Alba-Eire relations take a turn for the worse

AWARD-winning Oughterard butcher, James McGeough, has another ‘feather in his cap’ after winning the bi-lingual (Gàidhlig – Gaeilge) certificate Céad Gradam Oiricis – Ceud-duais Fearta at the Pan-Celtic event to determine “the best Black Pudding in the Gaelic speaking world.”

This event which was part of the recent Cóilín Sheáin Dharach Festival in Ros Muc, pitted the Putóg Dhubh of McGeough against the Clonakilty Black Pudding of the Edward Twomey Butcher’s Shop in West Cork and the ‘Charley Barley’ Maròg Dhubh product from the Western Isles of Scotland submitted by feòladair, Charles Mac Leoid, Steonabagh, Eilean Lòdhais.

The unusual event was sponsored by Colmcille Èirínn is Alba, a cross- governmental
foundation established nine years ago to foster cultural linkages between the Scottish Gaeltachdan and the Irish speaking areas in this country.