... on the opening of the first dedicated Gaelic school in Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. The school, known by it's Gaelic name ... the Scottish Government's Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages, is quoted in "The Scotsman": "A lot of work has gone into ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 16 2013 - 4:59pm - 0 comments
... made by Alasdair Allan, Scottish National Party member of Scotland’s Parliament for the constituency of ‘Na h-Eileanan an lar’ ... Alasdair Allan, Scottish Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages, also stated- “An additional £250,000 will be invested ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 21 2013 - 3:40pm - 0 comments
... claimed Rockall in 1955 and incorporated it as a part of Scotland in 1972. The term "United Kingdom" having its origin on the ... of Union which declared that the kingdoms of England and Scotland were "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain". The ...
Alastair Kneale - Jun 9 2019 - 11:55am
... Inner Hebrides (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan a-staigh) of Scotland. Now the Island has its own flag. It was designed by a nine-year-old ... Calum's winning design has now been formally approved by Scotland's heraldic authority, the Court of the Lord Lyon. Calum told the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Aug 27 2020 - 5:25pm
... adhere to the promises they made to the Scottish voters that Scotland's parliament would have more powers if they stayed in the union. ... the key players wheeled out to make an absolute promise to Scotland's voters that this commitment was set in stone. Now even he is reduced ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 2 2014 - 10:07am - 0 comments
... Gaelic: Pàislig) situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art under William Armour, David ... work. He is now widely acclaimed as having been one of Scotland’s finest figurative painters. Amongst his considerable body of ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 31 2021 - 5:02pm
... sterling efforts and also in further strengthening ties with Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Brittany with whom we share similar ambitions. ... phrase "Six Nations, One Soul" with the six Nations being Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany as recognised by the ...
Kernow Matters to Us - Sep 24 2021 - 1:45pm
... NEWS FROM THE MANNIN BRANCH CELTIC LEAGUE BBC Scotland carries this report on an unlikely heroine of the Easter Rising and ... Independence movement. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-35832371 Margaret Skinnider fought with the Irish Citizen Army ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Mar 29 2016 - 8:00pm - 0 comments
... bird life globally and in particular the dramatic decline in Scotland around Orkney and Shetland and on St Kilda in the Western Isles. The ... seabird populations," said Laura Bambini, the RSPB Scotland's seabird recovery officer.’ ...
Alastair Kneale - Dec 12 2017 - 5:55pm
... of Dumfries (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phris) in south-west Scotland on Saturday. The event was one of a series being organised by All ... in Glasgow last month and further ones in different parts of Scotland are planned in the weeks to come. ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 4 2018 - 11:39am