Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders

An occasional blog by Alastair Cunningham

Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Burning of the Clavie

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Though my calendar shows 12 January, it is actually January 1st ... according to the Julian Calendar, accepted in Britain until 1752 (in Al...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Christmas for a King in 1716

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The best known Jacobite rising was of course the 1745 which ended with the disastrous Battle of Culloden. But it was the 1715 that had the m...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Remembrance Day

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I was delighted to read that traffic in Inverness will stop for two minutes at 11.00 tomorrow, 11 November, to mark the memory of  all thos...
Saturday, November 05, 2011

Guy Fawkes Day and the 'Winter Queen'

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Today is an ideal Guy Fawkes Day - clear, crisp and a Saturday. There will be fireworks throughout the United Kingdom tonight and massive bo...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Shinty/Hurling International

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I went down to Bught Park in Inverness today to see an International... Scotland v Ireland playing the hybrid rules that combine Scotland...
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