Association of Celtic Students

Sé Léas Dóchais do Phobal na Gaeilge Ní raibh sé chomh hiontach a bheith i do Ghael in Éirinn le cúpla seachtain anuas. Tháinig neart scéalta chun solais in achar beag ama de neamart an stáit is lucht cumhachta i leith na teanga agus lucht a labhartha; gach scéal ina chloichín ghortach ar charn mór na bhfeall a tógadh le breis is ceithre chéad bliain anuas. Ní gá ach cás an Dr. Fangzhe Qiu a lua, ar diúltaíodh dá iarratas saorántachta de bharr é a bheith déanta i nGaelainn, nó an litir a seoladh, go hearráideach a deirtear, chuig fostaithe i gcomhlacht Gaeltachta ag ordú dóibh Béarla amháin a labhairt. Ach éist, a léitheoir dhil, tá mo sháith faighte agam de scéalta éagóra is den gclamhsán. Ba mhaith liomsa inniu solas a chaitheamh ar na gnéithe sin a ardaíonn mo chroí, a thugann dóchas is misneach dom is a spreagann mé mar bhall de shaol agus de phobal na Gaelainne.   1) Turas Bóthair TG4 Táimse beannaithe gur fhás mé aníos le TG4. Mana seasamhach na múinteoirí scoile ar fead...

For this article in the ACSIB blog, we’re celebrating 50 years of Tocher.  This publication, Tocher, is associated with the School of Scottish Studies (SSS) and the School of Scottish Studies Archives (SSSA) at the University of Edinburgh. Both institutions are celebrating their 70th anniversary this year. SSS and SSSA The School and the Archives were set up in 1951 with the aim to collect, preserve and research sources, evidence and materials relating to traditional practices across Scotland. Scottish Studies has since been merged with the Celtic department at Edinburgh. Since 2001, the Archives have sat under the umbrella of the CRC (the Centre for Research Collections) based at the University. For this reason the wonderful Rachel Hosker (deputy head at the CRC) is working alongside the Celtic & Scottish Studies department in order to celebrate these 70th and 50th anniversaries respectively.  Staff and students have, over the decades, collected for the sound archive ...

Failt ort ! Welcome to the first in the series of posts on the Celtic Students Blog where we talk about learning the Celtic Languages. This post deals with Manx, Gaelg/Gailck to its speakers, the Celtic language native to the Isle of Man. Nowadays, the Island has around 2000 speakers of Manx (according to the Isle of Man census in 2011). If you are interested in joining their ranks, here are some phrases to start you off. If you speak Irish or Scottish Gaelic, some of the words below may be familiar to you once you sound them out; don’t be intimidated by the spelling!  Failt ort/erriu (falch ort/ER-yoo) – Welcome (sg/pl). Moghrey mie (MO-ruh meye) – Good morning. Fastyr mie (FASS-tuh meye) – Good afternoon. Oie vie (ee veye) – Good night. She mish [Juan]/[Moirrey] (shay mish…) – I am [John]/[Mary]. Kys t’ou/ta shiu ? (kiss tow/ta shoo) – How are you (sg/pl)? Ta mee [ braew ]/[ mie dy liooar ] (ta mee brow/meye duh LYOO-uh) – I am [fine]/[okay]. Gura mie ayd/eu (GU-ruh meye ...

In this first post about historical Celtic scholars and in celebration of International Women’s Day I want to highlight two women who made important contributions to Irish studies and say a little about their lives – Eleanor Knott and Cecile O’Rahilly.   Eleanor Knott (1886-1975) is perhaps the better studied of the pair. Her archives are held by The Royal Irish Academy and Trinity College Dublin, who also hosted a conference about her and her work in 2016.   Eleanor did not attend university but took courses at the School of Irish Learning where she became part of a network of scholars based in Dublin in the early 20th century. Her archives are mainly made up of private letters and postcards that range from requests for lexical information to notes about events in the senders’ personal lives. There is also information about publishing – both her own works as well as in her role as the co-editor of Ériu.   In the 1920s she published her two-volume edition and translatio...

As it is LGBTQ History Month in the United Kingdom, here at the Association of Celtic Students of Ireland and Britain, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate the diverse community of speakers and learners of Celtic languages by exploring the growing lexicon of LGBTQ terms in the Celtic languages. If you are an ally or are LGBTQ yourself, here you can find a quick overview of terms to bolster your personal vocabulary with more inclusive language to make everyone feel welcome in our community. And, most importantly, if you know any additional or alternative terminology, we would love to hear from you in our comments section below! Cymraeg  Welsh brings a broad LGBTQ vocabulary, with what you can see here only being a selection of the extensive list offered by Stonewall Cymru which you can find here . Masculine Pronoun: Fe. Feminine Pronoun: Hi. Neutral Pronoun: Nhw. Anneuaidd Non-binary Anrhywiol Asexual Aromantig Arom...

