by N Munro | Jun 25, 2024 | History
In Part I of this blog, I spoke briefly about a number of funeral customs which were woven into the fabric of Gaelic society in Scotland. These endured for hundreds of years and shared with their Irish cousins. One of the aspects I find most intriguing was the role of...
by N Munro | Mar 29, 2024 | History
Death seems to have been a major preoccupation of the ancient Celts. This probably has its origins in ancestor worship and the Cult of the Dead. However, the rituals honouring the dead in Gaelic Scotland, were far from gloomy.
by N Munro | Feb 23, 2024 | History
At the time of Confederation in 1867, the most common mother tongue among the Fathers of Confederation was the Gaelic language. Gaelic scholar, Jonathan Dembling, has stated that in this period “Gaelic was truly a Canadian language”, adding that it was the...
