FRLSU

The Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster

[FRLSU @FRLSU]

Delighted to announce the programme of our 14th triennial conference @at_ulster in collaboration with @UlsterScotsAgen !! Join us in Belfast 29-30 November - register here: https://t.co/88pjRROQ57 #FRLSU2024

[FRLSU @FRLSU]

A reminder of this event happening on Tuesday… 📢 #scots #scotslanguage #education

[FRLSU @FRLSU]

Interested in Scots language in education? Join us for this interactive event on 28th Oct at 7pm. Click here to book your free place: https://t.co/4pJRlLRPoD

@EducationScot @JamieFairbairn1 @BanffAcademyBXA

[FRLSU @FRLSU]

Interested in Scots language in education? Join us for this interactive event on 28th Oct at 7pm. Click here to book your free place: https://t.co/4pJRlLRPoD

@EducationScot @JamieFairbairn1 @BanffAcademyBXA

[FRLSU @FRLSU]

We're delighted to announce the first event in our 2025 FRLSU Webinar series — 'Gaelic and Scots: Cultural Connections and Inspirations in the 20th Century' (Tue, 6 May 2025 7pm BST).

To book your free place at the online event, click here:

https://t.co/BIxiYOLSak

[FRLSU @FRLSU]

We're delighted that video recordings of the first day of papers from our recent FRLSU 2024 Belfast conference are now available online. Click below to view these courtesy of NVTV. https://t.co/etmJCBUJjX

[Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh @UofGProfRobby]

Obair 3+ Bliadhna sa chiad dol a-mach mar Àrd-neach Corpais aig DASG air a shanasachadh. Ceann-latha 3 Faoilleach 2025.
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#DASG, #Gàidhlig @CelticGaelic @DASG_Glaschu

[Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh @UofGProfRobby]

Three-year+ post as Senior Corpus Assistant with the DASG project just advertised. Deadline 3 January 2025.
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#DASG, #Gaelic @CelticGaelic @DASG_Glaschu

[@lairnscots.bsky.social @LairnScots]

Hae a look at oor #Scots Christmas activities!

https://t.co/meYSr1erB5

[Celtic Students/Mic Léinn na Ceiltise @CelticStudents]

Join us for our 2025 conference! 12th-14th of June 2025.

We welcome papers in English and in any of the Celtic languages on any aspect of Celtic Studies from current and recent students.

Deadline for abstracts on December 13: https://t.co/5q4gdgrFy1

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

1️⃣8️⃣9️⃣1️⃣ #Scotland|#Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Language Map🗺⬇️

🔵#Gaelic/#Gàidhlig Speakers 🗣
📍#Highlands & #Hebrides
254k 🗣; 44k Mono/211k Bi
🔴#Scots & #English [4m🗣] [@scotslanguage]

🗣@SpeakGaelic
📺@bbcalba
📻@BBCRnG
🎓@SabhalMorOstaig

🔗https://t.co/36q4nEaehR

[Celtic Students/Mic Léinn na Ceiltise @CelticStudents]

🚨 Final Day to Submit! 🚨

Today is your *last chance* to submit an abstract for the 2025 Celtic Students Conference, 12-14 June in Aberystwyth University! 😮

Go to https://t.co/5q4gdgrFy1 for all the details on how to submit.❗

[Faclair na Gàidhlig @FaclairNaG]

Cothrom obrach aig DASG!

ÀRD-NEACH-TAIC CORPAIS / Senior Corpus Assistant

https://t.co/YOB7xpXMzg

#Gàidhlig #cleachdi

[Scottish Archives @ScotsArchives]

It's here!

Today we launched the new Your Scottish Archives portal at: https://t.co/g4VCZOO5p8

This is the first stage of this exciting new resource for archivists and users of archives. Have a play and let us know what you think.

[Misneachd @MisneachdAlba]

Very important to recognise the absolutely vital place @SabhalMorOstaig has in #Gaelic development and to secure its future.

[FRLSU @FRLSU]

Very granular visualisations of language skills in #Census2022 - open all sorts of research questions! 👇 #Scots #ScottishEnglish #Gaelic #Gaidhlig

[Scotland's Census @Scotscensus]

Census data in maps!

Choose your topic & search for the place you want down to small areas of about 50 homes.

This screenshot shows 8.3% of people in this area aged 3+ can understand, speak, read or write in Gaelic.

Can you guess where it is?

Try it: https://t.co/6oIU5YA4aa

[Scotland's Census @Scotscensus]

Census data in maps!

Choose your topic & search for the place you want down to small areas of about 50 homes.

This screenshot shows 8.3% of people in this area aged 3+ can understand, speak, read or write in Gaelic.

Can you guess where it is?

Try it: https://t.co/6oIU5YA4aa

[Scottish Poetry Library @ByLeavesWeLive]

Congratulations to @PadraigMacaoidh [Peter Mackay] on his appointment as Scotland's new Makar (National Poet).

Pàdraig is the first Scottish Gaelic poet in the role. He recorded Crann-cuinnse [Quince Tree] to promote the announcement. You can read his poems here 👇
https://t.co/tTDe1TdJIL

[Linda Ervine MBE @ErvineLinda]

TWO PLACE-NAME EVENTS ON THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER

6.30 PM at PRONI the launch of The Townland Atlas of Ulster.

8PM in Room 02/018 of the Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. Thomas Hughes, will talk on 'Múscailte ag an Ghaeilge,: understanding Belfast’s street names through translation

[Scottish Poetry Library @ByLeavesWeLive]

The British-Irish Council Summit is hosted by @JohnSwinney @ScotGovFM in Scotland today. In 2023, we helped @BICSecretariat showcase poetry in our minority languages, including work by the new Makar @PadraigMacaoidh & @KathleenJamie

Watch here 👇
https://t.co/WrXOcqqWLu

[The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project @placenamesni]

Reminder: 📅 Join us this Thursday night for the Ulster Place-Name Society's annual autumn lecture. Northern Ireland Place-Name Project researcher Thomas Hughes will be exploring the meaning, history, and Irish forms of some of Belfast's street names. 🏙️📚