{"id":2376,"date":"2021-04-20T10:32:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/links-with-ireland\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T11:50:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:50:49","slug":"links-with-ireland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/en\/links-with-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Links with Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2376\" data-postid=\"2376\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2376 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-css_id=\"vb2p754\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_vb2p754 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_r07p755 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_bp83124   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>Links with Ireland<\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_4nuc541\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col2-1 tb_k7ce542 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_xwt166 image-top drop-shadow bordered rotate4  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sorley-maclean-copyright-jessie-ann-mathew.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2155 lazyload\" alt=\"Sorley MacLean\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sorley-maclean-copyright-jessie-ann-mathew.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 700w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sorley-maclean-copyright-jessie-ann-mathew-300x228.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sorley-maclean-copyright-jessie-ann-mathew.jpg?size=233x177&lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 233w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sorley-maclean-copyright-jessie-ann-mathew.jpg?size=466x354&lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 466w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1132\/276;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1132px) 100vw, 1132px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_s7zp423   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Sorley MacLean<\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_p91i560\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_q01b560 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_eku7229 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_3 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_yrua229 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_3sqc770 image-center   tf_mw wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/st-andrews-cross.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2158 lazyload\" title=\"Links with Ireland\" alt=\"Links with Ireland\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/st-andrews-cross.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 400w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/st-andrews-cross-300x170.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/st-andrews-cross.jpg?size=233x132&lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 233w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/227;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_rkk2775\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_pj26728   tb_text_dropcap\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>The peoples and languages of Ireland and Scotland are linked by their shared history and by the deep roots which they have in the same culture.<\/p>\n<p>There was little to stop the coming and going of people across the Straits of Moyle, the narrowest stretch of sea between County Antrim in Northern Ireland and the Mull of Kintyre on the south-west coast of Scotland.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_nluq184   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>The people of the west coast traded across the sea with the people of Ireland.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_0rak776 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_xs1q304 image-top   tf_mw wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"274\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland-tricolour.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2159 lazyload\" title=\"Watercolor,Flag,Background.,Ireland\" alt=\"Watercolor,Flag,Background.,Ireland\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland-tricolour.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 400w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland-tricolour-300x206.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland-tricolour.jpg?size=233x160&lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 233w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/333;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Lighthouse on the Mull of Kintyre        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_s5oa782 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_zqrj201 image-center drop-shadow bordered rotate2 tf_mw wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeInRight\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lighthouse-ireland.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2161 lazyload\" title=\"lighthouse-ireland\" alt=\"lighthouse-ireland\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lighthouse-ireland.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 500w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lighthouse-ireland-300x200.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lighthouse-ireland.jpg?size=233x155&lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 233w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/333;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_qeft105 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_3 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_7ls7106 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_l9rs744   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>They spoke Goedelic languages which were similar.<\/p>\n<p>It was much easier to sail across the sea than to travel on land.<\/p>\n<p>It was just a few miles between Ireland and Kintyre.<\/p>\n<p>The same family, descended from Fergus the Great, controlled land on both sides of the Straits of Moyle up to the 7th or 8th century.<\/p>\n<p>However, it became more difficult for the kings of Dalriada to keep control in Ulster.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_1iu3809\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_nhdj925 image-center   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fergus-Mor.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2162 lazyload\" title=\"Fergus Mor\" alt=\"Fergus Mor\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fergus-Mor.