Topic of the day
Saturday, July 26, 1997
Today's random choice is a subject close to my heart, the Celts. As a Scot, I've always been interested in the Celts, and there are plenty of resources out there on the Net. Unfortunately, some promising sites have either disappeared or been swamped, as I couldn't find them. So it goes ...
SITE OF THE DAY
An excellent site, well designed and organised, with loads of info and links. One useful feature is that the resources are sorted by country and by subject. Lots of links to online language resources, if that's your bag. Some of the links are outdated, though.
http://www.crc.ricoh.com/~rowanf/celtic.html
OTHER SITES
One of the classic Celtic tales, presented in bilingual texts split into easily digestible chunks. The site also has an English translation of another classic tale, the cattle raid of Caulnge. There is also a glossary of proper names, including two of my namesakes.
http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_CLASS/Irish/MacDatho/
The Gaelic college on Skye. Most notable feature of the web site is the online multimedia Gaelic lessons, including, audio files of the lessons. Only four lessons so far. More to come?
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/beurla/
Nice site with a number of links to Celtic media sites.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/gaelic/gaelic.html
Home to a Gaelic newspaper based on Cape Breton Island, includes resource list, a Gaelic/English chat room and more.
http://www.chatsubo.com/ambraighe/noframes/
Site dedicated to Celtic Christianity maintained by a verger, who includes the full text of some of his scholarly papers, including one on the controversy surrounding the name Arthur and several other (highly specialised) papers on Celtic languages.
http://www.edwpub.com/members/tgriffen/default.html
Well designed site maintained by a Celtic artist. The site includes detailed tutorials on drawing your own Celtic knot patterns, as well as some sample knot gifs by the author.
http://www.cadvision.com/attoboy/cari/