Articles on Canadian Gaelic, Including - Cape Breton Island, Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts, Mary Jane Lamond, Cape Breton Fiddling, Southampton, Ontario, Cape Breton Accent, Newfoundland Irish, Oil Thigh (Paperback)

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