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 371w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fergus-Mor-223x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 223w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 371px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 371\/500;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_pqnv41 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_6ot1500 image-center   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"803\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/scotland-ireland-links-eng.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2559 lazyload\" title=\"scotland-ireland-links-eng\" alt=\"Scotland Map\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/scotland-ireland-links-eng.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 600w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/scotland-ireland-links-eng-224x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 224w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/scotland-ireland-links-eng.jpg?size=466x624&lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 466w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/803;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_tzvn84 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_troj85 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_0031136   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>The Viking attacks caused a great upheaval in the 9th century and the two kingdoms separated.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_wohl31 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_ru9u31 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_l93q468 image-center   tf_mw wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"583\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2164 lazyload\" title=\"viking-ship-gaelic-scotland\" alt=\"viking-ship-gaelic-scotland\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 900w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland-300x194.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland-768x497.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland.jpg?size=233x151&lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 233w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland.jpg?size=466x302&lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 466w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland.jpg?size=699x453&lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 699w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/796;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_xxxq5\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ak89517   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>It is said that Robert Bruce, King of Scotland between 1306-1329, wanted the Irish to join up with the Scots since they had the same history, traditions and language.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_1lba204   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>People have been moving between the shores of Ireland and of Scotland for hundreds of years and this created the countries and the identities which we know today.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_u8ik756   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Indeed, when the Irish saint Columba or Colm Cille came from Ireland to the island of Iona in 563, he helped shape Scotland forever.<\/p>\n<p>He set up a monastery on Iona, and western Scotland and north-east Ireland were both in the Kingdom of Dalriada.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_rz3e176 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_oxhc480 image-center   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"531\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/colm-cille-scotland-gaelic.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2165 lazyload\" title=\"colm-cille-scotland-gaelic\" alt=\"colm-cille-scotland-gaelic\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/colm-cille-scotland-gaelic.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 362w, https:\/\/b2204768.smushcdn.com\/2204768\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/colm-cille-scotland-gaelic-205x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 205w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 362px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 362\/531;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-parallax-bg=\"desktop\" data-css_id=\"vd3u97\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_vd3u97 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_i0sr97 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_quaa690   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Gaelic can refer to Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) or Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge).<\/p>\n<p>The two languages are very similar.<\/p>\n<p>They are both Celtic in origin.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_bcrc946   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>They both came from the language of the Gaels, the Celtic people which came from mainland Europe to Ireland (and after that to Scotland and the Isle of Man).<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_pq0q450 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_p4sg598 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/celtic-languages-gaelic-scotland-eng.svg\" width=\"255\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2561 lazyload\" title=\"celtic-languages-gaelic-scotland-eng\" alt=\"Gaelic in Scotland amd Ireland\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 255px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 255\/400;\">    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_b8hh303 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_43ys304 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_j3yg863   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Downloads<\/h2>\n<div class='w3eden wpdm_packages_shortcode'>\n    <div class=''>\n\n        \n        <div id=\"content_wpdm_package_1\">\n            <div class='row'><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-6 col-6'> <a href=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/en\/download\/ceanglaichean-ri-eirinn\/?wpdmdl=456&refresh=69e7507657e661776767094\"><div class=\"gis-dl\">\n  <div class=\"gis-dl-link-cont\">Ceanglaichean ri \u00c8irinn<div class=\"gis-file\"><i class=\"fa fa-file-download ml-3 color-yellow\"><\/i>\n            5405<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>            <div style='clear:both'><\/div><div class='text-center'><ul class='pagination wpdm-pagination pagination-centered text-center'><\/ul><\/div><div style='clear:both'><\/div>        <\/div>\n\n        <div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_81cx271 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links with Ireland Sorley MacLean The peoples and languages of Ireland and Scotland are