... blog As part of Historic Environment Scotland (HES) five year Gaelic language plan Gaelic speakers, and those with ... as volunteers at tourist attractions across the north of Scotland. The aim is to promote the historic origins of the language and its ...
Douglas MacQueen - Aug 28 2018 - 12:55pm
... sadly still stands on Beinn a' Bhragaidh. There are some in Scotland who think lessons could be drawn from the destruction of Nelson's ... when efforts to destroy the pillar at the time failed: SCOTLAND - LOCH FLEET TYRANTS AND TRAGEDY I was in the far north of ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 8 2017 - 7:58pm
... This news published by the Celtic League: Scotland: The Broadcast Media – Propaganda and Professionalism NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The BBC’s Reporting Scotland was voted as TV news programme of the year for 2014 by the Royal ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Jun 2 2015 - 12:11am - 0 comments
... Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the vote in Scotland taken separately was a majority in favour to remain. Now Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister has embarked on a bid to keep Scotland within the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 29 2016 - 1:22pm - 0 comments
... MacQueen's blog Many of the celebrations of Scotland's national bard Robert Burns will be held online in 2021 due to ... his local area and others he had collected from throughout Scotland. He also addressed political and civil issues at a time when the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 25 2021 - 7:11pm
... Adainn) and the village of East Linton in East Lothian, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn an Ear, Alba). Nearby the Abbey Bridge and ... part in the local area and in the national history of Scotland. It had ancient origins for it was founded in the 12th century by Ada ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 22 2022 - 5:50pm
... lends a certain irony to the help now being given by Scotland to promote the revitalization of Scots Gaelic in the Cape Breton ... College, Colaisde na Gàidhlig, jointly sponsored by Scotland’s Gaelic College, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (Isle of Skye College) in ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 14 2017 - 5:51pm
... and the Jacobites exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The targe, is an elaborately decorated small shield with a finely sculptured head of Medusa at its centre. Also on display will be “The Battle of Culloden”, a mid-18th ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 5 2016 - 12:53pm - 0 comments
... Six pieces from Lewis chess set have been returned to Scotland to go on permanent display at a new museum near Stornoway. Of the ... Eilean Siar and the British Museum. The chessmen will be centre stage at the new Museum of the Western Isles and will go on display in ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 12 2015 - 5:53pm - 0 comments
... of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. In July 2015, during renovation work on a property in Applecross ... the latest findings on the discovery at Applecross Heritage Centre in Applecross Hall on Tuesday 28 February. "Skeletons Under the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 26 2023 - 9:46pm