William Meara is an adventure traveler and last year found himself at a friendly gathering at a house in Shushtar, Iran.When asked to perform his party piece after dinner, William treated his hosts to ...

A CELEBRATED 18th-century Gaelic poem, The Birlinn of Clanranald, can now be enjoyed in a vigorous new English version by Alan Riach. The poem, by… ...

Collector Robert Taylor not only acquired a first edition of the Gaelic poem cycle Fingal, published by James Macpherson in 1762 but also purchased a large watercolor by the British artist Richard ...

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.

The poem When All The Others Were Away at Mass [from Clearances III - In Memoriam M.K.H., 1911-1984] by Seamus Heaney has been named Ireland's favourite poem of the last 100 years.

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 ...

A poem written to mark the opening of the Scottish Parliament has been translated into Gaelic, Holyrood bosses revealed yesterday. Open The Doors, by Scotland's Poet Laureate Edwin Morgan, was ...

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.

Professor Derick S. Thomson (Ruaraidh MacThòmais) was a poet, publisher and editor whose impact on the Gaelic language has been immense. Through his writing, publishing and teaching activities he ...