Medieval (Scottish) Gaelic literature: the case of Finn mac Cumaill
23 May, 5–6:30pm BST (6–7:30 CET), free online
Introducing the corpus of #medieval works centred on the legendary hero Finn mac Cumaill. The earliest texts are #Irish – yet, outwith the #Gaelic tradition, Finn is often seen as a #Scottish literary creation, not least because of James Macpherson’s imagining of him as Fingal in the #18thcentury
For a long time in Scotland, Labour been pretty much the same as the Tories. Labour supporters deny this and get annoyed so am sorry to burst such folk's bubble but here is it straight from your leader's mouth.
Labour as a socialist party is dead and the only question that remains is which party left wing Labour supporters will vote for now? #Socialism https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/labour-real-conservatives-keir-starmer-protect-way-life-2337576
“The images of a famous Irish product, complete with the address of #Irish Distillers Limited and the Clondalkin address of the bottling operation, are there for all to see on the russian label. It was bottled less than five months ago and is now sold in central moscow"
Time’s up - Pernod Ricard must be added to the #EU#Sanctions list
#Celtic#FairyTaleTuesday: Also known as the Coronation Stone, and the Stone of Destiny, it was said the cry of the Lia Fail confirmed the coronation of the rightful High King of #Ireland when his feet were placed upon it, and that its roar was heard throughout the land. The #LiaFail stands at the top of the Hill of #Tara (Teamhair na Ri in #Irish), near the River Boyne in Co Meath.
„The magical powers of the Lia Fail were said to have rejuvenated the rightful High King of #Ireland, and gifted him with a long reign. In fact, the Tuatha de Danann revered the #LiaFail so much, they named Ireland Inis Fail after it.“
Source: Ali Isaac
Chris Heaton Harris says he represents the #NIpeople, well the majority of people in NI want #Stormont changed. So I suggest the #Tory SoS gets on with changing things.
Yeah I heard the #oneseatwonder yesterday. His words prove they know exactly what they are doing. They are trying to threaten the #BritishGovernment into giving them their permanent majority & veto back! If they don't get what they want, they will wreck their own future as a governing power here.
It is time for CHH to step up, shut the place if he won't change how #Stormont works and introduce direct rule with an #Irish touch.
Belfast Telegraph: "Irish language to be used during coronation of King Charles"
Well that's going to impress the DUP, not. Gaeilge being used in the coronation of a king to which they pledge undying fealty does somewhat undermine the DUP opposition to Irish language legislation.
#Irish Distillers owner Pernod Ricard exported €15.6m of Jameson to russia since September
Customs data seen hows the whiskey travelled to russia from Latvia via a logistics company and an Eastern European arm of PernodRicard.The customs records say the whiskey originated in #Ireland and was imported by it's russian subsidiary
On Thursday, the company said it plans to stop exports of Jameson to russia but it is not clear when this will happen
Exports of Jameson to russia to be halted following backlash
Activists staged a protest outside the #Dublin headquarters of #Irish Distillers and parent company Pernod-Ricard on Thursday, protesting a decision by the company to resume exports of #Jameson to russia.
The Irish Examiner understands that Pernod-Ricard is set to reverse its position
Listening to Mr James O'Brien on #LBC talk about #food prices being the highest they have been in 40 odd years.
My mind wanders back to #Patel announcing that the #British should starve the #Irish, to get a favourable Withdrawal Agreement during the #Brexit negotiations.
Arlene Foster is a hypocrite! She objected to #GoodFridayAgreement, she left the Unionist party that signed up to the #GFA. However, as leader of the #DUP,
she happily accepted the role as #FirstMinister in the institutions brought about by the #GFA25
She is no longer a politician. When she was one she was terrible. She is better suited to her new role as commentator the pretend 'news' channel #GBNews
She is no peacemaker and should be called out for it.
„The names of the #Irish goddess #Medb and the #Gaulish goddesses #Meduna and the #Comedovae may be derived from an Indo-European word *médhu– signifying ‘honey’, ‘intoxication’, and designate the fermented drink extracted from honey, that is ‘mead’. If this etymology is correct – other possibilities have been suggested -, their names may be therefore glossed as ‘Goddess of Intoxication by Mead’ or ‘Mead Goddess’.“
#OTW volunteer, #fanlore gardener and at this stage I'm probably a #FandomOld. Too many #fandoms to mention but I'm a #sff fan who loves books, audiobooks, #fanfic and I'm starting to get into #podfics. I'm auntaggie on #ao3 and #tumblr, but hoping to find some new folks to follow here
I'm also #irish, so there will likely be lots of retoots bout the state of the weather. Agus retoots as #gaeilge. Táim ag iarraidh mo scileanna teanga a cleachtadh 😊
#introduction I'm a grumpy refugee from Twitter. Based in #Sussex but mainly #Irish & #Scottish . I despair at the state of British #politics & our #environment . Can get sweary and post feeble jokes. #GTTO#joinaunion . Profile picture is Harvey (named after the Brewery). Some of my interests: