Celtic

From a teenager buying an introduction to Scots Gaelic in a wee Highland bookshop, to a jetlagged PhD student presenting on Old Irish in Los Angeles, the Celtic languages (a subgroup of the wider Indo-European family) occupy a special place in my life and affections. Here’s a place for me to share my writing about them.

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13/12/2021 – Digging Old Irish
Old Irish is the bad boy of the Indo-European family, but its reputation for toughness and weirdness isn’t really fair.

10/6/2026 – What the Isle of Man Teaches Us About Spelling
Grand thoughts about spelling inspired by the “abominable system” through which the Manx language is written down.