Gaelic

Research output

Research output per year 2006 2013 2015 2016 2018 2023 2024

• 251 Citations
• 18 Article
• 10 Chapter
• 4 Commissioned Report
• 3 Scholarly Edition
• 10 More
  • 3 Unpublished paper
  • 2 Other Report
  • 2 Published conference contribution
  • 1 Anthology
  • 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 1 Book, Article, Film Review

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Beyond metonymy, beyond extravagance: Two literary devices in the poetry of Sìleas na Ceapaich

  Coira, M., 6 Nov 2023, In: Aiste. 6, p. 51-79 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Metalepsis 100%
  • Extravagance 90%
  • Figures of Speech 82%
  • Literary Devices 82%
  • Metonymy 77%

• Àite agus an treas spàs ann am bàrdachd Ruaraidh MhicThòmais

  Macleod, M. C., Sept 2023, In: Scottish Gaelic Studies. 32, p. 41-62 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Research Needs of the UK’s Indigenous Languages

  Macleod, M. C. & Leslie, D., 9 Aug 2023, Languages, Society & Policy, LSP - Dialogues.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  File

• As others don’t see us – re-telling history in Scottish Gaelic theatre

  Macleod, M. C., 23 Jun 2023, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium. Harvard University Press, Vol. 41.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

  • Scottish Gaelic 100%
  • Retellings 72%
  • History 43%
  • Portrayal 37%
  • Catechist 32%

• Literature in Gaelic I

  Coira, M. & Sneddon, D., Jan 2024, Wiley Blackwell Companion to Scottish Literature. Carruthers, G. (ed.). WILEY-BLACKWELL

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Literature in Gaelic I: ‘A’ Ghàidhealtachd: to 1600’

  Coira, M. & Duncan Sneddon, 1 Jan 2024, A Companion to Scottish Literature. Carruthers, G. (ed.). WILEY-BLACKWELL

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2022

  Against Exclusionary Gaelic Language Policy: A Response to Ó Giollagáin and Caimbeul

  McLeod, W., Dunbar, R., Macleod, M., O’rourke, B., Dunmore, S. & Armstrong, T. C., Feb 2022, In: Scottish Affairs. 31, 1, p. 84-103 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • language policy 100%
  • political support 35%
  • social support 24%
  • minority 20%
  • lack 15%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Gaelic and Identity: A Response to Iain MacKinnon

  Armstrong, T. C., McLeod, W., Dunbar, R., Dunmore, S., O’rourke, B. & Macleod, M., Feb 2022, In: Scottish Affairs. 31, 1, p. 64-83 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ethnicity 100%
  • editor 57%
  • uncertainty 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2021

  Dràma na Gàidhlig: Ceud Bliadhna air an Àrd-Ùrlar

  Translated title of the contribution: A Century of Gaelic DramaMacLeod, M. C. (ed.), Apr 2021, Glasgow: Association of Scottish Literary Studies. 200 p. (Annual Volumes; vol. 50)

  Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly Edition

  • Drama 100%
  • Anthology 76%

• Science

  O'connor, R., 5 Feb 2021, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion. Segal, R. A. & Roubekas, N. P. (eds.). Second Edition ed. Wiley, p. 400-413 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Religion 100%
  • Religious Science 81%
  • Interdisciplinary Dialogue 74%
  • Systematic Theology 68%
  • Religious Movements 62%
• 2020

  Greek Gaels, British Gaels: Classical allusion in early-modern Scottish Gaelic poetry

  Coira, M., 30 Nov 2020, Celts, Romans, Britons: Classical and Celtic Influence in the Construction of British Identities. Kaminski-Jones, F. & Kaminski-Jones, R. (eds.). Oxford: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, p. 181-221 40 p. (Classical Presences).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Scottish Gaelic 100%
  • Scotland 69%
  • Classical Reception Studies 64%
  • Allusion 59%
  • Jacobites 58%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Na Sgeulachdan Gàidhlig - Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn

  Watson, M. & MacDonald, I. (ed.), 1 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) Scottish Gaelic Texts Society.

  Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly Edition
• 2019

  CLAG – Common European Framework for Reference: ‘Gaelic; A Commissioned Report for the Scottish Funding Council and Bòrd na Gàidhlig’

  Carty, N., MacLeod, M. C., Ross, S. & Ó Maolalaigh, R., 21 Mar 2019, 200 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

  • funding 100%

• “New Speakers, New Language? A pilot study of young Gaelic bilinguals’ language practices”

  MacLeod, M. C., 1 Mar 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Studia Celtica Posnaniensia.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Perceptions of creativity and authenticity when acquiring a minoritised language as an adult

  MacLeod, M., MacLeod, M. & Dombrowski, L., 12 Feb 2019, In: Scottish Gaelic Studies. 31, p. 48-69 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • authenticity 100%
  • Authenticity 86%
  • Creativity 85%
  • creativity 78%
  • Audio-lingual Method 67%
  14 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland: The Revitalisation of an Endangered Language

