With the long nights drawing in and the Edinburgh wind beginning to bite, there is no better way to escape the cold than an evening of skilful storytelling. Performers Margaret Stewart and Pàdruig Morrison unite in a spellbinding blend of song and spoken word that tells the ancient tale of Chonnlaoich, or Connlaoch, a tragic […]
Professor Abigail Burnyeat of The University of Edinburgh’s School of Celtic and Scottish Studies spoke passionately about her latest project that has been years in the making, alongside Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, University of the Highlands and Islands. The pair have done extensive research in medieval Gaelic tales and ballad texts in […]