... MacQueen's blog Stormy conditions have hit Scotland over recent weeks. Snow and high winds have been causing disruption ... ages the castle was known as 'Dunakin'. The western isles of Scotland formed part of the Norse-Gael Kingdom of Mann and the Isles and had ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 22 2018 - 7:39pm
... in a false smear campaign against the leader of the SNP and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The smear campaign has to be one ... National Party are enjoying in the opinion polls in Scotland . It also comes after a live UK wide political leaders debate on ...
Douglas MacQueen - Apr 4 2015 - 12:49pm - 0 comments
... the exchange program Minister Russell stated: " Gaelic in Scotland has declined greatly over the past century, the last census shows the decline has stabilised. We have 55,000 speakers (in Scotland), something like that, and there are something like 1,200 in Cape ...
Emmett McIntyre - Nov 30 2013 - 11:02pm - 0 comments
... related to the industrial harvesting of kelp off the West of Scotland which could impact the eco balance of Marine life not just there but ... review into plans for dredging kelp around the coasts of Scotland, including their sustainability and effects on non-target species.” ...
Bernard Moffatt - Oct 26 2018 - 5:05pm
... families in Ayrshire and ruled over much of south western Scotland. The remains of the castle are mainly in two parts. At the seaward ... VisitScotland Dunure . Celtic nation: Scotland Itinerary: Scotland Aryshire Place type: ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jun 6 2021 - 1:36pm
... that the Bòrd na Gàidhlig, an organisation formed under Scotland’s the 2005 Language Act, had issued its Annual Report for ... last year the figure was 2,953. Sixty-one schools across Scotland now offer Gaelic-medium education. The expectation is that, as time ...
Emmett McIntyre - Nov 26 2015 - 5:08pm - 0 comments
... plaque, as a memorial to Donald Healey, next to the Visitor Centre in the garden of Trebah which is now open to the public. This ...
Kernow Matters to Us - Apr 24 2016 - 7:30pm - 0 comments
... feature in the Gaelic mythology of Ireland (Éire), Scotland (Alba) and Isle of Man (Mannin). Many different stories involving the ... Fraoch (Fráech) is associated with places throughout Scotland and Ireland. One such place being Fraoch Eilean. It was at one time ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 31 2021 - 5:04pm
... was a concerted effort to break the gaelic peoples of Scotland, it was a plan to ethnically cleanse the people. Allan MacMaster ... old way of life in the Scottish Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The events following the Scottish rebellion against the British Crown ...
Emmett McIntyre - Dec 21 2013 - 3:31pm - 0 comments
... of 13 February 1692. One of the most beautiful places in Scotland Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) takes its name from the ... at Glencoe dates back to the removal of King James VII of Scotland and II of England from the throne of both countries and his ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 10 2020 - 9:22pm