... 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 18 2019 - 8:29pm
... upon Gaelic culture and clan society in the Highlands of Scotland. Rachel Chiesley was one of ten children born to John Chiesley and ... an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. After two years she was moved to St Kilda (Scottish Gaelic: Hiort) an ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 11 2016 - 9:10pm - 0 comments
... enormous change and military threat. Expect the Manx to take centre stage together with the celebration of a small nation which survived, ...
Alastair Kneale - Jul 6 2018 - 12:48pm
... Celtic nations: Ireland/Eire , Isle of Man/Mannin , Scotland/Alba , Wales/Cymru , Cornwall/Kernow and Brittany/Breizh . ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 11 2020 - 9:38pm
... of inequality in the poorest nation in western Europe. In Scotland they teamed up with the Tories in stabbing the Scottish nation in ...
Mair Williams - Nov 16 2014 - 11:27am - 0 comments
... stone monuments that stretch from the northern islands of Scotland - down into the Hebrides and the Scottish mainland - to the Isle of ... uncovered. Like in Strathaven Castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The present structure was built in the 1400’s on the site of ...
Alastair Kneale - May 20 2020 - 8:10pm - 0 comments
... England which was established in 1215 and the Parliament of Scotland established in about 1235. Certainly older than the Parliament of ... passed by the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. Both Acts of Union stated, "That the United Kingdom of Great ...
Alastair Kneale - Mar 18 2021 - 2:46pm
... AD, firstly trading and eventually settling. The Islands of Scotland and the Isle of Man formed the Northern and Southern Isles. The ... Island for many years. The Treaty of Perth, signed between Scotland and Norway on 2 July 1266 is often given as the end of Norse rule of ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 18 2021 - 10:07pm
... from shallow water ports in North Wales to Cairnrayan in SW Scotland for onward deepwater disposal. Some of these LCTs foundered themselves ... ashore in large quantities on beaches in Eastern Ireland, SW Scotland and the Isle of Man they released a plethora of information not only ...
Mair Williams - May 8 2016 - 7:23am - 0 comments
... out her response to the Brexit result and indicating that Scotland will very likely seek to hold a further independence referendum albeit ... will be measured(link); http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-366210… However it is clear that as well as ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 25 2016 - 12:20am - 0 comments