Gaelic Crisis In The Vernacular Community

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1857520807

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GAELIC CRISIS IN THE VERNACULAR COMMUNITY by Anonim Pdf

Author : Wilson McLeod
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781474462419

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Gaelic in Scotland by Wilson McLeod Pdf

In this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland, Wilson McLeod looks at the policies of government and the work of activists and campaigners who have sought to maintain and promote Gaelic.

Author : Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray,Sylvia Robertson,Anthony Dilworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic
ISBN : 0903586029

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Tales from Highland Perthshire by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray,Sylvia Robertson,Anthony Dilworth Pdf

Author : Luke Cassidy
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593314821

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Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy Pdf

**LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE** An uncompromising, darkly humorous look at life in the criminal underworld of the Irish border from a major new Irish literary voice. Dundalk—The Town, to locals—took Aoife in when she left home at eighteen. Now she’s gone from a small-time slinger of hash to a bona fide player in Dundalk’s criminal underworld. Aoife’s smart, savvy, and cool under pressure. Except, that is, when it comes to Annie. Annie is mysterious and compelling, and Aoife is desperate to impress her and keep her close. Unfortunately, not everyone in The Town shares Aoife’s opinion of Annie. So much so that when Aoife’s friend and associate, the Rat King, approaches her about off-loading ten kilos of stolen coke, he specifically tells her to keep Annie out of it. Aoife doesn’t want to do the job without Annie, though, so she lands on an idea. Annie has contacts in the UK, and sure it’d be better to get the coke as far away from Dundalk as possible. At first, everything goes to plan. But when Annie decides she'd like to stay in the UK, Aoife makes a decision that changes everything, and finds her whole world turned upside down. Gritty yet tender, tragic yet hopeful, Iron Annie crackles with energy, warmth, and heart. A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL.

Author : Nicholas M. Wolf
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299302740

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An Irish-Speaking Island by Nicholas M. Wolf Pdf

This groundbreaking book shatters historical stereotypes, demonstrating that, in the century before 1870, Ireland was not an anglicized kingdom and was capable of articulating modernity in the Irish language. It gives a dynamic account of the complexity of Ireland in the nineteenth century, developments in church and state, and the adaptive bilingualism found across all regions, social levels, and religious persuasions.

Author : Charles G. Häberl,James F. McGrath
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110487862

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The Mandaean Book of John by Charles G. Häberl,James F. McGrath Pdf

Given the degree of popular fascination with Gnostic religions, it is surprising how few pay attention to the one such religion that has survived from antiquity until the present day: Mandaism. Mandaeans, who esteem John the Baptist as the most famous adherent to their religion, have in our time found themselves driven from their historic homelands by war and oppression. Today, they are a community in crisis, but they provide us with unparalleled access to a library of ancient Gnostic scriptures, as part of the living tradition that has sustained them across the centuries. Gnostic texts such as these have caught popular interest in recent times, as traditional assumptions about the original forms and cultural contexts of related religious traditions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, have been called into question. However, we can learn only so much from texts in isolation from their own contexts. Mandaean literature uniquely allows us not only to increase our knowledge about Gnosticism, and by extension all these other religions, but also to observe the relationship between Gnostic texts, rituals, beliefs, and living practices, both historically and in the present day.

Author : Thomas Maclauchlan,William Forbes Skene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Scottish Gaelic language
ISBN : MINN:31951P003023909

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The Dean of Lismore's Book by Thomas Maclauchlan,William Forbes Skene Pdf

Author : Silke Stroh
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810134041

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Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination by Silke Stroh Pdf

Can Scotland be considered an English colony? Is its experience and literature comparable to that of overseas postcolonial countries? Or are such comparisons no more than patriotic victimology to mask Scottish complicity in the British Empire and justify nationalism? These questions have been heatedly debated in recent years, especially in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on independence, and remain topical amid continuing campaigns for more autonomy and calls for a post-Brexit “indyref2.” Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination offers a general introduction to the emerging field of postcolonial Scottish studies, assessing both its potential and limitations in order to promote further interdisciplinary dialogue. Accessible to readers from various backgrounds, the book combines overviews of theoretical, social, and cultural contexts with detailed case studies of literary and nonliterary texts. The main focus is on internal divisions between the anglophone Lowlands and traditionally Gaelic Highlands, which also play a crucial role in Scottish–English relations. Silke Stroh shows how the image of Scotland’s Gaelic margins changed under the influence of two simultaneous developments: the emergence of the modern nation-state and the rise of overseas colonialism.

Author : Manchán Magan
Publisher : Bonnier Books UK
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781804184042

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Thirty-Two Words for Field by Manchán Magan Pdf

Rediscover the lost words of an ancient land in this new and updated edition of an international bestseller. Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German, and branches spanning the world, from Australia and India to North America. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn and crag. Today, this heritage can be found nowhere more powerfully than in modern-day Gaelic. In Thirty-Two Words for Field Manchán Magan explores the enchantment, sublime beauty and sheer oddness of a 3000-year-old lexicon. Imbuing the natural world with meaning and magic, it evokes a time-honoured way of life, from its 32 separate words for a field, to terms like loisideach (a place with a lot of kneading troughs), bróis (whiskey for a horseman at a wedding), and iarmhaireacht (the loneliness you feel when you are the only person awake at cockcrow). Told through stories collected from Magan's own life and travels, Thirty-Two Words for Field is an enthralling celebration of Irish words, and a testament to the indelible relationship between landscape, culture and language.

Author : Micheál Ó Siochrú,Eamonn O' Ciardha
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526158925

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The plantation of Ulster by Micheál Ó Siochrú,Eamonn O' Ciardha Pdf

This book is the first major academic study of the Ulster Plantation in over 25 years. The pivotal importance of the Plantation to the shared histories of Ireland and Britain would be difficult to overstate. It helped secure the English conquest of Ireland, and dramatically transformed Ireland’s physical, political, religious and cultural landscapes. The legacies of the Plantation are still contested to this day, but as the Peace Process evolves and the violence of the previous forty years begins to recede into memory, vital space has been created for a timely reappraisal of the plantation process and its role in identity formation within Ulster, Ireland and beyond. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field offers an important redress in terms of the previous coverage of the plantations, moving away from an exclusive colonial perspective, to include the native Catholic experience, and in so doing will hopefully stimulate further research into this crucial episode in Irish and British history.

Author : George Douglas Brown
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775454502

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The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown Pdf

Immerse yourself in a painstakingly recreated depiction of Scottish rural life at the turn of the twentieth century. Regarded as a groundbreaking literary work upon its publication, The House With the Green Shutters takes an unflinching look at the growing conflict between socioeconomic classes during the period, rather than idealizing rustic living, as many writers of the era chose to do.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004442245

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The First World War and the Nationality Question in Europe by Anonim Pdf

The contributions in this volume, written by historians, political scientists and linguists, shed new light on the political development of the nationality question in Europe during the First World War and its aftermath, covering theoretical developments and debates, social mobilization and cultural perspectives.

Author : K. David Harrison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195372069

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When Languages Die by K. David Harrison Pdf

It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. This text focuses on the question: what is lost when a language dies?

Author : Richard English
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780330475822

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Irish Freedom by Richard English Pdf

Richard English's brilliant new book, now available in paperback, is a compelling narrative history of Irish nationalism, in which events are not merely recounted but analysed. Full of rich detail, drawn from years of original research and also from the extensive specialist literature on the subject, it offers explanations of why Irish nationalists have believed and acted as they have, why their ideas and strategies have changed over time, and what effect Irish nationalism has had in shaping modern Ireland. It takes us from the Ulster Plantation to Home Rule, from the Famine of 1847 to the Hunger Strikes of the 1970s, from Parnell to Pearse, from Wolfe Tone to Gerry Adams, from the bitter struggle of the Civil War to the uneasy peace of the early twenty-first century. Is it imaginable that Ireland might – as some have suggested – be about to enter a post-nationalist period? Or will Irish nationalism remain a defining force on the island in future years? 'a courageous and successful attempt to synthesise the entire story between two covers for the neophyte and for the exhausted specialist alike' Tom Garvin, Irish Times

Author : Viccy Coltman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108417686

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Art and Identity by Viccy Coltman Pdf

This lively and erudite cultural history examines how Scottish identity was experienced and represented in novel ways.