Past Conferences:

Sat 14 September 2024

Carrick’s Gaelic Heritage: The Carrick Centre, Maybole.

09:15 – 09:50: Registration, tea and coffee.

09:50 – 10:00: ‘Housekeeping’, Chairperson’s introductions and opening remarks.

SESSION 1: 10:00 – 11:40

• Dr Martin MacGregor, University of Glasgow: The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie (10:00 – 10:30)

• Professor Hector MacQueen, University of Edinburgh: The Ancient Earldom of Carrick and the Lordship of the Kennedys of Dunure (10:35 – 11:05)

• James Brown, Independent Scholar: Carrick Gaelic Surnames (11:05 – 11:40)

11:40 – 11:55: Break

SESSION 2: 11:55 – 13:00

• Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh, Professor of Gaelic, University of Glasgow: The Gaelic Element in Carrick Place-Names and the Place-Name ‘Barbour’ (11:55 – 12:25)

• Dr Colin Mackenzie: Mapping the Carrick Gaelic Landscape (12:30 – 13:00)

13:10 – 14:00: Lunch (sandwiches & soup: included in ticket price).

SESSION 3: 14:00 – 16:15

• Dr Ronald Black, University of Edinburgh: Greenan Castle and its Hebridean Connections (14:00 – 14:30)

• Dr Aonghas MacCoinnich, University of Glasgow: Evidence for Gaelic in Carrick and How it Died Out (14:35 – 15:05)

• Michael Ansell, Carrick Gaelic Mythonyms: Evidence for Carrick’s Pre-Reformation Mythological Beliefs (15:10-15:40)

• Dr Brian Brennan, BSc MA MLitt Phd: Gaelic and the 16th c. Kennedys (15:45-16:15)

16:20 – 16:30: Questions/discussions and Chairperson’s concluding remarks