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Writer, broadcaster, academic and journalist. More often than not go by Peter Mackay. All thoughts are, for my sins, my own, except when clearly borrowed...

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@LeughLeabhar
Gaelic Books Council
20 days
Gàidhlig aig Aye Write 2025 📚🎉 06/11/25 aig 6f – Mirrorball Gaelic Showcase with Peter Mackay and Jim Caruth https://t.co/CyJtDB2a0w 06/11/25 aig 7.45f – The Guide to Gaelic Scotland: Coinneach Maclean with Maureen Macleod https://t.co/3Y6hSmDJYd
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
24 days
Coimhead air adhart gu mòr ri bhith cluintinn na bàird seo a leughadh aig AyeWrite @MungoMirrorball
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glasgowlife.org.uk
Aye Write 2025 presents Mirrorball Gaelic Showcase with Peter Mackay with Jim Carruth
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@thelinenhall
The Linen Hall
28 days
You can listen to Sunday’s wonderful Poetry People show on RTE at the following link: https://t.co/iNjF55v23r From 28 minutes in you can listen to the discussion around the Poetry Jukebox project. The Poetry Jukebox is currently installed at The Linen Hall, with a new curation,
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@thelinenhall
The Linen Hall
28 days
Poetry Jukebox Launch: Fragments of Scotch Poetry 22nd October – 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm £5.00 Join chair Maria McManus for an afternoon of readings and lively discussion as we explore the rich cultural and linguistic links between Ulster and Scotland. For this curation of the Poetry
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
1 month
And then, nipping to see Alan Gillis launch his new book Over Here at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
1 month
Delighted to be doing a couple of events @thelinenhall next Wednesday, launching a Poetry Jukebox https://t.co/pEgFstgQN4 and doing an in conversation event with Róise Ní Bhaoill.
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linenhall.com
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW TAKING PLACE ON 22 OCTOBER AT 3.30 PM, NOT 6 PM AS ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED.   Join us for a special event with Pàdraig […]
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@RFergussonPoet
Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
2 months
Thanks to all who read at and attended yesterday's online launch - what a fantastic event! Our final launch (for now!) is in Edinburgh on 15 October @GoldenHareBooks with @PadraigMacaoidh and a lovely range of poets whose work features in the collection! Get your tickets ⤵️
@GoldenHareBooks
Golden Hare Books
2 months
Join us in the bookshop on Wednesday the 15th of October for a glorious evening celebrating poetry with poet Peter Mackay and friends. Sign up here: https://t.co/uIaFGYAMOC
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
3 months
Delighted to be reading and talking in Islay next Thursday night (if you happen to be passing...)
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@islaybookfest
Islay Book Festival
3 months
✨ Author Spotlight - Peter MacKay ✨ Scotland's first native Gaelic speaking Makar, Padraig MacAoidh (Peter MacKay), will open the book festival in conversation with Islay's own Iseabail Mactaggart. https://t.co/bRyZYU5WK9
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
4 months
Tickets still available for an in conversation event with me and Kevin Williamson!
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Pàdraig MacAoidh
4 months
If won’t already be exhausted by the Fringe by 12.15 on Saturday the 1st of August, I’m going to be in conversation with Kevin Williamson about poetry, and anything I can make Kevin talk about. In the Stand Comedy Club. Comedy: surely a mistake…? https://t.co/3FNz3vwztG
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Pàdraig MacAoidh
4 months
Gu math toilichte gum bi mi a’ dèanamh fèill air bàrdachd, eadar-theangachaidh agus cuid de na cànanan a tha sinn a’ cleachdadh ann an Alba aig EIBF am bliadhna-sa… https://t.co/gx20z8wgVn
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Pàdraig MacAoidh
4 months
I’m delighted to be celebrating poetry, translation, and some of the many poetic languages of Scotland at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival #EIBF. It would be great to see you at one of these! https://t.co/gx20z8wgVn
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
4 months
If won’t already be exhausted by the Fringe by 12.15 on Saturday the 1st of August, I’m going to be in conversation with Kevin Williamson about poetry, and anything I can make Kevin talk about. In the Stand Comedy Club. Comedy: surely a mistake…? https://t.co/3FNz3vwztG
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
4 months
Bidh mi a’ bruidhinn ri Kevin Williamson agus a’ leughadh bàrdachd aig a Stand Comedy Club air 1.8.25 ma tha thu timcheall. Comedy Club? Dè a’ Ghàidhlig airson tumbleweed? https://t.co/3FNz3vwztG
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
4 months
If you happen to be on Islay at the end of August, it would be great to see you in Bowmore Round Church, for a bit of a gab with the amazing Iseabail Mactaggart: https://t.co/Qa7VIQLlSc @islaybookfest
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ticketsource.co.uk
Tickets are now available for Peter Mackay, Scotland's Makar at Round Church, Isle of Islay on Thu 28 Aug 2025 at 6:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
@islaybookfest
Islay Book Festival
7 months
Hello from a beautifully sunny Islay this evening… We are delighted to bring you our second author announcement, ⭐️ PETER MACKAY ⭐️ More to come soon! #islaybookfestival
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
4 months
Ooooh! Coimhead air adhart cho mòr a bhith ann an Ìle (Ìle, Ìle) aig deireadh an Lunasdail… https://t.co/Qa7VIQLlSc @islaybookfest
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ticketsource.co.uk
Tickets are now available for Peter Mackay, Scotland's Makar at Round Church, Isle of Islay on Thu 28 Aug 2025 at 6:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
@islaybookfest
Islay Book Festival
7 months
Hello from a beautifully sunny Islay this evening… We are delighted to bring you our second author announcement, ⭐️ PETER MACKAY ⭐️ More to come soon! #islaybookfestival
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@islaybookfest
Islay Book Festival
7 months
Hello from a beautifully sunny Islay this evening… We are delighted to bring you our second author announcement, ⭐️ PETER MACKAY ⭐️ More to come soon! #islaybookfestival
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@PadraigMacaoidh
Pàdraig MacAoidh
5 months
I was delighted to be in Banff yesterday for the launch of Wirds O Banff, a celebration of Doric, Scots and the natural world by pupils from Banff Academy - who also write to and support young people in Gaza @ByLeavesWeLive @JamieFairbairn1 @BanffAcademyBXA
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