The Romantic movement of the 18th century led to the re-discovery of Old Gaelic and Old Norse literature and poetry.

He developed an appreciation for the literature of Shakespeare, Homer, and Ossian, the legendary Gaelic poet.

However, both Scotland and Ireland shared a common Gaelic culture during the period in which the poems are set, and some Fenian literature common in both countries was composed in Scotland.

Hyde helped establish the Gaelic Journal in 1892, and in November of the same year wrote a manifesto called The necessity for de-anglicising the Irish nation, arguing that Ireland should follow her own traditions in language, literature and even in dress.

It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.

It is possible that more Middle Irish literature was written in medieval Scotland than is often thought, but has not survived because the Gaelic literary establishment of eastern Scotland died out before the 14th century.

* Scottish Gaelic literature

The Scottish Renaissance of the early 20th century brought modernism to Scottish literature as well as an interest in new forms in the literatures of Scottish Gaelic and Scots.

By far the largest part of British literature is written in the English language, but there are bodies of written works in Latin, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Cornish, Manx, Jèrriais, Guernésiais and other languages.

Although Irish has been used as a literary language for more than 1500 years ( see Irish literature ), and in a form intelligible to contemporary speakers since at least the sixteenth century, modern literature in Irish owes much to the Gaelic Revival, a cultural movement which began in the late nineteenth century.

As Gaelic culture waned, these folk became increasingly involved with written literature and such non-native traditions as heraldry.

* Classical Gaelic ( language of the 13th to 18th c. Scottish and Irish Gaelic literature )

Although sometimes accused of neglecting the Gaelic side of Scotland's linguistic identity, actually the writers of Scots language poetry inspired poets in the Scottish Gaelic language too, and its more positive effects on that literature are still being felt.

In reaction, to this, Irish nationalists began a " Gaelic revival " in the late 19th century, hoping to revive the Irish language and Irish literature and sports.

Category: Scottish Gaelic literature

The medieval Gaelic literati grouped them together as the Tuatha De Danann, who share certain characteristics with other characters in Celtic literature.

His Irish was the dialect of Connemara-indeed, he is often accused of an unnecessarily dialectal usage in grammar and orthography even in contexts where realistic depiction of Connemara dialect was not called for-but he was happy to cannibalise other dialects, classical literature and even Scots Gaelic for the sake of linguistic and stylistic enrichment of his own writings.

Cruachan was an Iron Age ( Gaelic ) royal palace, the home of the Irish warrior Queen Medb ( or Meave ), who was responsible for launching the Cattle raid of Cooley, as recounted in one of the best known works of early Irish literature, the Táin Bó Cuailnge.

In addition to his achievements in black-letter bibliography he threw great light on ancient Celtic language and literature by the discovery, in 1857, of the Book of Deer, a manuscript copy of the Gospels in the Vulgate version, in which were inscribed old Gaelic charters.

He was the author of an extensive literature described by Professor Blackie as the " great work of classical Gaelic prose .... written in a dialogue form, enriched by the dramatic grace of Plato and the shrewd humour of Lucian ", and played a major role in the creation of an educational infrastructure for the Highlands and Islands.

Alexandria ( Cathair Alastair in Gaelic ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Achduart ( Gaelic: Achadh Dhubhaird ) is a small hamlet in Coigach, in Wester Ross in northwestern Scotland, now within the Highland council area.

Beltane was an ancient Gaelic festival celebrated in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.

Further, some older forms of Celtic music that are rare in Scotland and Ireland today, such as practice of accompanying a fiddle with a piano, or the Gaelic spinning songs of Cape Breton remain common in the Maritimes.

* Strathspeys are specific to Highland Scotland, for example, and it has been hypothesized that they mimic the rhythms of the Scottish Gaelic language.

Since about 2005, Oi Polloi ( from Scotland ) have recorded in Scottish Gaelic.

Constantine, son of Áed ( Medieval Gaelic: Constantín mac Áeda ; Modern Gaelic: Còiseam mac Aoidh, known in most modern regnal lists as Constantine II ; before 879 – 952 ) was an early King of Scotland, known then by the Gaelic name Alba.

The situation of the Gaelic kingdoms of Dál Riata in western Scotland is uncertain.

Along with the UK national radio stations, Radio Scotland and the Gaelic language service BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is also broadcast, despite few speakers residing in the city.

Guide books and posters from Ireland, Scotland in Gaelic, English, Doric and Scots, Cornwall, Brittany and Nova Scotia refer to live music performances.

Fair Isle ( from Old Norse Frjóey ; Scottish Gaelic Fara ) is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney islands.

The clàrsach or harp was the most popular musical instrument in later medieval Scotland and Ireland and Gaelic poets portrayed their Pictish counterparts as very much like themselves.

The Scottish medieval clàrsach ' Queen Mary harp ' Clàrsach na Banrigh Màiri, ( c. 1400 ) now in the Museum of Scotland, is a one of only three surviving medieval Gaelic harps.

The Hebrides (; Scottish Gaelic: Innse Gall ) comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

Geographic distribution of Gaelic speakers in Scotland ( 2001 )

The use of Scots and English became prominent in recent times but the Hebrides still contain the largest concentration of Scottish Gaelic speakers in Scotland.

Ironically, given the status of the Western Isles as the last Gàidhlig-speaking stronghold in Scotland, the Gaelic language name for the islands – Innse Gall – means " isles of the foreigners " which has roots in the time when they were under Norse colonisation.

Since the 19th century it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic ( and more specifically Gaelic ) heritage even more broadly.

The legacy of Gaelic as the first national language of Scotland does not obscure the foundational process in the establishment of the Scottish kingdom of Alba.

Kinglassie ( Gaelic: Cille MoGhlasaidh ) is a small village in central Fife, Scotland.

Maggieknockater ( Magh an Fhucadair in Scottish Gaelic ) is a hamlet on the A95 road between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the Moray council area, in the former county of Banffshire.

Malcolm's Kingdom did not extend over the full territory of modern Scotland: the north and west of Scotland remained in Scandinavian, Norse-Gael and Gaelic control, and the areas under the control of the Kings of Scots would not advance much beyond the limits set by Malcolm II ( Máel Coluim mac Cináeda ) until the 12th century.