2008 Dalriada Mod
The 2008 Dalriada Mod, a traditional Gaelic cultural competition, will be held in Lochgilphead on 20th September. For details contact: Christine Johnston by phone on 01546 602024 or by email at:...
View ArticleThis weekend’s places to be
This weekend there’s a really varied choice of places to be and things to do:Colonsay Music FestivalTarbert Music FestivalOban and Lorn Environment Week (Don’t hold the website against it)2008 Dalriada...
View ArticleFour Tarbert swans ill after diesel contamination in bay
The 35ft fishing boat Dalriada sank a few days ago in the picturesque fishing port of Tarbert in Kintyre and polluted the surrounding waters with an diesel oil spill.Several swans were contaminated by...
View ArticleSiol Alpin – the seven clans that are ‘the seed of Alpin’
The Siol Alpin seemed a good place to start an occasional feature on the Clans of Argyll – because its origin underlines the centrality of Argyll to Scotland and because not everybody has heard of...
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Dalriada Project signs off with a celebration of Dalriada to remember
The Dalriada Project is signing off with a fully ‘must do it all’ three week programme celebrating the big three identifying features of Dalriada: history, nature and water.Dalriada is where modern...
View ArticleReconnecting Dalriada
In the next stage of its mission to rebuild Dalriada in the mind and through cultural exchange – and to reconnect it in fact, Dalriada Arts & Culture (DAC), the Mid Argyll based charity, is nearing...
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‘Dalriada’ premieres across Argyll
Scottish composer, Dr Oliver Searle is pictured above on his reconnoitre of Argyll, prior to embarking on the composition of his 20 minute Suite in 6 movements entitled “Dalriada” – for the Reed...
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Major surprise news from Kintyre Express
Actually, the only surprise now is being surprised by anything Kintyre Express – or its parent Campbeltown company, West Coast Motors, initiate – because initiating is at the heart of what they do.In...
View ArticleIdentification of body found at Rhunahaorine point
Strathclyde Police yesterday (24th September 2011) identified the body found by a tourist at Rhunhaorine Point near Tayinloan last week.As was thought, it was that of Karen Coyles, an employee at the...
View ArticleNew research on cultural background to Barra and Donegal disputes on marine...
A new book investigating and linking the cultural backgrounds of a Scottish and an Irish island to the ongoing conflicts over proposed marine conservatin areas and fishing restrictions was published...
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Argyll and the Isles’ Secrets Collection: Castle Lachlan and Kilmorie Chapel
Just describing where this lovely place is underlines why it is one of our Argyll and the Isles’ Secrets Collection.It’s in west Cowal, on the eastern shores of Loch Fyne, tucked away off the single...
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Adam Ardrey: ‘Finding Arthur’– in Argyll
The Sword and the Stone of Dunadd The legendary Arthur, the one that took a sword from a stone, the one we all grew up with, was the historical Arthur Mac Aedan of Argyll. I know this is...
View ArticleBoyne LIVE for Helensburgh
A massive Scottish Orange Order march, with 39 bands, 3,500 marchers and around the same number of travelling supporters is to take place in Helensburgh on the 28th June, in the Order’s traditional...
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