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Celtic Studies Resources from a Digital Medievalist

On the Irish Tin Whistle

Lisa L. Spangenberg | July 31, 2002

Phelan has posted an excellent “Introduction to Irish Tin Whistle” over at Kuro5hin. Go read it.

Why Medievalists are Digital?

Lisa L. Spangenberg | July 31, 2002

Sasha Volokh, in response to an interesting post by Garrett on the preponderance of blogging lawyers, writes:

Similarly, when I was first on the Internet about eight years ago and participating in or lurking on various medieval literature listservs, someone posted a theory on why medievalists were more wired than their counterparts who studied Shakespeare, the [...]

Gaelic Nova Scotia

Lisa L. Spangenberg | July 15, 2002

The New York Times has an article on the resurgence of interest in Gaelic in Christmas Island, Nova Scotia. (You’ll likely have to register to read it). As the article makes clear, the earlier Scottish settlers of Nova Scotia, and their descendents, commonly spoke Gaelic until after World War 1.
My first Gaelic book, a present [...]