University of Toronto Celtic Studies

The Celtic Studies Course Union aims to unite students enrolled in the Celtic Studies program. Members of the union participate in free lectures, study sessions and are able to receive tutoring, organised by the union’s executive members. Although mainly academic, the union also organises various social events including music and movie nights, dances and professor/student socials. The union seeks to create a social environment for students with common interests as well as provide them with the tools to excel within the classroom, and to explore their interest beyond it.

[19171968]

Not all kids are straight from the Lesbian Herstory Archives

[queergraffiti]

found in Belfast, Northern Ireland

see more historical graffiti

[seashellronan]

so the irish term for depression is “an mór-bhrón” which directly translates to “the big sad” and that right there is the mood of this fine winter lads

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Today I found out we owe most of our punctuation to the medieval Irish. They’d had no experience with Latin before, so when these Latin manuscripts started showing up written in all caps with no spaces between the words looking like a brick wall of hot nonsense, the Irish sighed and said “give me that feckin quill” and they did such a good job of editing the texts and producing readable copies that their conventions kind of stuck with us through the ages

[learninglanguagestothrive]

Spring Vocab in Scottish Gaelic

Spring is here, and with it a new Gàidhlig vocabulary list! Please let me know if you see any problems with the translations below. 

spring : Earrach (m)

March : am Mart (m)

April : an Ghiblinn (m)

May : an Ceitean (m)

Easter : Càisg (f)

rain : uisge (m)

rainy : frasach

cloud : neul (m)

cloudy : neulach

fog : ceò (m)

rainbow : bogha-frois (m)

wind : gaoth (f)

sun : grian (f)

sunshine : deàrrsadh (m)

sunrise : èirigh (f)

warm : blàth 

cool : fionnar

green : uaine

plant : luibh (m)

flower : flùr (f)

pollen : poilean 

grass : feur

tree : craobh (f)

leaf : duilleag (f)

blossom : blàth (m) Eeek! Look at the word for “warm”!

garden : gàrradh (m)

gardening : gàirnealaireachd (f)

gardener : gàirnelair (m)

worm : cnumh (f)

bird : eun (m)

bee : seillean (m)

insect : meanbh-fhriìde (f)

butterfly : seillean-dè (m)

picnic : picnic (m)

raincoat : còta-frois (m)

rainboots : bòtann (m)

umbrella : sgàilean (m)

to melt : leagh

to rain : fras

to plant : cuir 

to grow : fàs

[dark-zeblock]

I found some old art books today called ‘Celtic Art: The methods of Construction by George Bain’ Which, I found interesting. I only have 4 out of the 7, they are very old (From 55 years ago). I thought I would just share some scans from them, some people might find them useful. :)

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And I just noticed there is two images the same. -_-” Sorry about that, I’ll replace it with a different one later… -_-‘

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Since it’s St. Patrick’s day, here’s an old favourite.

[archaeologicalnews]

Treasures from 2,600-year-old grave of Celtic princess in Germany reveal their secrets

The grave of an aristocratic woman and child in the south of Germany has been dated to 583 BCE, making it 2,600 years old. The grave site, which was moved to a lab in Stuttgart in its entirety in order for the burial chamber to be studied, contains the remains of a woman adorned in gold, bronze, amber and jet jewellery, and about half a metre away from her, the remains of a girl thought to have been between two and three years old. The woman was buried with gold, bronze, jet and amber jewellery and armour for a horse’s head.

Close similarities between the gold broaches worn by the woman and the child suggest that there may have been a familial relationship between the woman and child, archaeologists have reported in a paper published in the journal Antiquity.

“The broaches are very similar in decoration and style,” study author Dirk Krausse of the State Office for Cultural Heritage, Baden-Wuerttemberg, told IBTimes UK. “By typology and ornamentation decoration, they are from the same period – probably from the same goldsmiths.” Read more.

[an-moncai-mishuaimhneach]

These are from a great leaflet, published recently with the support of the various organisations shown at the end of the last page, called The Languages of Ulster, which explains the links between Gaeilge, Gàidhlig and Ulster Scots. It’s a great thing I think to emphasise the common traits and history the languages share like this, as Gaeilge and Ulster Scots are usually seen as being from opposite sides of the political divide here and too often used as a divisive issue because of that.

[irishthings]

i arrive at the Easter Rising

ra: up gpo: occupied brits: out

[god-glory-and-gold]

I am forcibly removed from the GPO

[uoftcelticstudies]

Just realised our Twitter link is broken! You can follow us here for Twitter and here for Instagram!

[truagh-mo-thuras]

‘S e Ceap Breatann tìr mo ghràidh, Tìr nan craobh ‘s nam beanntan àrd; ‘S e Ceap Breatann tìr mo ghràidh, Tìr is àillidh leinn air thalamh.

Bho’n a tha mi anns an àm, Còmhnaidh ann an tír nam beann; ’S ged a tha mo Ghàidhlig gann, Ni mi rann do thìr nan gleannan…

[uoftcelticstudies]

english person: the only reason people speak welsh is so they can talk about other people

me: oh my god that's so disrespectful my language is 1400 years old and is one of the most spoken celtic languages and survived your dumb ass country trying to eradicate it cymraeg is a beautiful language that deserves so much more than your hate jfc

me:*talks shit about that person in welsh*

[false-dawn]

sure it’s only myself on the front page of the Irish Times

Who knew, “You Are What You Read” was not a slogan but a genuine fact

#Repeal The Eighth #Abortion On Demand Without Apology

[uoftcelticstudies]

A chairde, if you know anyone interested in learning Irish please pass on the following information about evening classes for the general public. The course starts on Wednesday Oct. 12th and runs until Nov. 30th. There will be two levels: Beginners and Intermediate/ Advanced. $100 fee for 8 classes but FREE for UofT students. To register, email celtic.studies:utoronto.ca Bígí linn!

[irishthings]

Reblog this. Repost it. If you’ve taken your own photo of or with the mural, share it. It’ll take more than a coat of paint to hide this. Image via ROSA on FB

[repealthe8th]

From HunReal on Facebook. You remove one, two appear. Magic!

Just Now in the Irish Council for Civil Liberties office in Blackhall Place, D7

[amiedraws]

There’s a million things I could say about the 8th amendment,but one of the most important things is that it does not stop abortion-it only makes it far more dangerous,expensive,and exhausting than it needs to be.It has not and will not ever “protect” anyone.If you seriously think it’s ok that a pregnant woman in Ireland has less bodily autonomy than a corpse,please read in to what your 8th amendment actually does.