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Discover more about Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches in the blogs published here, which cover a wide range of fascinating subjects from the website. We also publish information about our events, projects and resources in this section. Blogs are added on a regular basis so please re-visit this section to view the latest ones and keep up to date with what we’re doing.

Kist o Riches’ Events Celebrate Scotland’s Year of Stories

Kist o Riches/Tobar an Dualchais has organised two storytelling events in Edinburgh in early May as part of Scotland’s Year of Stories. The events will feature some of Scotland's most talented storytellers and will showcase the Scots and Doric stories, including Traveller tales, on its website,

A Hero Called Jack

Donald Smith is one of the workshop leaders for the ‘Learning from the Kist: Storytelling Workshop’, and he has been spending time on the Tobar an Dualchais/ Kist o Riches website as part of his research for the event. In this blog, Donald focusses on the significance of the many ‘Jack’ stories to be found on the site.

Custom, culture and what accrues – the dresser’s place’

As part of a research collaboration between Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and Tobar an Dualchais, RAGHNAID SANDILANDS has been developing a new Gaelic cultural resource for schools. Here she discusses how the pine dressers became part of this work.

TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: what can proverbs tell us about dùthchas?

Dùthchas – a Gaelic word which carries so much complexity, it needs its own thesis. Ryan Dziadowic looks at the traditional Gaelic concept of dùthchas and what it means in the modern world…..

"Phaisg mi thu an craiceann caorach, ’s dh’fhàg mi nad aonar thu an dèidh an òrain"

On 2 March, between 1.00 - 2.00pm, Mairi Gillies will give a talk about her work whilst she was the Artist in Residence with Tobar an Dualchais. Thanks to the generous support of ATLAS Arts Mairi spent time researching TAD and made new work in relation to one particular recording.

‘Bride’s Day, the birthday of spring’

With the razzamatazz and hò-ro-gheallaidh of Oidhche Challainn, Hogmanay and the New Year past, you would think we had no more celebrations to lighten the dreary days of winter beyond Celtic Connections and Burns Night.