Scottish News

As dusk fell over Culloden Moor on the 16th April 1746 the last major land battle to be fought on British soil had drawn to a conclusion. With close to 2,000 dead and wounded Jacobites the campaign...

The cliffs of Ben Chracaig looking north over the Sound of Raasay Donors are currently being sought to help preserve ancestral land home to Clan MacNicol/MacNeacail for at least 800 years. The Clan...

Dr Joseph Morrow, 38th Lord Lyon King of Arms Hot off the Heraldry press, we're pleased to report that a new Lord Lyon King of Arms was appointed in Edinburgh last week. Dr Joseph Morrow, an advoca...

This coming Saturday is perhaps the biggest day of the year for Scottish cooking - Burns Night is the day in which the Scots skill for bashing turnips and squeezing minced sheep offal into an animal'...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...