  MacLeod, M. (ed.), Smith-Christmas, C. (ed.) & Carty, N., Nov 2018, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 208 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology

  • Endangered Languages 100%
  • Revitalization 79%
  • Scotland 75%
  • Gaelic Speakers 64%
  • Language Planners 59%

• Learning Gaelic in adulthood: Second language learning in minority language contexts

  MacLeod, M., Nov 2018, Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland: The Sociolinguistics of an Endangered Language. MacLeod, M. & Smith-Christmas, C. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Second Language Learning 100%
  • Minority Languages 86%
  • Adulthood 69%
  • adulthood 54%
  • Classroom Learning 48%

• Mismatches between National and Local Gaelic Development: Cròileagan Dùn Èideann and the Promotion of Gaelic-medium Education

  MacLeod, K. M., Nov 2018, Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland: The Revitalisation of an Endangered Language. Macleod, M. & Smith Christmas, C. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 32-44 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • media education 100%
  • mismatch 79%
  • promotion 57%
  • minority policy 41%
  • language theory 36%

• Planning for growth: the professionalisation of the taskforce for Gaelic revitalisation

  MacLeod, M., Armstrong, T. C., Munro, G. & Taylor, I., Nov 2018, Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland : The Revitalisation of an Endangered Language. Marsaili, M. & Smith-Christmas, C. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • professionalization 100%
  • planning 56%
  • linguistics 30%
  • professionalism 22%
  • expertise 17%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Crossing the Boundaries in Gaelic Fiction

  Watson, M. J., 31 Jan 2018, In: Scottish Gaelic Studies. 31, p. 95-112 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Fiction 100%
  • Minorities 51%
  • Cultural Hybridity 37%
  • minority 37%
  • Articulation 31%
  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Tales from a Small Island: Applying the ‘Path-Dependency’ Thesis to Explore Migration to a Remote Rural Community

  Philip, L. J. & MacLeod, M., Jan 2018, In: Sociologia Ruralis. 58, 1, p. 147 - 170 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • path dependency thesis 100%
  • retirement 42%
  • rural community 42%
  • migration 31%
  • path dependent 8%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  13 Downloads (Pure)

• Distinguishing Features of Iain Crichton Smith’s Gaelic Writing

  Watson, M. J., 2018, In: Scottish Language. 37, 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Writer 100%
  • English People 52%
  • Distinctiveness 44%
  • Literary Canon 43%
  • Writing Style 42%
• 2017

  Cultural resilience: The production of rural community heritage, digital archives and the role of volunteers

  Beel, D. E., Wallace, C. D., Webster, G., Nguyen, H., Tait, E., MacLeod, M. & Mellish, C., Aug 2017, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 54, p. 459-468 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Digital Heritage 100%
  • Rural Communities 71%
  • Volunteers 62%
  • Resilience 59%
  • rural community 58%
  74 Citations (Scopus)

  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Personification, chremamorphism and the island in Gaelic writing of the past century

  Watson, M. J., 31 Jul 2017, In: The Bottle Imp. 21, p. 1-4 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Personification 100%
  • Liminal 91%
  • Imagined Communities 52%
  • National Cultures 44%
  • Figurative 44%
• 2016

  The closed room: expressions of existentialism and absurdity in Gaelic drama

  MacLeod, M., 1 Dec 2016, In: International Journal of Scottish Theatre and Screen. 9, p. 89–112 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Drama 100%
  • Absurdity 86%
  • Existentialism 85%
  • Amateur 24%
  • Internationalism 19%
  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Structure and Agency: Influences on and Experiences of Learning Gaelic in Adulthood

  MacLeod, M. & MacLeod, M. C., 8 Jun 2016, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Unpublished paper

• Briathrachas an iasgaich ann an Eilean Bharraigh: faclan airson nan sgothan

  Translated title of the contribution: Fishing terminology of the Isle of Barra: words for the boatsMacLeod, K. M., 26 May 2016, Cànan & Cultar/Language & Culture: Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 8. McLeod, W., Gunderloch, A. & Dunbar, R. (eds.). Dunedin Academic Press, p. 271-284 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Barra 100%
  • Fishing 71%
  • Boats 69%
  • Main Language 34%
  • Vocabulary 26%

• An Fhirinn agus A' Bhreug: Deich Dealbhan-cluiche le Tormod Calum Domhnallach

  Translated title of the contribution: The Truth and The Lie: Ten Plays by Norman Malcolm MacDonaldMacLeod, M. C., 20 May 2016, Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. 184 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly Edition

  • Scholarly Edition 100%
  • Writer 39%

• The Gaelic Writer, Iain Crichton Smith...

