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Nadine Lee
Worldwide Call for 24 Hour Ceilidh
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...
Nadine Lee
Gaelic Music Needs Your Help
Just as the descendents of Scottish emigrants can be found in every corner of the globe, so too can their language. Scottish Gaelic is the focus of a new musical project celebrating the languages sp...
Nadine Lee
Sold! Clan Feud Auction Update
Just a quick update on a story we reported on earlier in the week - the MacGregor/Campbell feud document has sold at auction to an unnamed MacGregor bidder. The persecution of the Clan Gregor manuscr...
Nadine Lee
Burns Night Prep - All Things Haggis
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'...
Nadine Lee
Clan MacNicol Land Appeal
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...
Amanda Moffet
History & Mystery in Edinburgh’s Closes
This posting is a guest posting by Margaret who works at VieAmhor Apartments, an edinburgh based holiday letting agency set right in the heart of Edinburgh’s old town. As you walk up the Royal Mile, ...
Topics: Edinburgh
Nadine Lee
PM Cites Clan Cameron Heritage in Referendum Speech
David Cameron answers questions from the media in East London after his speech on the importance of Scotland to the UK. UK Prime Minister David Cameron has referenced his clan heritage in an appeal...
Nadine Lee
Glencoe Plaque Found in Edinburgh Antique Shop
The Glencoe Massacre Site Plaque - Image courtesy Deadline News A plaque commemorating the victims of the Glencoe Massacre has been discovered in an Edinburgh antique shop, 40 years after it went m...
Nadine Lee
Clan Event Fund Recipients Announced
Recipients of the Scottish Government's Clan Event Fund were announced today, with over £26,000 in funding awarded to clan events as part of 2014 Homecoming Scotland celebrations. Enterprise and Tour...
Nadine Lee
Hunt On For Highland Strongman
Scotland's original strongman, Donald Dinnie (1837–1916). Organisers of the Aboyne Highland Games have issued a plea for help tracking down an elusive Highland Games competitor. The strongman is on...