{"id":1434,"date":"2020-12-01T12:53:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2021-02-04T12:42:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:42:40","slug":"from-the-birds-mouth-bho-bheul-an-eoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/en\/from-the-birds-mouth-bho-bheul-an-eoin\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Bird’s Mouth \/ Bho Bheul an E\u00f2in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Phil Baarda and Derek Robertson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we know, St Columba, Colmcille<\/em>, came to Scotland from overseas and has become an iconic part of our culture and history.  So too have many familiar and not-so-familiar plant and animals.  In more recent times, these wildlife colonisers – migrating northwards as our climate changes, or otherwise helped here by human hands – are so new to Scotland they don\u2019t have a Gaelic name, which is something this exciting project is beginning to address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Bird’s Mouth, Bho Bheul an E\u00f2in, <\/em>is naming the new!  Through a process of research and consultation, with advice from scientists, researchers and Gaelic writers, the project will give Gaelic names these new Scots, and tell the story of their colonisation through poetry and prose, through a high-quality art book with an interactive website \u2013 and, when possible, a travelling exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This exciting partnership project features award-winning and highly-acclaimed wildlife artist Derek Robertson, with support from NatureScot (formally Scottish Natural Heritage) and B\u00f2rd na G\u00e0idhlig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s an additional resonance with Colmcille.  The symbol of Columba is the dove \u2013 species of the genus Columbidae.  The Collared Dove \u2013 the Calman-coilearach <\/em>– first nested in Scotland in 1957 after rapidly expanding from its place of origin in the Middle East and Asia.  Despite the sandy camouflage colours of its plumage, the Calman-coilearach<\/em> has now reached the furthermost island refuges of the saints who came to preach the words of a religion born in the deserts of the East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will be able to find the From the Bird’s Mouth, Bho Bheul an E\u00f2in<\/em>, webpages from https:\/\/www.derekrobertson.com\/<\/a> which also shows Derek\u2019s other remarkable wildlife artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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