Creative Projects

Audio Projects

Celtic 100 (1st year Scottish Gaelic), 2008-9, Instructor: Dr Newton

• Two women work on a croft in the Highlands and end the day with a céilidh. Listen to MPG3 file by Brandi McCarthy and Rebecca MacQuarrie.
• Two women recall their sweethearts from the summer of 1969 and make a disturbing discovery! Listen to MPG3 file by Breanne MacIntyre and Rachel Redshaw.
• The surreal tale of actress Halle Berry being accosted by a lecherous sheep while wandering in the woods near a film set. Listen to MPG3 file by Michelle Begin and Graham McDonald.

Video Projects

Celtic Studies students have created their own channel on YouTube where you can see some of their videos (particularly from the Welsh class). See student YouTube channel >>

Watch slideshow of Celtic Department and Comunn Ceilteach activities during the 2008-9 academic year with Gaelic titles >> or with English titles >>

Student Research

Research papers assigned for courses, honours dissertations, and masters dissertations.

Course research papers

Students are regularly assigned research papers as course assignments. Only a small sample of these have been kept on file in the Celtic Collection of the Angus L. Macdonald Library in the past. A few examples of recent exemplary student work are available below.

Celtic 430 (Irish Poetry), 2009, Instructor: Dr Newton

• Michel Moffet, "Grief and Poetry" — Read as PDF file >>
• Travis Roulston, "The Fianna in Exile: An examination of Ossianic Poetry as a response to alienation in a Christianised world" — Read as PDF file >>
• Danielle Stirling, "Kiss Me, I'm Ireland" — Read as PDF file >>

Celtic 361 (Irish Folklore), 2009, Instructor: Séamus MacFloinn

• Jason Bond, "Withered Old Men and Weasel-Riders: The portrayal of the Danes as fairies" — Read as PDF file >>
• Julia Reddy, "Are you a witch or are you a fairy or are you the wife of Michael Cleary?" — Read as PDF file >>

Honours Dissertations

Undergraduates may choose to do an honours dissertation in their last year. Dissertations may be consulted in the Celtic Collection. See list of Celtic Studies masters and honours dissertations >>

Masters Dissertations

Masters students must write a dissertation as part of their degree. Past dissertations can be searched online and consulted in the Angus L. Macdonald Library. Search for master's theses >>