... 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
... at a time when the row grows over a new Hate Crime Bill in Scotland. Opponents point out that the new laws would have a damaging effect on ... The letter was organised by the Humanist Society Scotland . There have also been concerns that the laws on possessing ...
Alastair Kneale - Sep 18 2020 - 10:09pm
... supplied to us by Eileen from Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland Introduction to Robert Burns and Burns Night supper Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland, on January 25 and died in Dumfries, Scotland, on July 21, 1796. He ...
Transceltic team - May 11 2013 - 9:56pm
... of Moat Brae was designed by Walter Newall in Dumfries, Scotland and was built in 1823. The property was privately owned between 1823 ... is maintained as a museum by the National Trust for Scotland. Disclaimer: This blog is ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 12 2016 - 12:34pm - 0 comments
... The modern era of Gaelic Medium Education in Scotland’s primary schools took off in the 1980s. Since that time the number ... with supporting the implementation of the provisions of Scotland’s 2005 Language Act. The Bòrd’s report cited dramatic growth in ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 21 2015 - 12:55pm - 0 comments
... was no longer sustainable. The National Trust for Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Urras Nàiseanta na h-Alba) owns the entire ... and information can be found on the National Trust for Scotland website . Now a visitor centre dedicated to the remote St Kilda ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 26 2020 - 5:40pm
... thriller The Vanishing will open in cinemas around Scotland and other Celtic countries at the end of March, having already been released in the United States. Filmed in the south-west of Scotland and Firth of Clyde, the film was directed by Kristoffer Nyholm and ...
Douglas MacQueen - Mar 29 2019 - 1:30pm
... from Westminster (UK) at the moment is about how hopeless Scotland and the Scottish are and how it would not survive without its English masters. The attitude and vindictiveness towards Scotland is clearly seen by British Prime Minister David Cameron's covert ...
Alastair Kneale - Sep 15 2014 - 4:02pm - 0 comments
... the Vikingar. This year's lecture concerns Viking women in Scotland by Dr Stephen Harrison of the University of Glasgow. There will also ... Scots and Norse. There had been Viking interventions into Scotland and the surrounding islands since the 8th century AD. The Northern ...
Douglas MacQueen - Aug 31 2018 - 2:14pm
... greater protection for mountain hares. Mountain hares are Scotland's only native hare, where they could have existed since the last ice ... end the indiscriminate mass slaughter of mountain hares on Scotland’s grouse moors. “These new protections come as a direct ...
Douglas MacQueen - Mar 1 2021 - 11:30pm