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1. Scottish National Hero William Wallace Brutally Killed On This Day In 1305

   ... military successes severely weakened the English grip on Scotland. William Wallace then launched raids into England but was beaten back. ... he was knighted and appointed the Guardian of the Kingdom of Scotland in the name of John Balliol, the deposed king of Scotland. Edward then ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Aug 23 2016 - 11:58pm - 0 comments

2. Ice: The great sculptor of the Scottish landscape

   Douglas MacQueen's blog The land area of Scotland is 30,414 square miles (78,770 km2), with the mainland of Scotland having 6,160 miles (9,910 km) of coastline. The physical features of ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Oct 27 2017 - 2:03pm

3. Celtic festivals in Canada

   ... www.northatlanticpipers.org Ireland Meets Scotland Celtic Music and Dance Show When: July/August 2023 ... Website: https://welcomepei.com/listing/ireland-meets-scotland-celtic-music-dance... Quebec Montreal ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Mar 21 2023 - 12:15am

4. Isle of Man: Launch of New Book of Manx Tunes for Bagpipes

   ... bagpipes by a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a highly respected piper, David Shedden, it was edited by Dr ... Pipes and Drums. David Shedden has played with many of Scotland's top bands, including Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band and the Scottish ... directly from Culture Vannin, or from both book shops and museum shops across the Island. Further information from ...

   Valerie Caine - Jun 8 2018 - 9:36pm

5. Viking Age Hoard of Silver Coins Discovered in Isle of Man Declared as Treasure

   ... discovered per square kilometre than in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales". They will be on display at the Manx Museum until 13 October. Image courtesy of Manx National Heritage ...

   Alastair Kneale - Oct 5 2024 - 5:21pm

6. iScot: A ‘Most Impressive Publication’

   ... by the return of six of the Lewis Chessmen to the new museum in the Outer Hebrides (link): ... today the pro-independence website ‘Wings over Scotland’ has run an article on iScot which is one of the few pro ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Sep 12 2015 - 6:05pm - 0 comments

7. Researchers from Scottish University discover new species of toothless dinosaur

   ... Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have found multiple skeletons of the species, named Oksoko avarsan. ... from the University of Alberta and Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum in Canada, Hokkaido University in Japan, and the Mongolian Academy of ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Oct 7 2020 - 2:14pm

8. Campaign Intensifies to Free "The Chronicles of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles"

   ... place in the Isle of Man (Mannin), comes after the British Museum had agreed to return six of the Lewis chessmen to the Scottish Island of ... in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas , Na h-Eileanan Siar, Alba) .   ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Jul 10 2014 - 7:01pm - 0 comments

9. Isle of Man: Professor Ronald Hutton Shares His Research about Hop tu Naa and Neighbouring Celebrations

   ... research on the subject to a packed auditorium at the Manx Museum lecture theatre. Delving into his own studies from the early 1990s, ... Sir John Rhŷs, who visited the Isle of Man, Wales and Scotland, allied customs of these areas to Hogmanay, revealing it to be ...

   Valerie Caine - Oct 31 2015 - 12:07pm - 0 comments

10. 'Lost' Scottish Sculpture Goes On Show In Paris and Los Angeles

    ... to be exhibited at the Louvre in Paris and the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Created in 1728 by French sculptor Edmé Bouchardon, one ... Gaelic: Inbhir Ghòrdain or An Rubha) is a port in Highland, Scotland. However, the sculpture was lost during local government ...

    Douglas MacQueen - Sep 26 2016 - 12:49pm - 0 comments

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