... Aberdeen (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain) in north-east Scotland gained the nick name Granite City when during the mid-18th to mid-20th ... Dee (Uisge Dhè) and Don (Deathan). Aberdeen was once in Scotland's Pictish territory with Old Aberdeen being the approximate location ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 23 2018 - 1:55pm
... Gaelic: Port Saoidh) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Festival promises a weekend that celebrates Scotland's rich cultural heritage. Events around Portsoy harbour and town ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 13 2016 - 7:56pm - 0 comments
... near the coast. Some of these artefacts are kept at the Manx Museum. Mesolithic Period on the Isle of Man 8000 - 4000 BC ... be seen in parish churches or churchyards, or at the Manx Museum. Early Christian Period on the Isle of Man 500 - 750 AD ...
Transceltic team - May 11 2013 - 10:12pm
... the Isle of Man toward the coastline and hills of south west Scotland. There is also a South Barrule (Manx: Baarool Jiass) , which though ... by Steve Poole, a copy of which is kept at the Manx Aviation Museum. It describes how: ‘At 10.15 am the aircraft was approaching the ...
Alastair Kneale - Sep 26 2016 - 4:58pm - 0 comments
... about 3 miles north of the town of Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Òban, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, Alba). The ... J. M. W. Turner. Link : Historic Environment Scotland - Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba . ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jun 21 2021 - 2:39pm
... Library for Wales (Aberystwyth) and also at The Manx Museum Library (Douglas) where we have lodged quite a substantial amount of ... of Information going through the archives in the Manx Museum Library Douglas Isle of Man. ...
Alastair Kneale - Oct 8 2015 - 8:54pm - 0 comments
... and Norse. It was during the many years of conflict between Scotland and Norway that the Battle of Largs took place in the reign of King ... reassert Norwegian sovereignty over the western seaboard of Scotland. It was fought in a period when Alexander II and his son Alexander III ...
Alastair Kneale - Oct 4 2021 - 2:07pm
... Kingdom opposition to a monetary union with an independent Scotland was thrown into confusion today. In a withering attack on the United ... understand the issues before the forthcoming referendum on Scotland’s independence. The resulting academic paper from Leslie Young is a ...
Douglas MacQueen - Mar 23 2014 - 12:58pm - 0 comments
... decorated standing stones, which can be found throughout Scotland, and also constructed impressive hill forts to defend themselves ... on their website. They plan to offer the stone to Thurso Museum (North Coast Visitor Centre) to sit alongside the original Ulbster ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 16 2022 - 7:28pm
... The modern era of Gaelic Medium Education in Scotland’s primary schools took off in the 1980s. Since that time the number ... and charged in 2006 with supporting the implementation of Scotland’s 2005 Language Act, is development of Gaelic Medium Education. In ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 21 2015 - 11:59am - 0 comments