... 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
... Kione ny h-Ayrey). In the distance can be seen the hills of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba). It is the closest point to any of the ... 16 miles (26 kilometres) south of Burrow Head in south-west Scotland. So appropriately the memorial to Jimmie Guthrie looks out across the ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 20 2019 - 1:00am
... adhere to the promises they made to the Scottish voters that Scotland's parliament would have more powers if they stayed in the union. ... the key players wheeled out to make an absolute promise to Scotland's voters that this commitment was set in stone. Now even he is reduced ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 2 2014 - 10:07am - 0 comments