... island of Skye (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach). Flora MacDonald, the Scottish heroin who helped in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie from Scotland after his defeat at Culloden, is buried in the Kilmuir cemetery. A ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jun 25 2021 - 9:46pm
Flora MacDonald (Gaelic: Fionnghal nic Dhòmhnaill; 1722 – 4 March 1790) was ... (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas) in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. She was the daughter of Ranald MacDonald and Marion MacDonald, but ... Scotland on 20 September 1746. The Prince’s Cairn is a monument that commemorates the final departure of Bonnie Prince Charlie from ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 28 2016 - 5:09pm - 0 comments
... and passing of winter in its own unique and colourful way. Flora Day, as it is known, is always held on the 8th unless that happens to ... main street, through the houses, churches and gardens to the Flora Dance tune. The leading couple must both be Helstonians born and bred, ...
Kernow Matters to Us - May 5 2018 - 8:35pm
... of 13 February 1692. One of the most beautiful places in Scotland Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) takes its name from the ... exile to France were seen as a threat. The massacre of the MacDonalds was an act of intimidation by the new King of England to the other ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 10 2020 - 9:22pm
... of 13 February 1692. One of the most beautiful places in Scotland Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) takes its name from the ... exile to France were seen as a threat. The massacre of the MacDonalds was an act of intimidation by the new King of England to the other ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 13 2017 - 1:02pm
... of 13 February 1692. One of the most beautiful places in Scotland Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) takes its name from the ... exile to France were seen as a threat. The massacre of the MacDonalds was an act of intimidation by the new King of England to the other ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 13 2016 - 5:12pm - 0 comments
... of 13 February 1692. One of the most beautiful places in Scotland Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) takes its name from the ... exile to France were seen as a threat. The massacre of the MacDonalds was an act of intimidation by the new King of England to the other ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 10 2021 - 5:30pm
... 1692 remain poignant. One of the most beautiful places in Scotland Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) takes its name from the ... exile to France were seen as a threat. The massacre of the MacDonalds was an act of intimidation by the new King of England to the other ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 11 2022 - 3:17pm
... of 13 February 1692. One of the most beautiful places in Scotland Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) takes its name from the ... exile to France were seen as a threat. The massacre of the MacDonalds was an act of intimidation by the new King of England to the other ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 18 2019 - 8:29pm
... MacQueen's blog William Wallace was a hero of Scotland and a true patriot. He struck fear into the the tyrannical, evil, ... overlooking Stirling in Scotland is The National Wallace Monument. Designed by the Edinburgh-born Glasgow architect J. T. Rochead (28 ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 30 2019 - 12:52pm