find out more about the coverage of pan-Celtic initiatives: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/pan-c...

Hidden for centuries: a medieval library resurfaces in Romania - Institute of Governance News The chance discovery in Romania's Mediaș region has stirred the archaeological community worldwide. Behind an unassuming door in Saint Margaret's fortified church, researchers have unearthed what migh...

Hidden for centuries: a medieval library resurfaces in Romania
#Genealogy Source: institut-gouvernance.org
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Cailean Mark Tips of the Week on Scottish Gaelic grammar: www.geocities.ws/george_seto.... . Tip of the Week 3 Ceàrr-Wrong: Ceàrr + air for “wrong on.” From Tuesday, October 19, 1999. www.geocities.ws/george_seto.... #gaelic #gàidhlig

Blog from Scotland’s Nature www.nature.scot Botanical Village Names in Gaelic Scotland by Roddy Maclean, July 31, 2025. In English: scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/b... or in Gaelic: scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/a... #gaelic #gàidhlig

Is sàmhach an obir dol a dholaid. Going to ruin is silent work. p.xvi, Gaelic Proverbs, 1926, TD MacDonald, #gaelic, #gàidhlig

screenshot from learngaelic.scot. It reads: Dè? Dè thuirt thu? Chan eil thu idir coltach ri Sam Heughan. Chan eil thu cho eireachdail ris. Chan eil thu grànda, tha thu ceart gu leòr ach chan eil thu cho àlainn ri Sam Heughan. What? What did you say? You are not at all like Sam Heughan. You are not as handsome as him. You’re not ugly, you’re alright but you’re not as beautiful as Sam Heughan.

an ath thuras, dìreach marbh e an sin

🥳 Officially 100!

Happy official birthday to us! 🎂

Today we celebrate 100 years of curiosity, discovery, and connection. Thank you for sharing the joy!

#NLS100

Seanfhacal na Seachdain / Proverb of the Week

🪂 "Far am bi toil, bidh gnìomh."

"Where there's a will, there's a way."

#gàidhlig #learngaelic #scottishgaelic

Mapa Gàidhlig na Seachdaine
Lodainn an Iar ~ West Lothian
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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps

Ainm-àite na Seachdaine
Carrickamurlan ~ Carraig na Muirlinn 'coastal crag of the seaweed'
NX1437731915
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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic

Mapa Gàidhlig na Seachdaine
Aonghas ~ Angus
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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps

Eileamaid na Seachdaine
inbhir 'confluence of waters'
Thoir dhuinn ainm inbhir a tha a' còrdadh leibh!

#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic

Barnhouse Neolithic Village #Orkney

The Viking Age An introduction to Viking History. Each week historian Terri Barnes takes you through a different aspect of the lives of Norse peoples who lived during the Viking Age from c. AD 750 to 1100.

Starting on Wednesday - learn about the Vikings with our live online course medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/the-... #history

Our recent sighting of a nathair (adder) got us thinking about some fascinating Gaelic folklore.
There’s a traditional saying:

“Thèid nathair tro theine dearg mun tèid i tro dhuilleach an uinnsinn”

Explore more about Gaelic during our residentials: visitdundreggan.co.uk/gaelic-exper...

Next Nature Walk will be this coming Thursday (14th).
This time meeting at the airport and seeing if we can spot any migratory birds along with the local wildlife.
Sign up in Bùth Bharraigh (01871 817948) or contact us via social media.
#naturewalks #migratorybirds #isleofbarra

The names of our rivers and mountains tell a story older than the state. Pen-y-Fan, Penicuik, Aberdeen, Aberystwyth – these aren’t just words on a map. They’re echoes of the first voices of this land.

What he said. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A strategy to utilise Scotland’s wind wealth - Bylines Scotland Scotland is advancing in the production of low-carbon power, yet the benefits are currently not felt

"Scotland does not “own” its electricity. Once generated, it enters the UK-wide market and must be bought back at market rates by Scottish users – even if they’re located next to the turbine."

Illustration shows a cutaway of one of the longhouses and adjacent circular building, with inhabitants carrying out chores inside.

Reconstruction of the Pictish longhouse settlement at Lair, Glenshee, which spanned the C7-10th. The buildings were defined by turf walls, with cruck frames holding up thatched roofs. 📸AOC Archaeology #medievalsky

Celtic medieval treasures - new publication out which accompanies the stunning exhibition of early medieval treasures at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare- 'Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe'
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #medievalsky