  Watson, M., May 2016, Cànan & Cultar (Language and Culture): Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 8. McLeod, W., Dunbar, R. & Gunderloch, A. (eds.). Dunedin Academic Press, 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

• Beatha Ùr, Niall O' Gallagher

  Translated title of the contribution: Beatha Ùr, Niall O' Gallagher MacLeod, M. C., 2016, Scottish Gaelic Studies, 30.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book, Article, Film Review
• 2015

  Structur agus Fèin-riaghladh: Buaidhean agus Fèin-fhiosrachadh air Gàidhlig Ionnsachadh mar Inbhich

  Translated title of the contribution: Structure and Agency: Influences on and Experiences of Learning Gaelic in AdulthoodMacLeod, M. & MacLeod, M. C., 13 Jul 2015, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Unpublished paper

  • Learning Environment 100%
  • Social Learning 91%
  • Adulthood 74%
  • Classroom Learning 64%
  • Classroom Observation 62%

• Lìbhrigeadh Gàidhlig do Dh’inbhich tro Ùlpan: Delivery of Gaelic to Adults through Ùlpan

  Translated title of the contribution: Delivery of Gaelic to Adults through ÙlpanMacLeod, M., Macleod, M. C., Milligan Dombrowski, L. & Jones, K., Mar 2015, Bord na Gaidhlig. 175 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

• Contemporary Poetry 1950s-The Present

  MacLeod, M. C. & Dosa, A., 2015, International Companion to Scottish Poetry. Sassi, C. (ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 89-93 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Contemporary Poetry 100%
  • 1950s 55%
  • Poetry 49%

• Small languages, big interventions? Institutional support for Gaelic in Scotland

  MacLeod, M., 2015, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Unpublished paper
• 2014

  Young Speakers’ Use of Gaelic in the Primary Classroom: A multi-perspectival pilot study

  MacLeod, M., Macleod, M. C., Coyle, D. & Thirkell, A. M., May 2014, Isle of Skye: Soillse. 61 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other Report

• Young Speakers: A multi-perspectival pilot study of Gaelic language use in a primary classroom

  MacLeod, M. C., Coyle, D., MacLeod, M. & Thirkell, A. M., 30 Mar 2014, Soillse. 65 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

  • classroom 100%

• Three Centuries of Gaelic Language Manipulation on Stage

  Macleod, M. C., 2014, In: Scottish Language. 33

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Drama 100%
  • Onstage 76%
  • Manipulation 69%
  • 21st Century 66%
  • Language 32%
• 2013

  Pre-retirement age migration to remote rural areas

  Stockdale, A. & MacLeod, M., Oct 2013, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 32, p. 80-92 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • retirement 100%
  • retirement age 99%
  • Retirement Age 89%
  • Rural Communities 89%
  • Retirement 81%
  74 Citations (Scopus)

• Dealbhadh Prògram CPD Airson Obair Choimhearsnachd Ghàidhlig

  Translated title of the contribution: Creating a Programme of CPD for Gaelic Community WorkersMacLeod, M. C., Rothach, G., Mac an Tàilleir, I. & Armstrong, T., 30 Apr 2013, 100 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

  • worker 100%

• Linking to the past: an analysis of community digital heritage initiatives

  Tait, E., MacLeod, M., Beel, D., Wallace, C., Mellish, C. & Taylor, S., 2013, In: ASLIB Proceedings. 65, 6, p. 564-580 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Tourism 100%
  • Sustainable development 73%
  • resources 36%
  • Cultural activities 33%
  • participation 29%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

  17 Downloads (Pure)

• Retirement transition, migration and remote rural communities: evidence from the Isle of Bute

  Philip, L. J., MacLeod, M. & Stockdale, A., 2013, In: Scottish Geographical Journal. 129, 2, p. 122-136 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • retirement 100%
  • rural community 72%
  • migrant 56%
  • migration 53%
  • transition 47%
  15 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Territorial tensions: misaligned management and community perspectives on health services for older people in remote rural areas

  Farmer, J., Philip, L. J., Farrington, J. H., King, G. & MacLeod, M., Mar 2010, In: Health & Place. 16, 2, p. 275-283 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health Services 100%
  • rural area 93%
  • health service 91%
  • Social Welfare 68%
  • Scotland 65%
  45 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  EDORA - European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas: The Role of Cultural Heritage in Rural Development

  MacLeod, M., Van Well, L., Kahila, P. & Sterling, J., 2009, (Unpublished) ESPON. 49 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other Report
• 2008

  Revitalising rural Europe's indigenous languages: 'technologisation' and the Gaelic language

  MacLeod, M., 2008, Information and Communication Technologies in Rural Society: Being rural in a digital age. Rusten, G. & Skerratt, S. (eds.). Routledge, p. 125-152 27 p. (Routledge Studies in Technology, Work and Organizations).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2006

  ‘Scottish Gaelic Drama’ in Koch, J.T. (ed.) Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopaedia

  MacLeod, M. C., 2006, Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopaedia. ABC-Clio Information Services, p. 1573-5 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary