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to start from any part of the route, whilst also pinpointing trails, places to explore, natural heritage sites, wildlife watching spots and local food and drink to enjoy along the way.

Hidden gem on the west coast Niall Macalister Hall, Chair of the Kintyre and Gigha Marketing Group, said: “Kintyre is a hidden gem on the west coast, with beaches that would rival Kintyre. the Caribbean on a good day, a pristine marine environment helped by the n epic 66-mile circular route has warmth of the Gulf Stream, and so opened in Kintyre and spans 66 many unspoiled places to discover. miles, across six stunning regions, With a record staycation summer coastlines, white sandy beaches expected this year, K66 has been Aand breathtaking views – and has been developed to encourage visitors to designed to encourage visitors to slow explore the whole of Kintyre – slowly down and enjoy the ride. Scotland’s and at their leisure – with plenty of open answer to Route 66 has now launched– spaces and places of interest branching and it’s only a few hours from Glasgow off the main route. There’s also the and Edinburgh. The new Kintyre 66, or option of taking a short Calmac ferry to K66, is a 66-mile circular loop around the beautiful islands of Gigha, Islay and one of Scotland’s most scenic regions, Jura to the west and Arran to the east taking in both the west and east coast and turning the trip into a longer break. of the unspoilt peninsula in Argyll, from After a long and stressful 12-months for the top at Kennacraig to the bottom at everyone, it’s a good feeling to be able to Campbeltown. Covering the region made launch the route, and we look forward famous by Sir Paul McCartney’s 1978 to welcoming travellers to our friendly Christmas Number One Mull of Kintyre, community in the months to come.” the route has been developed to showcase Only three hours from Glasgow and the incredible location on the west coast of four from Edinburgh, highlights on the Scotland – which is swept by the warmth route include Ballochroy Standing Stones, of the Gulf Stream and enjoys views across Saddell Castles, Keil Caves, no fewer than to Northern Ireland on a clear day. SIX golf courses, beautiful harbours, Beinn Inspired by Route 66 in the US, the An Tuirc Distillery and inviting beaches K66 journey can be taken by bike, foot or including Westport - famed for its Atlantic car, with the aim of encouraging tourists waves that attract world-class surfers to slow down following a stressful year, from across the globe. Six spur roads offer explore the area at their leisure and enjoy a deeper venture to Tarbert, Claonaig, an unforgettable staycation on Scottish Carradale, Southend and Machrihanish soil. Covering six key regions of West with the Isle of Gigha just a short ferry ride Kintyre, Gigha, Machrihanish & Southend, from the core route. Campbeltown, East Kintyre and Tarbert & The K66 map and downloadable visitors guide Skipness, a new map will provide options is available at: www.explorekintyre.co.uk

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Send us your inquiries on life’s little question marks. Ever wanted to know what happened to your old pal from home, how to make SCOT POURRI your favourite Scottish meal, or wondered about a certain bit of Scottish history? matters of today; to planning and welfare; “They were regarded as such, long ago”, he then replied, how it treats its citizens, diaspora and “But always made such harmonies that ever will abide visitors; and, above all, its uniqueness in The Piper’s Requiem With images of heather clad hillsides with rippling burns, the broadest possible way. Which every native Scotsman in his heart secretly yearns”. Some of the above might appear negative, And gently coaxing out a melody his fingers wove but to counter this readers are encouraged A highland air so exquisite, a song of peace and love. to peruse the several documents relating And as he played, it seemed there was an echo distantly, to the Strategy. These are available through Until he was aware of other pipes in harmony, the Government’s website at www.gov.scot. And into view came Highland pipers playing, by the score; Feedback is a must. He recognised his old comrades, and then, so many more Ron Layton That he had played a farewell for so many years long gone, Crafers, South Australia Who came, prepared to welcome him, his race now finally run. Summertime in Scotland For though their mortal span is over, pipers will transcend This Scots poem is by an unknown author, This life, their spirit wings to where we cannot comprehend, hopefully it might bring back memories to A place reserved for them somewhere in heaven’s paradise, readers of times past. Where chanters play quite easily, and drones are so precise. Summertime in Scotland Where reeds are perfect at all times and neither flat nor sharp, It’s summer-time in Scotland, And in this part of heaven, you will NEVER hear a harp. An’ though I’m far awa’, In thocht I wander o’er her hills So never fear, good Piper, you may now lay down and rest, An’ by her lochs sae braw; In knowledge that your friends considered you the very best Example of what any man in this life can attain, Aince mair, I’m jist a bairnie And truthfully will say that they won’t see your