... Uig, Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdin) in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Alba) . This hoard ... in this area began in the 8th century AD. The Islands of Scotland and the Isle of Man formed the Northern and Southern Isles. The ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 19 2015 - 7:35pm - 0 comments
... Four baby hares have been rescued by Scottish SPCA (Scotland's Animal Welfare Charity) from a garden in Kelso (Scottish Gaelic: Cealsaidh) a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. A hare that is less than one year old is called a leveret and the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Apr 20 2017 - 2:18pm
... was confirmed categorically that the gas pipeline between Scotland and Northern Ireland has been laid through an area where munitions ... of munitions had been dumped off the south-west coast of Scotland. At the time, crewmen who had worked on board the ships charged ...
Douglas MacQueen - Apr 13 2016 - 9:51pm - 0 comments
... in Galloway is to go on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh next month. Around 70 items from the Galloway Hoard will ... involving Dumfries and Galloway Council and National Museums Scotland (NMS). However, the decision went in favour of NMS who have said it ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 31 2017 - 11:05am
... bills itself "The Newspaper that Supports an Independent Scotland",recently fearured an article by Professor Alan Riach. Dr. Riach, a ... two volumes, Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (1900) and Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands ...
Emmett McIntyre - Mar 29 2020 - 6:51pm
... to the Point of Ayre (Manx: Kione ny h-Ayrey), and beyond to Scotland. It is well worth the short climb. The Norhern Plain is the flat area ... the Manx Northern plain and on to the blue tinged hills of Scotland are magnificent from here. Scotland is the nearest other nation to the ...
Alastair Kneale - Sep 18 2015 - 12:06am
... been no public consultation nor any statement from Police Scotland to inform the local population of these plans”. She pointed out ... different from the law and order responsibilities of Police Scotland. She questioned whether MoD officers were trained to the same ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 9 2017 - 2:07pm - 0 comments
... of the town of Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh an Rathaid, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, ... Celtic nation: Scotland Itinerary: Scotland Dumfries & Galloway Place ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 3 2021 - 11:45am
... Solway Firth (Scottish Gaelic: Tràchd Romhra) in southwest Scotland (Alba). The island is south of the town of Kirkcudbright, Galloway ... that took place there in 1960. Prompting a headline in BBC Scotland "Holiday homes plan for lighthouse murder island near Kirkcudbright" ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 15 2023 - 7:14pm
... the Gaelic sociolinguistic research network based in Scotland’s University of the Highlands, the University of Aberdeen, the ... in an effort to “...revitalise the Gaelic language in Scotland and beyond. “ The study has obvious implications for the future ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jul 11 2014 - 2:58pm - 0 comments