If you listen to just one medieval poem about a cat today, make sure it's this one by Irish scholar Dr. Mark Harman. Plus, learn why the Irish don't actually speak Gaelic.

It’s unusual for a poem to have an exact date of composition. In the case of Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, or Lament for Art O’Leary, we know it to have been May 4th, 1773, the date when ...

Gaelic poet Peter MacKay has been appointed as Scotland's fifth Makar. Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire | PA. ... He said: “My mother still has a poem I wrote when I was four years old.

Mairi Mhor nan Oran - or Great Mary of the Songs - was a poet whose work demonstrated resistance to authority and hope and optimism for the Gaelic people. Now, 125 years after her death, she will ...

The first Gaelic poet has been appointed as Scotland's Makar. Lewis-born Peter Mackay says he is keen to use his new role as the national poet to champion his native tongue, but not at the expense ...

This beautiful poem, "Death is Nothing at All", honoring the departed was adapted by Irish monks and make popular, used often at Irish funerals, the Carmelite monks in Tallow, County Waterford.

The first Gaelic poet has been appointed as Scotland's Makar. Lewis-born Peter Mackay says he is keen to use his new role as the national poet to champion his native tongue, but not at the expense ...