... with the late Mrs M in the late 1970s for over two weeks. Scotland is so vast and empty in places but scenery with contrasts and beauty abundant. I’m am ‘Ireland’ man myself but Scotland ties with North and Mid Wales for second place. Rob should have ...
Bernard Moffatt - Sep 29 2018 - 3:15pm
... League: A plan to tackle child poverty announced by Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been broadly welcomed (link): ... need focused and coordinated action to reduce poverty in Scotland, and setting out in law what needs to be done will help bring about ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jul 23 2016 - 12:03am - 0 comments
... ruins are in the town of Lochmaben, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Mhabain, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, ... Independence. This was a series of military battles between Scotland and England in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 31 2021 - 11:04am
... to retreat north to attempt to round the northern coast of Scotland and so make it back to Spain. It was in mid-September the Armada rounded the north of Scotland and were hit by atrocious storms. Many of the ships foundered on the ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - May 21 2020 - 10:22pm
... is focused on undermining the campaign for an independent Scotland. This has now spilt over into their Commonwealth Games broadcasts. For ... is held every four years and the 2014 event is being held in Scotland at this time. If you watch the BBC coverage of the games it ...
Alastair Kneale - Jul 26 2014 - 11:57am - 0 comments
... of the island of Britain reveals that 62.4% of people in Scotland see themselves as solely Scottish and 57.5% in Wales as solely Welsh. Just 18.3% of people in Scotland declared themselves to be “Scottish and British identities only” ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 14 2013 - 9:14pm - 0 comments
... Isle of Man (Mannin), Ireland (Éire), Wales (Cymru) and Scotland (Alba) they were an essential part of ceremonial and spiritual life. ... the new and old worlds. The Gaelic Stone represents Scotland, Ireland and Isle of Man. The Brythonic Stone represents Wales, ...
Alastair Kneale - Jun 26 2015 - 1:34pm - 0 comments
... of Brittany, Cornwall, Isle of Man, Ireland, Wales and Scotland they were an essential part of ceremonial and spiritual life. They ... the new and old worlds. The Gaelic Stone represents Scotland, Ireland and Isle of Man. The Brythonic Stone represents Wales, ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 9 2015 - 3:03pm - 0 comments
... oil transfers have been slammed by environmental groups in Scotland. ‘The proposed location is in the Moray Firth Special Area of ... and caused toxicity to wildlife for many years. WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: “Ship-to-ship oil transfers are an ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 29 2016 - 3:03pm - 0 comments
... to make sense to me is some sort of retaliation against Scotland, and in this case specifically Scotland’s Gaelic speaking community, for the surge of the Scottish National ...
Emmett McIntyre - Nov 29 2015 - 4:59pm - 0 comments