Comfort Quote by Gabriella Bennett

“Coorie's newfound role has been helped along by the fact it is a beautiful word. Derived from Old Scots, there is something soothing about…

— Gabriella Bennett

“Coorie isn't just a decorative extra. Amid trying circumstances, Scots and honorary Scots have dug deep and fought through. The result of these collaborations…

— Gabriella Bennett

“Scots are an inquisitive bunch. They ask questions, pick over the finer details and want counter-arguments backed up. Sometimes there can be a weariness…

— Gabriella Bennett

I used to go to a Gaelic class on a Saturday morning, but I never felt myself that I could speak it properly.

— Johann Lamont

We used to speak Irish - Gaelic Irish - around the dinner table, but over the years, we lost that.

— Genevieve O'Reilly

Supporting Celtic, waving a tricolour because your parents are Irish - that's a valid culture.

— Frankie Boyle

I really got into Gaelic music and the whole sound of it, and I got to go to Scotland.

— Rhiannon Giddens

“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense of narrative…

— Sara Sheridan

The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get…

— Lady Gregory

H. L Mencken's Dictionary of the American Language supplies a long list of slang terms for being drunk, but the Irish are no slouches,…

— Bill Barich

It wasn't so long ago that it was not popular to speak Gaelic in Ireland because the areas that Gaelic is spoken in were…

— Enya

My first language is Gaelic.

— Enya