Alasdair C. Whyte
£12.99
It is time to bin – once and for all – the nonsense that Gaelic was never spoken in Glasgow. In fact, glasgow’s place-names tell us that Gaelic has been spoken here for around a thousand years
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Birlinn, 2023 189 pages. Paperback.
Showcasing new research from the University of Glasgow, this illustrated guide to the city’s Gaelic namescape, which includes a A-Z list of place-names and their Gaelic origins, reveals how place-names are a key to unlocking Glasgow’s hidden past. It takes the reader on a journey of discovery the length and breadth of this great metropolis – from Yoker in the west to Daldowie in the east, via Boclair, Carmunnock and many other places in between.
Seonag Monk
In 1940, in Barra in the Outer Hebrides, an 18-year-old woman, Flòraidh, is persuaded to leave her island home when she learns that her stepmother intends to marry her off to the local shopkeeper. She follows her enigmatic friend Lavinia to the city and changes her identity to Laura, like a butterfly, leaving her chrysalis behind, as they join the war effort.
£9.99
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