Alastair Kneale's blog Congratulations to Scotland's Rugby Union team who have defeated England 25 - 13 in the Six Nations Championship today. In a thoroughly deserved victory Scotland outplayed and outfought England. As always it's a pleasure to see ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 24 2018 - 7:18pm
... Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas) in the west of Scotland. Ailsa Craig geologically is all that remains of a volcanic plug from ... stones. Curling is a sport that has its origins in Scotland, in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 30 2020 - 4:47pm
... A rare flame shell reef off the west coast of Scotland has been 'devastated' by a scallop dredger. The Loch Carron reef near ... the shore. This has wrecked the reef and as reported by BBC Scotland local marine biologist Sue Scott said: "Divers have seen hundreds of ...
Douglas MacQueen - Apr 24 2017 - 11:29pm
... off our Celtic coasts. With this in mind and as part of Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters, the Museum at Strathnaver (Scottish ... in seafaring tragedies along the north Sutherland coast of Scotland. In doing so Strathnaver Museum will be staging a digital exhibition ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 27 2020 - 4:14pm
... islands in the Inner Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan a-staigh) of Scotland. Now a new study from finds on Skye, published in the Scottish ... that were cousins of Brontosaurus and of T-Rex. They were in Scotland when the climate was was much warmer and dinosaurs were at the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Apr 3 2018 - 11:55am
... Gaelic: Toirbheartan) an area in the north west Highlands of Scotland is pointing to evidence of a possible previously unknown ice age ... icebergs to the bottom of lakes. As reported in BBC Scotland Professor Hartley said: "In Earth's middle ages it is thought that not ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 9 2020 - 9:47pm
... the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language, including the ... the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland; (3) the introduction of a national Gaelic language plan to promote ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 22 2014 - 11:56pm - 0 comments
... in Inverness is one of 21 Provincial Mods held throughout Scotland leading up to the National Mod held this year, also in Inverness, the ... for celebrating our Gaelic linguistic and cultural heritage, Scotland’s premier Gaelic festival provides opportunities for people of all ...
Niall McCarsten - Jun 22 2014 - 6:34pm - 0 comments
... by the Celtic League: NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE SCOTLAND : SOCIAL JUSTICE SECRETARY HITS OUT OVER CHILD POVERTY Scottish ... the incomes of between 200,000 and 250,000 households in Scotland , with families facing almost £700 million of cuts." Mr Neil is ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Jul 26 2015 - 9:39pm - 0 comments
... from Dunyvaig Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Naomhaig) in Scotland. The seal of Sir John Campbell of Cawdor (c. 1576-1642), who had taken ... founded in the 5th century and encompassed parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in Ireland. At its height it had extended its ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 2 2018 - 6:49pm