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Culloden Memorial Service 2009

Shona Campbell — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:57:55 +0000

We will be holding the Annual Culloden Remembrance service on Saturday 18th April 2009.

All are welcome, please meet at the Cairn for 11am.

Alexander Mackenzie’s ‘History of the Mackenzies’ Available Online in Its Entirety

Editor — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:12:50 +0000

Alexander Mackenzie’s History of the Mackenzies, originally published in 1879 and reprinted in 1894, is now available in its entirety on Scribd. The site offer online reading of the text, a well as the option to download the book free of charge in either plain text or Adobe PDF format.

The site — which requires Adobe Flash, and a free sign-up — also includes many other texts on Gaelic and Celtic, as well as a wealth of other material on a wide variety of topics, and is very much worth a look.

[Via Comann Eachdraidh Uig.]

500 Years of Scottish Printing Events in 2008

Alex Graham — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:44:50 +0000

Delighted to report that the ‘Imprentit’ exhibition at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh covers a significant amount of Gaelic material — including the first Gaelic book published in 1567, Knox’s Liturgy, and a copy of the Gaelic Catechism is also on display.

2008 is the five-hundredth anniversary of printing in Scotland and in celebration, there are many events taking place throughout the country; a complete list of these events can be found here.