Translating sanctuary: Politics of solidarity in a bilingual and plurinational context
The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract The paper examines the significance of translating sanctuary in an officially bilingual (and multilingual in practice) national polity. By examining the different meanings of the translation of 'sanctuary' into ‘lloches’ and ‘noddfa’ in Welsh, we outline the different openings for more nuanced understandings of ‘host’/‘guest’ relations ...
Catrin Wyn Edwards, Rhys Dafydd Jones
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The closed room : expressions of existentialism and absurdity in Gaelic drama [PDF]
, 2016 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
MacLeod, Michelle
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Gaelic: the Gaelic language in education in the UK [PDF]
, 2001 Focuses on the Gaelic language which is largely ignored in public and official activities of the EU. Includes a presentation of demographic data combined with or followed by a general description of the sociolinguistic situation. A detailed outline of educational aspects and a brief outlook or conclusion rounds off the well-balanced article.
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‘It's Like a Horror Movie That You Walk Through’: Experiencing Horror Through Immersive Recreation
The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Horror stories have provided enjoyable forms of leisure for centuries. Over the past five decades, however, these experiences have evolved into increasingly immersive forms of popular culture. What once involved constructing the narrative world internally through reading has expanded into sensory engagement through visual and auditory media ...
Susan Weidmann
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A survey of referee participation, training and injury in elite gaelic games referees
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2009 Background Referees in Gaelic games are exposed to injury risk in match-play and training. Little is currently know about the degree of exposure or the prevalence of injury in this group.
Gissane Conor +2 more
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The Celtic Languages in the Age of Globalisation: Problems and Possibilities [In Russian] [PDF]
, 2015 The article discusses the current state of Celtic languages in the UK and Republic of Ireland, as affected by recent developments in globalization and devolution.
Bissell, Christopher
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Event detection based on generic characteristics of field-sports [PDF]
, 2005 In this paper, we propose a generic framework for event detection in broadcast video of multiple different field-sports. Features indicating significant events are selected, and robust detectors built. These features are rooted in generic characteristics
O'Connor, Noel E., Sadlier, David A.
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Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The flapper skate, Dipturus intermedius (Parnell, 1837), is a large‐bodied, slow‐growing and late‐maturing, Critically Endangered elasmobranch with a constrained population distribution. Here, we use two longitudinal community science datasets to investigate the occurrence of flapper skates in Irish waters. The two datasets are as follows: the
Danielle L. Orrell +4 more
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Cultural contacts and ethnic origins in Viking Age Wales and northern Britain: the case of Albanus, Britain's first inhabitant and Scottish ancestor [PDF]
, 2015 Albanus, an eponymous ancestor for the kingdom of Alba, provides an example of the extent to which the creation of an ethnic identity was accompanied by new ideas about origins, which replaced previous accounts.
Evans, Nicholas J.
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Am Buadhfhacal Meadhan-Aoiseach Meranach agus mearan, mearanach, dàsachdach, dàsan(n)ach na Gàidhlig
Scottish Studies, 2017 The epithet meranach is found in Irish sources from the eleventh century. The same element may be present in the Irish surname Merna(gh) and perhaps also in the early thirteenth-century Scottish epithet Marrenah.
Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh
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