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The Red Wedding and the Dwarf Assassin. Not 'Game of Th...

With a new season of Game of Thrones on TV screens avid fans will be enthralled at the twists and turns of this epic tale. However as I recently discovered while staying on Islay, the inspiration behi...

Topics: Campbell, Game of Thrones, MacDonald, MacIan, MacLean

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Shining in History - Five Scottish Heroines

by Nadine Lee

Upon the death of Scottish Doctor and Suffragist Elsie Inglis, Winston Churchill remarked that Inglis and her band of nurses would ‘shine in history’. From a Lady who raised rebel troops, to a seafari...

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West Lochaber have a lot going on in 2014

by Tartan Footprint

Meet the People :: See the Places :: Settle the Heart Howling Events, a west Lochaber coalition of heritage organisations has announced its programme of events for the forthcoming Year of Homecoming ...

Topics: Lochaber, MacDonald

The Annat Skull

by Amanda Moffet

There's a superstition in Applecross/Torridon area of Scotland that relates to the Annat skull in which water sipped from the skull of a female suicide is a supposed cure for epilepsy. The poor wom...

Topics: Applecross, MacDonald, Scottish Myths, superstitions, torridon

Clan Donald Society wanting to restore reputation of 'F...

by Donald

The Clan Donald Society are looking to restore the reputation of one of the Victorian era's most celebrated soldiers, Major General Sir Hector 'Fighting Mac' MacDonald. In his hometown of Dingwall, ...

Topics: Army, Clan Donald Society, Hector MacDonald, MacDonald, Suicide

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