Dia duit! (Eire)
Feasgar math! (Alba)
Hawddamor! (Cymru)
Hello, and welcome to the world of Celtic culture!
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Modern-day Irish Links: Well, you knew it existed, now here it is: all the strategically important (and otherwise interesting) facts about Ireland which you never knew and wouldn't bother learning unless you saw them here! Did you know that Ireland is a "transshipment point for and consumer of hashish from North Africa to the UK and Netherlands"? No? Well, now you do. The Irish Constitution Celtic Language Links: A Welsh Course Celtic Rebel Movie Links: Celtic Music Links: Shopping links: Celtic religion links:
CIA World Factbook: Ireland
Take a look at the Bunreacht na hEireann!
LIVE VIEW ON DUBLIN
In addition to the fantastic gadgetry (the picture of O'Connell Bridge refreshes itself every two minutes), this page, run by the Irish times, offers a revealing look into the pulse of Dublin.
The Irish People, Have you Forgotten Bloody Sunday?
Remembering Bloody Sunday
Two excellent Bloody Sunday pages. If you don't know what Bloody Sunday is, I advise you strongly to look at these websites. If you do, I still advise you to visit them!
Dual Irish Citizenship
Do you want to be an Irish citizen? Check and see if you can! (My only chance is marriage.
Northern Ireland Office
The office of the British government responsible for Northern Ireland- and all that entails.
Maeve's Page of Politics
Irish and North Irish political links
YourDictionary.com: Celtic Languages
A wealth of Celtic language resources, all conveniently organized and attractively presented. It's even got Breton, though, alas, I didn't spot any neo-Cornish.
A fun little romp through Cymraeg, complete with an English-Welsh Welsh-English lexicon.
Manx Language Resources
Manx Gaelic! (The language of the Isle of Man.)
Gaeilge ar an Ghréasán
Irish Gaelic . . . probably the most common form. :c)
ACGA-An Comunn Gaidhealach - America
Scottish Gaelic resources.
Braveheart
The all-time best, in my ever-so-humble opinion. What's up with the "ruthless pagan Longshanks" bit on their page, though??
Michael Collins
Second-place. My Irish friend Abie calls it "pure propaganda," and while I agree, it is such picturesque propaganda! :c)
Rob Roy
As long as we're on Liam Neeson, see him in kilt! By-the-bye, Abie terms this "a film about the inviolable honour of a cattle-thieving, murdering brigand." Right again, but nonetheless a brilliant watch.
Some Mother's Son
I've not seen this film all the way through, though I've seen the last hour of it over 7 times. I've read the screenplay, though, and by all accounts the first half of the film is as powerful as the script. The page is the best of all of these; it has a linked forum for discussion of Irish politics.
I'm making very little attempt to alphabetise or comment upon these; just look through. Don't worry- all the band pages below come with either my personal recommendation or that of my friend Sarah (whose musical taste I trust implicitly
Bands/Artists:
Brother Rock 'n' reel. ;c)
The Altan Page
Ceolas: Robin Huw Bowen
Tempest
The Unofficial Clannad Website
The Chieftains WWW Site
Ceolas: Capercaillie
Wicked Tinkers (a bagpipe and two big drums- comes with earplugs!!)
The FENIANS (they played at the wedding of my friends Jason and Jean- the newlyweds were impressed, so I think the Fenians deserve a little attention.)
Highland Sun- great, what else can I say?
Catalogues:
Firebird Music Online Catalogue (also has Mercedes Lackey music and filk; a true find!)
Green Linnet
Music to
Musical Instruments:
The Bodhrán Page Lovely page indeed. Not only does it feature a fascinating instrument (the one which taught me I have no rhythm), but it has some kick-hind-end graphics! In fact, I got the green-white-and-orange Celtic knotwork below from this page.
Ceolas: celtic music instruments All the instruments. I especially recommend the harp page (big surprise!) and the bodhran page listed above.
O'Coileain Innish Imports
Keltic Designs Home Page
The Celtic Shoppe
Celtic Items from David Morgan
Celtic Jewellery from Firebird
Tartan Finder 1.0
I have divided these into two categories, Christian and Not. Please, no e-mail saying Catholics aren't Christian- they've got the Christ thing going on, and that's enough for my purposes.
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Have you seen a Celtic site that you think just must be linked to this page? Send me the link, by all means, at: maevemerry@aol.com.
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