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Barra's Seafaring History Goes Digital
by Nadine Lee
Launched on 16 Nov 2013, Sgeulachdan na Mara / Sea Stories is an innovative interactive map that reveals Barra's rich local knowledge, language and culture through the voices and experiences of the ...
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barra, Fishing, MacNeil of Barra, Sea, Shipwrecks
- December 18, 2013 5:52 pm
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Griogal Cridhe - Beloved Gregor
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by Nadine Lee
On a Wednesday evening in Edinburgh, direct your ears upwards while wandering up Victoria Street from the Grassmarket and you might just hear a bit of Gaelic tune floating out onto the street below....
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Balloch Castle, breadalbane, Clan Campbell, edinburgh, Edinburgh Gaelic Choir, Execution, Gaelic Clan MacGregor, Gregor Ruadh Red MacGregor of Glenstrae, Grey Colin, Griogal Cridhe, Lament, Marion Campbell, Mary Queen of Scots, Sir Colin Campbell, Taymouth Castle
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Top 5: Whisky of the Clans
by Nadine Lee
Intrinsically linked like bread and butter, whisky and the Clans are about as all things Scot as you're going to get. Here are our top five links between the water of life and Scotland's oldest famili...
Topics:
1745 Jacobite Rising, Blended Whisky, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Clan Campbell, clan chief, Clan Macgregor, Clan MacGregor Whisky, Clan Mackenzie, Clan MacLeod, Clan MacNeil of Barra, Culloden, Dalmore, Drambuie, Duke of Argyll, Glayva, Isle of Skye, King Alexander III, MacKinnon, Malcolm MacGregor, Scottish Liqueur, Single Malt, Talisker, Torquhil Ian, Whisky
All Roads Lead Back to Barra – An Interview with The Ma...
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by Nadine Lee
The flag of the MacNeil flies at Kisimul Castle, Barra.
On the Isle of Barra in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, you'll come across the surname Macneil an awful lot. Home to Clan Macneil of Barra, the li...
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barra, Castlebay, clan chief, historic scotland, Kisimul Castle, MacNeil of Barra, Outer Hebrides, The MacNeil, western isles
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‘Awe Things Outlander
by Nadine Lee
With Outlander fever erupting all over social media, here's a quick roundup of what's been happening over the last few weeks in the world of one of the most highly anticipated television series of 201...
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