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Nadine Lee
Thousands of Scottish Records Released
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Family history website ScotlandsPeople has uploaded a tranche of birth, marriage and death records from across the country, dating from 1913, 1938 and 1963 respectively. The records are available to ...
Nadine Lee
Barra's Seafaring History Goes Digital
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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 ...
Topics: barra, Fishing, MacNeil of Barra, Sea, Shipwrecks
Nadine Lee
Worldwide Call for 24 Hour Ceilidh
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People from across the world have been invited to join in a global ceilidh held over 24 hours next summer, as part of Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games celebrations. The Royal Scottish Country Dance...
Topics: 2014, Ceilidh, Commonwealth Games 2014, diaspora, glasgow, Scotland
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Nadine Lee
Royal Storm Hits Over Gaelic College Name
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A storm is erupting over the Royal designation given to a Canadian Gaelic College by Queen Elizabeth II. Colaisde na Gàidhlig - The Gaelic College in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia is to be styled immedi...
Topics: Canada, Cape Breton, diaspora, Emmigration to Canada, Gaelic in Schools, Gaelic Language, Nova Scotia, Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Gaelic College
Nadine Lee
Hundreds of Piping Santas Advance on Edinburgh
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Bagpipe playing Santa Clauses descended on Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens over the weekend, to help warm up runners at the city's annual Santa Run. Hundreds of runners and walkers dressed as Santa...
Topics: bagpipes, Christmas, edinburgh, Santa Claus, Stockbridge Pipe Band, Unicycle
Nadine Lee
Crowdfunding Appeal to Save Culloden Blunderbuss
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The National Trust for Scotland have launched an online crowdfunding appeal to save one of the few items removed from the historic battlefield at Culloden. The 343 year old blunderbuss, currently on...
Topics: 1745 Jacobite Rising, Blunderbuss, Culloden, Diana Gabaldon, Donate, National Trust for Scotland, Outlander
Nadine Lee
All Roads Lead Back to Barra – An Interview with The Ma...
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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...
Topics: barra, Castlebay, clan chief, historic scotland, Kisimul Castle, MacNeil of Barra, Outer Hebrides, The MacNeil, western isles
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Nadine Lee
‘Awe Things Outlander
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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...
Topics: 1745 Jacobite Rising, Claire Randall, Cullross, Diana Gabaldon, Doune Castle, Jamie Fraser, Outlander, Television, Fraser, Mackenzie
Nadine Lee
History of Clan Warfare Provides Help for South Sudan
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This article originally appeared on Deadline News on November 17, 2013. The top policeman in troubled South Sudan says he can learn from Scotland’s past of clan warfare to help to bring peace to th...
Topics: South Sudan, Clan Warfare
Nadine Lee
Residents Look to Buy Tiree from Clan Chief
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Balephuil Bay, Isle of Tiree Crofters on an Inner-Hebridiean isle are looking to buy their island home from the chief of Clan Campbell under a community ownership plan. Residents on the Isle of Tir...
Topics: Campbell, clan chief, Community Buy-out, croft, Duke of Argyll, Inner Hebrides, Tiree
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