like again, Wi’ ither bairns at play, You leave a space in people’s lives but will forever be Aye lauchin’ an’ chaffin, The Piper stood at Heaven’s gates, his bagpipes by his side, One of God’s heavenly pipers in celestial harmony. Through the bonnie summer day. But hesitant to enter, although they were open wide. An angel chancing to pass by, paused, and made this demand, Tony Church This land is a fine land, “Are those a weapon of some kind that you hold in your hand?” Southampton, England That I’ll no’ deny, But aye I think on Scotland The Piper groaned, “A Sassenach!” As it became quite clear Ed note: Thank you Tony for these great Wil mony a lang-drawn sigh. That they were present everywhere, they even had them here! words of the power of the pipes. Oh, wae’s me, I’m trauchled Wi’ langin’s for my hame, A culture strategy for Scotland adopted seems to be narrow, focusing mainly So, the Strategy must extend to a whole I’m comin back, auld Scotland, Many years in the making the Scottish on high end aspects such as the creative arts, raft of matters beyond the ‘high end’ and Sae welcome hame yer ain. Government released its much anticipated theatre and modern literature, and bringing include, for example, how the country Chris Ferguson “A Culture Strategy for Scotland” in these to the citizens as well as the outside world. regards the many aspects of its landscape Vancouver, British Columbia 2020. This followed a raft of extensive The latter appears to be around ‘what you can and geography; its portrayal of history and Canada consultations, research, a comprehensive do for us on our terms’. In some quarters it is reported analysis and, interestingly, a thought that a more complete understanding detailed report on comparisons between of the country’s culture can be better seen from FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA Scotland and Ireland as to the place of outside, or at least, a combination of both. Send us your photos or letters via social media the diaspora in the scheme of things. From inside, difficult as it is to capture, Following its release, the Government also culture is often so much a matter of Glencoe Highland Coo set up a National Partnership for Culture everyday life that it is taken as for granted. body to monitor introduction progress Yet, from outside it might also be distorted, and provide advice as to how the Strategy simplified, often a matter of externalised could be further improved. All of this was and manufactured mystique. Both sides designed to reflect that the subject of together, however, can be seen to be better Culture and the Strategy is of considerable able to come to grips with more of that importance to the country and its people: which could be regarded as the country’s that there is much still to be learned and culture. Even then there is profit in better that the latter would be subject to change. understanding what is a country’s culture, The document proposes a vision of: particularly for a nation like Scotland “Black Mount” an icy start to the day in Glencoe. Don’t mind me… “Scotland is a place where culture is that seems to be wanting put its own on a Ronald Stokes The Kilted Photographer valued, protected and nurtured. Culture is much higher symbolic platform. Scotland Scotland woven through everyday life, shapes and is All of this propels one to consider just Edinburgh Castle Highland locals shaped by society, and its transformative what is culture and what it is that should be potential is experienced by everyone. taken into account in putting forward such a Scotland’s rich cultural heritage and Strategy. As it stands, it is only just a strategy, creativity of today is inspired by people but there is enough in it to suggest that and place, enlivens every community and something more is sought. The question is, is celebrated around the world.” what? In its more extensive definitional form Ten Aims are also set out including the culture of a country is regarded as all “Strengthening Culture”, “Transforming that which socially outlines how a country Through Culture”, and, “Empowering operates and how it defines itself, both as a Through Culture.” Guiding Principles are social whole and in its individual aspects. similarly outlined. It is the same for every country and indeed It goes without saying that Scotland every group within a country. has elements of having a very distinctive The concept is quite slippery, but to culture, acknowledged as such throughout do justice, one must pick out all of those the world. The Government and many of the aspects which sets out the particular social country’s citizens also note its importance nature of the subject country and its people. Is there a more beautiful sight than in maintaining its well-being particularly In this case it should be about what sets Edinburgh Castle. through its tourism and economics. Scotland aside, as considered by its people, Aye Spy Photography Meeting the locals at Glen Etive. Important and valuable as is the Strategy, both in actuality and aspiration, and Scotland Tommy Hamilton Photography it is disappointing to some, particularly from because of its national history, also leaning http://ayespyphotography.co.uk Scotland outside of the country. The notion of Culture heavily on what now call its diaspora.

