AN MHÍ seo bhí mé i measc ‘na Gaeil Eile’ nuair a bhí an Mòd Naisiúnta a bhí ar siúl anseo i nGlaschú. Muna bhfuil a fhios agat tá an Mòd cosúil le hOireachtas na Gaeilge nó Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann—b’fhéidir meascán don bheirt acu i mbealach.

DRUMCREE 2026, and the death rattle of the old order. Trapped in their own tribal, elemental histories the Orange Order with their attendant clamjamfry of bigots and racists face a people who have risen and are in no mood to stand down.

THE Ladies teams of Tír Conaill Harps and Dunedin Connollys celebrated two great wins in the Scottish Junior Shield and the North of Britain Championship respectively.

COMMON Threads, the recent talk by Dr Manal Shqair and Dr Niamh Coffey on Palestinian and Irish women’s activism and resistance in their countries’ struggles against colonial occupation and oppression attracted a large, appreciative audience who engaged with the subject and asked pertinent questions.

MORTAL Sin takes us on a journey of friendship and growth between the two characters Colm and Peggy in 1960s Ireland. JFK has just been shot, and the two young friends believe this calls for a day off school. They make naive attempts to resist the system and defy their elders. Though the young friends share moments of light-hearted play, their thoughts and actions are ultimately subsumed by the pervasive Catholic mindset of the era.

CHERISH the Ladies were performing on the Joanie Madden riverboat cruise down the Seine, Paris early in June when the call came in from TG4 telling them they had won Grúpa Ceoil (music group) at the Gradam Ceoil Awards 2026.

CATHERINE Corless was born in Tuam, County Galway and has lived there ever since. She married husband, Aidan, in 1978 and was an ordinary Irish mammy living an ordinary life bringing up four children.

NEWLY published minutes have revealed that senior Police Scotland officers discussed controversial mutual-aid arrangements with the PSNI during a meeting with Justice Secretary Neil Gray, as Garvaghy Road residents in Portadown faced the renewed prospect of an Orange Order parade being forced through their community.

THE St James the Great Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann had the honour of being invited to take part in a Fringe event at the annual Royal National Mòd, which this year took place in Glasgow from October 9 to 17.

A FORMER member of the Irish Minstrels CCÉ in Glasgow has been chosen to compose a brand new piece of music for a special Mass dedicated to St Carlo Acutis.

DEEP-rooted cultural, linguistic and political ties which bind the two countries were at the heart of President Catherine Connolly's four-day official visit to Scotland, the first time a sitting Irish Head of State has visited since 2016.

ARTIST and lecturer in the School of Fine Art here in Glasgow, Christina McBride, this year received the Shared Home Place: Diaspora Voices Award.

MEMBERS of the Irish community across Glasgow gathered together recently at The Deep End in the city’s south side for Govanhill Baths Community Trust’s Irish Roots fundraiser.

CARFIN Grotto is set to host a new addition to the Irish shrine there after a successful fundraising effort.

DUNEDIN Connollys Intermediate Men were crowned Championship winners after a hard-fought victory over Tír Conaill Harps in Clydebank, bringing the trophy back to Edinburgh following a tense and cagey final.

THE showpiece final of the Scotland GAA season saw the country’s big two of Dunedin Connollys and Glasgow Gaels face off in the Scottish Senior Men’s Championship in Clydebank.

THE Columba Club in Coatbridge gave a warm welcome to Jim McVeigh for the launch of his recent publication Our Martin.

FOR more than two decades, the Celtic Cup has been a unique tradition rooted in true friendship across two Celtic countries.

ON THE afternoon of March 11 1597, Dublin experienced one of the most devastating accidents in the history of the city. A huge quantity of gunpowder—being stored beside the River Liffey—suddenly exploded with enormous force. The blast killed 126 people, destroyed or severely damaged dozens of houses and the shockwave of the blast even damaged the tower and cracked the medieval bells of nearby Christchurch Cathedral.

THIS month’s feature came about almost by accident. I was watching one of my all-time favourite bands on YouTube—punk rock icons The Clash—when I noticed something I’d seen many times before but suddenly looked at in a completely different light. There was Joe Strummer battering barre E on his well battle worn Fender Telecaster guitar and spitting out the words to Tommy Gun with all his anger and might… wearing an H-Block T-shirt in the video for The Clash’s 1978 single.