Tom and Jane's Trip

This entry is in response to a question from Tom and Jane about the word 'tattoo.' They saw a sign about pipe bands and tattoos. Th...

The timeline on the history of ‘shires’ starts at 1066. There is a lot of history and not much consistency concerning the evolution of shi...

July 20 Scourie, Sutherland - http://www.scourie.co.uk/ July 21-22 Stromness, Ornke y - http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/stromness/ July23...

The name 'Glendale' is the anglicised version of its gaelic name, Gleann Dail, which means 'valley with level fields by a river...

Clearances, Controversies, Herring Migration and Hamish MacBeth Oh, My! Although it may seem as if time has stood still, Plockton wasn...

(Click the map to enlarge) According to official statistics, the 477 Gaelic-only speakers recorded in 1971 had either become bilingual, or d...

"The general custom, to which there were some variations, was to name children as follows:- The eldest son after the paternal grandfat...