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By: Lady Fiona Lady MacGregor’s Scotland MacGregor Lady MacGregor of MacGregor – otherwise known as British writer and broadcaster Fiona Armstrong - works for ITV news and current affairs. Fiona’s husband is the Chief of Clan Gregor, Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor. She is an active member of Clan Armstrong, so their lives are interwoven with all things tartan. The couple live in the Scottish Borderlands, although filming and writing takes Fiona all over Scotland.

for prizes; sleek horses put on spectacular Dumfries and Galloway Indeed, Dumfries and Galloway has more displays whilst the latest state of the art And so, to my role. Each year the RHS has artists per head than any other place in tractors are turning heads. Green wellies a ‘host’ region. This time it is the turn of Scotland – and one of the highlights of this reetings from Scotland where are very much in evidence at a Royal Dumfries and Galloway, and as I live in this year’s Showcase is a giant wicker Beltie we’ve been having something of Highland Show. Folk can try a spot of beautiful part of Scotland, they asked me to bull, hand-woven by Trevor Leat, a local mini heatwave. It’s probably not fly-fishing on offer, or admire the arts be the honorary President. We have seized artist. Even the 150 engraved crystal bowls the sort of temperatures you’re and crafts, whilst in Scotland’s Larder the chance to introduce audiences to just to be given as awards at the Showcase (for Gused to if you’re Downunder, or across it’s a chance to taste the best of locally how much south-west Scotland has to offer. everything from heavy horse classes and the pond there in Florida. Yet for us this is produced food with artisan breads and With luck, it will help us rebuild and sheep shearing to best Aberdeen Angus good news! This dry weather is certainly farmhouses cheeses and ice-cream among reconnect after covid. So, let me sing the or Blackface Sheep) are being made by keeping the farmers busy. All around us the most popular stands. The Royal praises of Dumfries and Galloway. Here, we our local company, Galloway Glass. So, I great machines are busy in the fields. Highland Show attracts nearly two are the heartland of the Scottish milk industry. hope you might pay us a visit one of these We are renowned for our quality beef and They’re making hay while the sun shines. hundred thousand people and it’s not days. And I hope you have been able to are at the forefront of genetic research into just a great day out. In 2019 this event catch something of the Royal Highland making cows ‘greener’ while improving yields. The Royal Highland Show contributed some sixty million pounds to Showcase online. Our famous Galloway cattle will grace any And I’ve been learning a lot about rural the economy. Three quarters of our total In the meantime, wherever you’re plate – and our iconic Galloway Belties are life recently. Because this year I am the land area is under agricultural production, farming, may it go well. I now appreciate sure head turners. Here we grow slow- President of the Royal Highland Show so no wonder that Scotland’s farmers are much more all that you do to keep us fed – fattened hill and salt marsh lamb. (RHS). This is Scotland’s biggest outdoor key to the country’s prosperity. We produce a third of Scotland’s timber and to protect and enhance our rural life… event – and the country’s premier Last year there was no money raised. and our many miles of coast bring in agricultural occasion - so it is, indeed, a Because the pandemic meant the event tonnes of shellfish. Why we even have a great honour to have the role. The first was cancelled. This year there will again be festival to celebrate the oyster! RHS took place nearly two hundred no crowds at Ingliston. But there has been And if this region has always been years ago. It was held in Edinburgh on judging of livestock and food and drink – closely entwined with farming, it is a site that’s now home to the Scottish and all this has been filmed and is being also rich with culture and history. Parliament. Then over the years it moved aired on a ‘virtual’ show. Indeed, by the It was just outside Dumfries that the poet round to various parts of the country, until time you read this, you may have caught a ploughman, Rabbie Burns, penned great 1960 when it found a permanent home at bit of the action from the ‘Royal Highland works like Auld Lang Syne. Today, we’re Ingliston just by Edinburgh Airport. Showcase’. Because an online show is home to Scotland’s National Book Town The show takes place in June and over allowing it to go ‘global’, with farmers of Wigtown. We have Scotland’s wedding a busy four days, you get a real taste of the from Wyoming to New South Wales now capital of Gretna Green. We have the food best of Scottish farming, food and rural able to get a glimpse of what the Scottish town of Castle Douglas and the artists’ life. Here pedigree cattle and sheep via agricultural community has to offer. town of Kirkcudbright.

