Diasporic Documents from the Gaelic Atlantic In brief Date - 5 September 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSponsors - Leverhulme Trust, UK Research and Innovation Email Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh to register About the eventSponsored by the Leverhulme Trust and UK Research and Innovation, this workshop sees scholars from Scotland, Ireland, Germany and the USA come together to explore various documents and literary manuscripts from the Gaelic-speaking Atlantic world. Through a series of talks and a conclusionary roundtable discussion, participants will discover what selected texts can tell us about this specific disapora.How to attendThis event is open to all and free to attend. You can email Dr Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh to register. Email Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh to register Programme10am to 10:30am - Introduction and welcome10:30am to 12noon - Ken Ó Donnchú (University College Cork): 'Spanish-Irish translation 1593-1706'Aonghas MacCoinnich (University of Glasgow): 'Gaelic perspectives on ‘state formation’ and Atlantic plantation. The case of Lewis, c.1610- c.1640'Silke Stroh (Universität Koblenz): 'Re-fitting ‘The Garb of Old Gaul’: Circum- Atlantic warfare and intercultural mobility in re-writings and translations of a popular 18th-century song'12noon to 1pm - Lunch 1pm to 2:30pm - Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (University of Edinburgh): 'Viewing Inveraray from St Lucia: The case of Dugald MacNicol’s manuscripts'Kathleen Reddy (University of Glasgow): 'The Bàrd na Ceapaich manuscript at the University of Glasgow'Brendan Kane (University of Connecticut and University of Edinburgh): 'Political thought and politicization from New York to Cork: Reading the early modern through a 19th-century commonplace book'2:30pm to 3pm - Coffee break3pm to 4pm - Rob Dunbar (University of Edinburgh): 'Johnathon Mackinnon and Mac-Talla'Síobhra Aiken (Queen's University Belfast): 'Gaeltacht communities in North America: Real or Imagined?'4pm to 5pm - Round table: Enda Delaney (University of Edinburgh), Désha Osborne (University of Edinburgh), Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna (University of Galway) Are you interested in Celtic and Scottish Studies?We offer three undergraduate degrees and a number of postgraduate programmes, both taught and research-led, drawing on excellent teaching and research and access to world-leading collections and archives. Find out more about Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh Tags Celtic and Scottish Studies Sep 05 2025 10.00 - 17.00 Diasporic Documents from the Gaelic Atlantic An all-day, in-person workshop focusing on what specific documents and pieces of literature can tell us about the Gaelic languages throughout the Atlantic world, featuring talks and a roundtable discussion. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square Email Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh to register
Diasporic Documents from the Gaelic Atlantic In brief Date - 5 September 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSponsors - Leverhulme Trust, UK Research and Innovation Email Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh to register About the eventSponsored by the Leverhulme Trust and UK Research and Innovation, this workshop sees scholars from Scotland, Ireland, Germany and the USA come together to explore various documents and literary manuscripts from the Gaelic-speaking Atlantic world. Through a series of talks and a conclusionary roundtable discussion, participants will discover what selected texts can tell us about this specific disapora.How to attendThis event is open to all and free to attend. You can email Dr Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh to register. Email Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh to register Programme10am to 10:30am - Introduction and welcome10:30am to 12noon - Ken Ó Donnchú (University College Cork): 'Spanish-Irish translation 1593-1706'Aonghas MacCoinnich (University of Glasgow): 'Gaelic perspectives on ‘state formation’ and Atlantic plantation. The case of Lewis, c.1610- c.1640'Silke Stroh (Universität Koblenz): 'Re-fitting ‘The Garb of Old Gaul’: Circum- Atlantic warfare and intercultural mobility in re-writings and translations of a popular 18th-century song'12noon to 1pm - Lunch 1pm to 2:30pm - Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (University of Edinburgh): 'Viewing Inveraray from St Lucia: The case of Dugald MacNicol’s manuscripts'Kathleen Reddy (University of Glasgow): 'The Bàrd na Ceapaich manuscript at the University of Glasgow'Brendan Kane (University of Connecticut and University of Edinburgh): 'Political thought and politicization from New York to Cork: Reading the early modern through a 19th-century commonplace book'2:30pm to 3pm - Coffee break3pm to 4pm - Rob Dunbar (University of Edinburgh): 'Johnathon Mackinnon and Mac-Talla'Síobhra Aiken (Queen's University Belfast): 'Gaeltacht communities in North America: Real or Imagined?'4pm to 5pm - Round table: Enda Delaney (University of Edinburgh), Désha Osborne (University of Edinburgh), Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna (University of Galway) Are you interested in Celtic and Scottish Studies?We offer three undergraduate degrees and a number of postgraduate programmes, both taught and research-led, drawing on excellent teaching and research and access to world-leading collections and archives. Find out more about Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh Tags Celtic and Scottish Studies Sep 05 2025 10.00 - 17.00 Diasporic Documents from the Gaelic Atlantic An all-day, in-person workshop focusing on what specific documents and pieces of literature can tell us about the Gaelic languages throughout the Atlantic world, featuring talks and a roundtable discussion. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square Email Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh to register
Sep 05 2025 10.00 - 17.00 Diasporic Documents from the Gaelic Atlantic An all-day, in-person workshop focusing on what specific documents and pieces of literature can tell us about the Gaelic languages throughout the Atlantic world, featuring talks and a roundtable discussion.
