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Title: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on October 03, 2008, 09:12:19 AM
Had to do something spooky for the October issue
Celtic Escorts to the Afterlife
http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1721662803&sort=d&start=24
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: Amras Elfwine on October 03, 2008, 09:58:02 AM
Groomporter...just signed up...very cool, and thanks!

Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: white trillium on October 03, 2008, 10:02:27 AM
Very interesting, I signed up as well!
Title: St Andrew's Day was Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on November 02, 2008, 09:46:21 AM
"If the Irish can do it so can we!"
That's how my old Scottish group tried to promote some of our St. "Andy's" Day events:

http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1721696863&sort=d&start=25
Title: Winter's here Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on December 01, 2008, 03:10:15 PM
The Cailleach
http://tinyurl.com/5bwsp2
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on March 01, 2009, 11:37:38 AM
I've heard of the Darien Scheme before, but never got around to looking into it until now.
http://tinyurl.com/ae6h4f
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on August 11, 2009, 09:49:03 AM
Just posted this month's issue. It was something I'ld be interested in being disproved on.
Were Highlanders wearing knee length tartan "coats" with buttons in the late 16th early 17th century? I've have not seen evidence of it.
http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1722010214&sort=d&start=34
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on December 01, 2009, 11:12:47 AM
My latest article for the Celtic History Newsletter might be of interest to Chess players.
http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1722107476&sort=d&start=38
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on December 06, 2009, 08:13:18 PM
Out of curiosity I Emailed the author of the "Oxford History of Board Games", and "Oxford Guide to Card Games" what he thought of the opinion that the Lewis Chessmen are not Chess pieces.
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on June 30, 2010, 11:31:14 AM
Been struggling for potential topics lately, but I this month's look at the historical Macbeth is better than my recent issues (even though the upload process converted all my quotation marks to question marks -humph)
http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1722246716&sort=d&start=45
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on August 01, 2010, 03:06:16 PM
Since I already do a monthly Celtic history newsletter, I figured I might as well turn some of what I find into a blog of Celtic history and archeology in the news: https://celtichist.wordpress.com/
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on December 02, 2010, 08:27:23 AM
My latest Celtic History Newsletter might be a bit light on the Celtic end, but great for lovers of exotic adventure stories http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1722352454&sort=d&start=51
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on June 06, 2011, 08:17:01 PM
Had fun this month looking into some of the (questionable) legends about the origins of the events in the Highland games
http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1722535923&sort=d&start=57
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on August 07, 2011, 09:27:39 AM
Latest issue is now online
http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1722553499&sort=d&start=59

I also had several positive comments on last month's issue describing a DNA study which seemed to show that the majority of people in the British Isles are actually descended from people who came from the Iberian Peninsula.
http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1722545150&sort=d&start=59
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on October 29, 2011, 10:57:41 AM
Just in time for Halloween/Samhain

Samhain "Dumb Supper"
http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1722580117&sort=d&start=62
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on January 02, 2012, 04:17:59 PM
Just posted on an Irish regiment that served under Napoleon that I had never heard of before. The original purpose for the Legion was to use them for a French invasion of Ireland.

http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=1722599048&sort=d&start=64
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter "Irish Kilts"
Post by: groomporter on May 02, 2012, 11:28:00 AM
Latests newsletter discussing Irish kilts
http://www.icontact-archive.com/rRNQRindhS4-R1-YSMhwytKhxLLPWWM8?w=3
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: Nissa on May 02, 2012, 06:14:37 PM
Very interesting; thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on October 05, 2012, 11:18:39 AM
There's more to Samhain than the spooky stuff.
http://www.icontact-archive.com/rRNQRindhS4-R1-YSMhwymAGezunas-W?w=3
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on February 12, 2013, 03:57:03 PM
Trying to join the podcasting game...

I've been doing the Celtic History Newsletter since (OMG) 2006, so I thought I would try to recycle some of the articles I've written on Celtic-related topics into a monthly podcast. I'm going to try to include a tune from local bands as well.

http://historicgames.com/celtcast/ (http://historicgames.com/celtcast/)

It will take a little while before this podcast appears in the iTunes store, but if you click on the "file" menu in iTunes and drag down to open the option "Subscribe to Podcast" enter: http://historicgames.com/celtcast/?feed=rss2 (http://historicgames.com/celtcast/?feed=rss2) and you can subscribe without going through the iTunes store.
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on February 17, 2013, 11:28:54 AM
The podcast went live on iTunes Friday night.
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on November 15, 2013, 02:59:04 PM
Still plugging away at the podcast version of the Celtic History Newsletter http://historicgames.com/celtcast/ (http://historicgames.com/celtcast/)
Title: Re: Online Celtic History Newsletter
Post by: groomporter on December 05, 2016, 07:40:03 PM
Performing some necromancy on a long dead thread. I still put out this newsletter. It's now also appearing on this blog and we're going to start reprinting the older articles that only went out via the E-list

http://blog.kilts-n-stuff.com/ (http://blog.kilts-n-stuff.com/)