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It was a festival of traditional music that left us all Reeling!
THE first full weekend of June once again played host to one of Scotland’s biggest traditional music weekends as the Reeling Festival celebrated its biggest and best year yet.
Fostering language links in Aberdeen
LEADING voices in Gaelic and Gaeilge from Ireland and Scotland came together in Aberdeen recently to examine some of the key challenges and opportunities facing Gaelic and Irish-speaking communities today.
Documentary screening celebrates the life of James Connolly
THERE was a great turnout in Grace’s Irish Centre recently for a rare screening of the documentary portrait of James Connolly, which was produced in 1966 as part of the award-winning RTÉ series On Behalf of the Provisional Government.
Features
Half-Glaswegian, but all Irishman
“COME all ye young rebels and list while I sing, for love of one’s country is a terrible thing…” who reading this has not heard or indeed sang these words?
A Destination Wedding in Donegal
SAYING ‘I do’ is about so much more than ever it was. It is expected that every element of the occasion reflects the joy of the new couple and their tastes.
Discover more about Dalriada GFC
AS DALRIADA GFC embarks on its 35th season of Gaelic Games, we look at the GAA in the northeast of Scotland at both club and university...
Comment & Opinion
Journalism is actually the first rough draft of history
IT IS perhaps the human condition to take for granted your good fortune. However, I have no excuse for failing to regularly remind myself that for the past 30 years, I’ve been able to call Ireland’s best-kept secret my homeplace.
Solidarity key to stopping racism in its tracks
THE British establishment is pushing the dangerous narrative that ‘mass immigration’ is the problem behind working class people’s hardship in Scotland and across Britain.
Cearta diúltaithe
THE decision of the organisers of TRNSMT to cancel Kneecap’s appearance this summer was, in some way, not that surprising.
As Gaeilge
‘Mol an óige agus tiocfadh siad’
‘MOL an óige agus tiocfadh siad,’ sin a deir an seanfhocal i nGaeilge. Seanfhocal a bhíonn ar m’intinn thart fán am seo achan bliain agus muid ag ullmhú fá choinne Campa Samhraidh Chonradh na Gaeilge Glaschú (ceart).
An iad Kneecap an scéal, i ndáiríre?
BHUEL, a chairde, agus mé ag scríobh i nGaeilge, is dócha nach dtig liom gan rud a rá faoi Kneecap agus an nuacht/chonspóid is déanaí atá ag leanúint thart orthu na laethanta seo.
Gaeltacht grianmhar an oirdheisceart
BEIDH Cór na Deise ag teacht go Glaschú I mí na Bealtaine chun ceolchoirm a dheanamh Dé Sathairn an 10ú I Garnethill Multicultural...
Sport
Irish figure skating champions crowned
JUNE saw the 2025 Irish National Figure Skating Championships take place in Dundee, Scotland with titles decided in four categories.
Culture Day was a huge success
THERE are many things associated with the GAA that make you proud to be associated with it. The skills on display, the battles on the pitch but ultimately, it’s the camaraderie that comes from it that is the best.
Support Glasgow Gaels’ raffle and you can win big
GLASGOW Gaels GAA Club has officially launched its much-anticipated Club Raffle for 2025, offering supporters a chance to win an impressive selection of prizes while helping raise vital funds for the club’s continued growth and success.
Entertainment
It was a festival of traditional music that left us all Reeling!
THE first full weekend of June once again played host to one of Scotland’s biggest traditional music weekends as the Reeling Festival celebrated its biggest and best year yet.
A Destination Wedding in Donegal
SAYING ‘I do’ is about so much more than ever it was. It is expected that every element of the occasion reflects the joy of the new couple and their tastes.
Music, football and a Milton upbringing!
HELLO everyone! I’m John Ignatius McLaughlin—aka Johnny Mac from my band Johnny Mac and The Faithful.
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