... Thank you for all of your support on this momentous day for Scotland, regardless of the final result. We also know that a united autonomous ... the best opportunity for a prosperous future for Brittany, Scotland and indeed all of the Celtic nations. BREIZH DISALC’H – BRETAGNE ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 18 2014 - 5:02pm - 0 comments
Douglas MacQueen's blog Addressing Scotland's Parliament today, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: ... the enduring principle of that case, that decisions about Scotland are best taken by people who live here, is relevant to, demanded by, ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 5 2016 - 8:25pm - 0 comments
... Festival (Breton: Gouelioù Etrekeltiek An Oriant) sees Scotland as the designated honoured country for the year 2017. Each summer, ... dance, art and culture . Next years Festival, the year of Scotland, takes place from 4 to 13 August 2017. ...
Douglas MacQueen - Aug 12 2016 - 11:36pm - 0 comments
... Scotia's Office of Gaelic Affairs has invited Roddy MacLean, Scotland's Gaelic Language Ambassador 2012-2013, to give his advice on how to ... language that gives us a special and unique understanding of Scotland and use that to present the country to visitors and allow them to ...
Emmett McIntyre - May 26 2014 - 9:23am - 0 comments
... 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
... between Italy and England there was no doubting who many in Scotland favoured. As witnessed by the mocked-up image of Italy manager Roberto ... there was probably no more enthusiastic celebrations than in Scotland. Parts of Edinburgh and Glasgow were thronged with cheering crowds, ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jul 13 2021 - 11:07pm
... Paul Wheelhouse, Scottish National Party MSP for South Scotland, and Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy has welcomed the news and that this along with other finds, demonstrated Scotland's oil and gas industry has a bright future, for decades to come. ...
Douglas MacQueen - Mar 28 2017 - 10:42am
... species, four centuries after being hunted to extinction in Scotland. Lead partners in the Scottish Beaver Trial, the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) hailed the decision as a major success story for conservation. ...
Mair Williams - Nov 29 2016 - 12:24pm - 0 comments
Halloween in Scotland has its roots in Celtic pagan tradition. This old Celtic New Year ... the dead roam the countryside. The poem below was written by Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns (25 January 1759-21 July 1796) Upon ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 7 2020 - 7:34pm
... Gaelic Baile Chloichridh, Siorrachd Pheairt) in central Scotland. An annual event takes place at Faskally that has grown over the years into an important part of Scotland's autumnal calendar known as the "The Enchanted Forest". It is an ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 3 2019 - 7:05pm