... Fhoithear) stands on a rocky headland in the northeast of Scotland. Surrounded by steep cliffs above the North Sea only a narrow strip of ... an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland, built a place of worship at Dunnottar. There are also written ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 13 2021 - 6:09pm
... rugby union competition this year. Helped on the way by Scotland's dramatic last minute win over France by 23-27 points in Paris. At the end of the game Scotland were presented with the Auld Alliance Trophy. This is a trophy in ...
Douglas MacQueen - Mar 27 2021 - 2:04pm
... Douglas MacQueen's blog At this time of year Scotland faces the winter storms that bite into its coastline. This is true of ... Arcaibh), an archipelago situated off the north coast of Scotland. While the erosion caused by these stormy seas combined with high ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 8 2016 - 11:24am - 0 comments
... Landseer has been described as encapsulating the majesty of Scotland’s highlands and wildlife. The painting is Landseer's best known work ... Gleann Afraig), which is amongst the most beautiful in Scotland and located within the Highlands National Nature Reserve. This is a ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 6 2017 - 2:31pm
... (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas) in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. She was the daughter of Ranald MacDonald and Marion MacDonald, but ... France from Scotland on 20 September 1746. The Prince’s Cairn is a monument that commemorates the final departure of Bonnie Prince ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 28 2016 - 5:09pm - 0 comments
... Nicola Sturgeon met with Catalan President Quim Torra in Scotland last month. At the meeting she accepted an invitation to go to ... Catalonia’s right to hold an independence referendum. Scotland's First Minister was critical of the Madrid government’s brutal ...
Douglas MacQueen - Aug 24 2018 - 4:37pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog Scotland's "Island News and Advertiser", which is linked below, reports that ... milestone in the revitalisation of the Gaelic Tongue in Scotland. The graduates will set forth on their life's work with a command of ... ever and that those graduating are from different parts of Scotland and beyond. Since the first graduation class in 1985, we have had over ...
Emmett McIntyre - Dec 21 2013 - 4:41pm - 0 comments
... to bring back the glories of Scottish Step dancing to Scotland: " Elizabeth Lumsden and the Traditional Kinfauns Step Dancers, a ... about our past. During the Highland Clearances people from Scotland went to Canada, and some settled in places like Cape Breton in Nova ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 16 2016 - 3:45am - 0 comments
... (linked below) for a look at “ Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland: Contradictions, Challenges and Strategies”, by Wilson McLeod. ... of the language, the impact of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act of 2005 on the future of the tongue and a review of Gaelic Print ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 18 2014 - 1:24am - 0 comments
... considering in which way to vote in the forthcoming vote in Scotland’s Independence Referendum. Many considering voting No have said that ... clear that there will be a heavy price to pay for Scotland if a No vote wins in the referendum with no increased powers for the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Apr 10 2014 - 9:19am - 0 comments