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Òraid a rinn ball SPLANG! do Cho-shrutha bliadhnail ACGA (An address made by a SPLANG! member to the annual Confluence of the ACGA)

Latha math dhuibh, a chàirdean, agus fàilte air ais chun a’ Chomh-shrutha! Good evening everyone, and welcome back to the Confluence! Is mise an t-Ollamh Àdhamh Dàmaireach I’m Dr. Adam Dahmer And I have the great honor of filling in today for the incomparable Dr. Margaret Bennett, who has, sadly, found herself unable to deliverContinue reading “Òraid a rinn ball SPLANG! do Cho-shrutha bliadhnail ACGA (An address made by a SPLANG! member to the annual Confluence of the ACGA)”

A’ dìonadh na h-Èireannachd Albannaich (In defense of Scotch Irishness)

With JD Vance of all people likely soon to be vice-president (perhaps he still won’t be, God and voters willing, but my hopes in that regard are tentative, at best) I’ve been thinking a lot about Scotch Irish identity, given that he claims it. I know that the notion of Scotch Irishness (as it existsContinue reading “A’ dìonadh na h-Èireannachd Albannaich (In defense of Scotch Irishness)”

Fìrinn a’ chuirp, agus fìrinn na h-inntinn (The truth of the body, and the truth of the mind)

I was thinking again today, as I sometimes do, about mythologizing and mythbusting, and how it relates to the formation and deconstruction of group identity. I know some people from the Upland South, especially from the state of West Virginia, Appalachian coal country at large, or various leftist communities, who say that the origin ofContinue reading “Fìrinn a’ chuirp, agus fìrinn na h-inntinn (The truth of the body, and the truth of the mind)”