linked by their shared history and by the deep roots which they have in the same culture. There was little to stop the coming and going of people across the Straits of Moyle, the narrowest stretch of sea between County Antrim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2376","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h1>Links with Ireland<\/h1>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sorley-maclean-copyright-jessie-ann-mathew.jpg\" alt=\"Sorley MacLean\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sorley-maclean-copyright-jessie-ann-mathew.jpg 700w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sorley-maclean-copyright-jessie-ann-mathew-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sorley-maclean-text-english.png\" title=\"sorley-maclean-text-english\" alt=\"Sorley MacLean Quote\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sorley-maclean-text-english.png 1132w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sorley-maclean-text-english-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sorley-maclean-text-english-1024x250.png 1024w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sorley-maclean-text-english-768x187.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1132px) 100vw, 1132px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Sorley MacLean<\/strong><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/st-andrews-cross.jpg\" title=\"Links with Ireland\" alt=\"Links with Ireland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/st-andrews-cross.jpg 400w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/st-andrews-cross-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<p>The peoples and languages of Ireland and Scotland are linked by their shared history and by the deep roots which they have in the same culture.<\/p> <p>There was little to stop the coming and going of people across the Straits of Moyle, the narrowest stretch of sea between County Antrim in Northern Ireland and the Mull of Kintyre on the south-west coast of Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The people of the west coast traded across the sea with the people of Ireland.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland-tricolour.jpg\" title=\"Watercolor,Flag,Background.,Ireland\" alt=\"Watercolor,Flag,Background.,Ireland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland-tricolour.jpg 400w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland-tricolour-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kintyre-lighthouse.jpg\" alt=\"Lighthouse on the Mull of Kintyre\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kintyre-lighthouse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kintyre-lighthouse-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> Lighthouse on the Mull of Kintyre\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lighthouse-ireland.jpg\" title=\"lighthouse-ireland\" alt=\"lighthouse-ireland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lighthouse-ireland.jpg 500w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lighthouse-ireland-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n<p>They spoke Goedelic languages which were similar.<\/p> <p>It was much easier to sail across the sea than to travel on land.<\/p> <p>It was just a few miles between Ireland and Kintyre.<\/p> <p>The same family, descended from Fergus the Great, controlled land on both sides of the Straits of Moyle up to the 7th or 8th century.<\/p> <p>However, it became more difficult for the kings of Dalriada to keep control in Ulster.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fergus-Mor.jpg\" title=\"Fergus Mor\" alt=\"Fergus Mor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fergus-Mor.jpg 371w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fergus-Mor-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/scotland-ireland-links-eng.jpg\" title=\"scotland-ireland-links-eng\" alt=\"Scotland Map\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/scotland-ireland-links-eng.jpg 600w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/scotland-ireland-links-eng-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<p>The Viking attacks caused a great upheaval in the 9th century and the two kingdoms separated.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland.jpg\" title=\"viking-ship-gaelic-scotland\" alt=\"viking-ship-gaelic-scotland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland.jpg 900w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viking-ship-gaelic-scotland-768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/robert-the-bruce-gaelic-scotland.jpg\" title=\"robert-the-bruce-gaelic-scotland\" alt=\"robert-the-bruce-gaelic-scotland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/robert-the-bruce-gaelic-scotland.jpg 550w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/robert-the-bruce-gaelic-scotland-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\n<p>It is said that Robert Bruce, King of Scotland between 1306-1329, wanted the Irish to join up with the Scots since they had the same history, traditions and language.<\/p>\n<p>People have been moving between the shores of Ireland and of Scotland for hundreds of years and this created the countries and the identities which we know today.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, when the Irish saint Columba or Colm Cille came from Ireland to the island of Iona in 563, he helped shape Scotland forever.<\/p> <p>He set up a monastery on Iona, and western Scotland and north-east Ireland were both in the Kingdom of Dalriada.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/colm-cille-scotland-gaelic.jpg\" title=\"colm-cille-scotland-gaelic\" alt=\"colm-cille-scotland-gaelic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/colm-cille-scotland-gaelic.jpg 362w, https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/colm-cille-scotland-gaelic-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/>\n<p>Gaelic can refer to Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) or Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge).<\/p> <p>The two languages are very similar.<\/p> <p>They are both Celtic in origin.<\/p>\n<p>They both came from the language of the Gaels, the Celtic people which came from mainland Europe to Ireland (and after that to Scotland and the Isle of Man).<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/storlann.co.uk\/gaidhlig-alba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/celtic-languages-gaelic-scotland-eng.svg\" width=\"255\" height=\"400\" title=\"celtic-languages-gaelic-scotland-eng\" alt=\"Gaelic in Scotland amd Ireland\">\n<h2>Downloads<\/h2> <p>[wpdm_category id=\"ceanglaichean-ri-eirinn\" cols=\"1\" toolbar=\"0\" item_per_page=\"10\" template=\"gis_download_1\" orderby=\"title\" 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