 Hello  We are re-launching our blog! Our aim is to share content made by and for students including academic advice and language learning as well as posts that reflect the interests of our members. Some posts that are coming up are LGBTQ+ terms, language learning and women Celticists. We are updating the information on the blog all the time so keep checking back! We want to introduce ourselves as we are new editors of this blog: My name is Freya (She/Her) and I am an undergraduate at the University of Glasgow studying Celtic Studies, focusing on early medieval Ireland. I have been involved with the Association since 2019 but started working on the blog this year. I am looking forward to the organisational side of running a blog as well as learning more about Celtic Studies by writing some posts. And my name is Emmet (They/Them), and I am a PhD student at University College Cork in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish, also focusing on medieval Ireland! Particularly o...

  Registration is now OPEN! Please join us at our first ever online  Celtic Students Conference next week, from Thursday the 15th to Sunday the 18th of October . We have papers in English, as Gaeilge, in Gáidhlig, Cymraeg and in Brezhoneg. Don't worry if you don't speak all the Celtic languages: interpretation will be available!  Follow this link to register: https://celticstudentsconference.org We would like to thank the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore in University College Dublin for all their support, and Scéim Colm Cille (Foras na Gaeilge) for helping us make this year's conference a reality.  Go raibh maith agaibh | Tapadh leibh | Gura mie eu | Diolch yn fawr | Trugarez vras | Meur ras | Thank you.  Schedule Click here for a PDF.

We are thrilled to announce the publication of the Proceedings of our 2019 Celtic Students Conference!  We are very proud to have included papers in Brezhoneg, Gaeilge & Gàidhlig.  Please join us for an official launch at the #CelticStudents2020 online conference, 15-18 October !  In the meantime, feel free to order your copy 👉 here 👈 Many thanks to our brilliant editors Julieta Abella & Kieran Walker for all the work they have put in, and to all contributors (some of which are presenting again this year!):  Clément Guillanton ("Ar Brederouriezh e Brezhoneg: A-zivout ar c‘helenn prederouriezh e Brezhoneg")  Jeff Justice ("Reflections in Democratic Mirrors: The Plight of the Celtic Languages in Parliaments")  Michal Baran ("Friction and Voicing Length as Phonetic Correlates in the Fortis-lenis Distinction of the Welsh Fricatives")  Feena Tóibín ("Dubhghlas de hÍde agus a bhlianta tosaigh mar bhailitheoir béaloidis")  Nina Cnockaert-Gui...

You can now listen to our Celtic Students Podcast! In this podcast, we talk about lots of different aspects of Celtic Studies, and about the Celtic languages and cultures. Our different guests will discuss their interests, passions and projects in English, Irish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish, or Breton. We hope you enjoy!  You can contact us and learn more on Twitter (@CelticStudents) and Facebook . For information about our annual conference to be held online on 15-18 October, go to celticstudentsconference.org ! ➩ Episode 1: "What is the Association of Celtic Students of Ireland and Britain?" with Adam Dahmer, Déirdre Ní Mhathúna, Christopher Lewin and Nina Cnockaert-Guillou [in English]. ➩ Episode 2: "LADTA+ na Gaeilge" with Stiofán Ó Briain and Eoin McEvoy [as Gaeilge]. ➩ Episode 3: "Bunscoill Ghaelgagh & the Manx-speaking community" with Nina Cnockaert-Guillou, Nicola Tooms and David Kilgallon [in English]. ➩ Episode 4 to be released on ...

A chairde, unfortunately, due to the health and safety concerns regarding Covid-19 and due to travel and social gathering restrictions, we will be unable to host the 2020 Celtic Students Conference in UCD this year [we had postponed it to the end of August]. BUT the good news is that we have instead decided to host a DIGITAL CONFERENCE online, on the 15 - 18 October 2020 . We hope that you will still join us! More information will be coming soon. In the meantime, stay safe!

Due to the threat and spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the conference committee has had to postpone this year's Celtic Students Conference . The conference will not take place from the 26-29th of March, as was planned. We were very much looking forward to welcoming you all to Dublin, but unfortunately this is a necessary measure at this time. We have decided to reschedule the 2020 conference for Thursday 27th August to Sunday 30th August 2020 . Of course, these dates are subject to change depending on the international situation regarding COVID-19, and we will keep track of the situation. More updates are expected in June. If you want to receive the latest updates about the conference, please follow: Facebook Conference Event Page Facebook Association Page Twitter Association Page

The Association of Celtic Students of Ireland and Britain will be holding its eighth annual conference at University College Dublin, Ireland from the 26th to the 29th of March 2020 . We welcome presentations from students of ANY country, in English and in any of the Celtic languages on any aspect of Celtic Studies. Abstract submissions of no more than 200 words should be submitted by Friday the 22nd of November 2019 . To submit, go to https://celticstudentsconference.org Any questions? Feel free to email us at celtic.students.assoc@gmail.com or message our Facebook page and our Twitter @CelticStudents. To join our event on Facebook and receive notifications about the conference click here . Bígí linn! 🇮🇪