Cooish

The Cooish is the name of an inter-Gaelic festival of language and culture taking place on the Isle of Man each November. Cooish is a word common to Manx Gaelic and to the regional dialect of the Isle of Man and has a whole host of meanings ranging from a talk or chat to a cause.

Description

The festival is organised by Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh (the Manx Language Society) with support from the Manx Heritage Foundation and the Isle of Man Arts Councils along with local businesses.

It brings together language activists, musicians, academics, and the general public in a celebration of shared Gaelic heritage. It is filled with a variety of concerts, school workshops, lectures and music sessions and has featured Gaelic singers such as Mary Smith, Maggie MacInnes, Maire Breatnach and Lilis O Laoire. Manx groups such as Caarjyn Cooidjagh, Staa, Skeeal and Moot have all featured regularly. It provides an opportunity for everyone on the Isle of Man to celebrate their national language, culture and identity and to find their place within the Gaelic continuum.

The festival was founded by Phil Gawne in the early 1990s under the name Feailley Ghaelgagh.

Gaels

General history	Gaelic Ireland High King of Ireland Gaelic Irish kingdoms Dál Riata Alba Nine Years' War Statutes of Iona Flight of the Earls 1641 Rebellion Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 Jacobite risings Penal Laws Great Hunger Irish diaspora Highland Clearances Gaelic Revival Gaeltacht Gàidhealtachd

Gaelic culture	Ogham Brehon law Gaelic mythology Lebor Gabála Érenn Gaelic warfare Gaelic astrology Gaelic kinship Bardic poetry Gaelic literature (Early Irish, Modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic & Manx) Gaelic type Insular script Fáinne Gaelic music Sean-nós song Oireachtas na Gaeilge Am Mòd Gaelic games Highland games Insular Christianity Gaelic Christian mission

Language	Primitive Irish Old Irish Middle Irish Classical Gaelic Irish Manx Scottish Gaelic

Major tribes or clans	Connachta (incl. Uí Néill, Clan Colla, Clan Donald, Uí Maine, etc) Dál gCais (incl. Déisi) Eóganachta Érainn (incl. Dál Riata, Corcu Loígde, Clan Conla, Dál Fiatach, etc) Laigin Ulaid (incl. Dál nAraidi, Conmhaícne, Ciarraige, etc)

DNA haplogroups	R-S971 (Clan Colla) R-M222 (Connachta & Uí Néill) R-L21 (Dál Fiatach) R-L226 (Dál gCais) R-CTS4466 (Eóganachta) R-L159.2 (Laigin)

Prominent organisations	Údarás na Gaeltachta Foras na Gaeilge Bòrd na Gàidhlig Culture Vannin Conradh na Gaeilge An Comunn Gàidhealach Manx Gaelic Society Seachtain na Gaeilge Gael Linn ULTACH Trust Clì Gàidhlig Comunn na Gàidhlig Columba Project Clans of Ireland Association of Highland Clans and Societies

Related subjects	Celts Norse–Gaels (incl. Uí Ímair and Clan MacLeod) Kingdom of the Isles Gaelicisation

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