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Scotspeak is a selection of quotes which made headlines in SCOTSPEAK Scotland last month on a variety of current Scottish affairs. “Historic battlefields are often extensive of television broadcasting and the coin the 25th anniversary as a single choir of areas in multiple ownership, which can design illustrates his dual role as a young singers aged 16 – 24, it has expanded make them more challenging to conserve. pioneer in the scientific world as well as in to become 7 National Choirs, a network 15 We think introducing management plans for a brand-new medium of communication.” Regional Choirs across the country and an these important sites – as has been done in Ian Baird said, grandson of Scottish extensive creative learning programme. England and in other countries – could be the inventor John Logie Baird. Logie Baird, way to secure them for the future. In the case inventor of the first working television, of Culloden, a largely intact battlefield and a is being celebrated on a new Royal Mint “NYCOS is the organisation dedicated turning point in Scottish history, it could also 50p coin. Mr Logie Baird achieved renown to encouraging singing for young people be deserving of the accolade of world heritage after managing to relay a static image in the length and breadth of Scotland. It has site status. This would bring additional 1924, and in 1928 he demonstrated the first been incredibly hard to not be able to protection and a more sustainable approach transatlantic TV transmission from London truly nurture the talent that exists here in th to the site’s development.” to New York. This year marks the 75 Scotland over this past 14 months, and to anniversary of the death of the “Father of see the effect that not being able to meet Diarmid Hearns, the National Trust for “A unique combination of familiar Television”, who lived from 1888 to 1946. and sing has had on our wonderful singers/ Scotland (NTS) head of public policy, objects, exotic materials and exceptional “Now that Doric is something that’s being musical family. Being part of NYCOS said as the NTS is calling on politicians to preservation makes the Galloway Hoard celebrated again, I wanted to be a part of and being able to sing with their peers support the bid for the Culloden Battlefield a fascinating find. Conservation work is promoting our heritage. Heritage is also from across the country is an incredibly to become a world heritage site. Culloden, allowing us to see these objects clearly for the a huge part of crafting, whether you learn near Inverness, was the site of the final important part of their young lives, with first time, and our research so far is pointing your craft sitting on your mam’s knee or are battle of the Jacobite Rising, where Charles all the health, development and wellbeing to a new understanding of Scotland in the self-taught, the skills have been passed on from Edward Stuart’s army was defeated by a benefits that singing brings. It is a huge international context of the earliest Viking Age. somewhere, just like the dialect. When you British government force under William relief and delight to be back together This exhibition offers a rare ‘snapshot’, the weave or knit something, you’re telling a story. Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. making music here this morning on Calton chance to see real archaeological work in Each craft piece in the installation tells a Hill and we look forward to popping up story about the people who made it, and progress, both what we have learned so far across Scotland in outdoor locations for together with the audio, it is a celebration of and the work still to be done.” rehearsals with the various regional choirs the people who speak the language and the Dr Martin Goldberg, Principal Curator, in Aberdeen, Highland, Dumfries, Glasgow traditions that they’ve grown up with.” Medieval Archaeology & History at National and here in Edinburgh. Hopefully those Museums Scotland said as one of the most University of Dundee student Kate Wilson passing by will get a wonderful surprise!” said as a graduate exhibition launched. At the important UK archaeological finds of the heart of her project is the Doric dialect, a Christopher Bell, founder and Artistic century, The Galloway Hoard, went display branch of Scots language as spoken in the Director of the National Youth Choir of at the National Museum of Scotland in North-East of the country. Doric is widely Scotland (NYCOS) said as the choir recently Edinburgh. The Galloway Hoard is the “The Baird family feels extremely used within Aberdeenshire but was relatively gathered on Calton Hill in Edinburgh for richest collection of rare and unique Viking- honoured that The Royal Mint has unheard-of outside the county until recent the first to sing in Scotland this year. Singing age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland. chosen to recognise my grandfather’s years. It was brought to global audiences face to face has not been possible since Buried around AD900, the Hoard brings contributions in this way. He was involved in 2012 with Pixar’s animated movie Brave, March 2020 which is when the choir last together a stunning variety of objects and in both the technology and the progress sparking a new interest in the dialect. met and performed together. 2021 marks materials in one discovery.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Here is a wee Scottish crossword for you to try! 9 If you’re stuck, answers can be found on page 10! SCOTWORD 10 11 CLUES ACROSS 24) District of Edinburgh (10). 6) Town east of Irvine (10). 12 13 14 1) A short-billed duck (6). 25) Inner Hebridean island (4). 7) View this loch in wonder (3). 15 4) She handles cows! (8). 27) Put down in the sea (7). 8) Leave off (6). 29) Collectively named (7). 16 17 10) It’s a wrench in the US (7). 9) Row of plants! (5). 30) Close up for a punch up! (8). 18 19 11) In Scotland they’re glens (7). 14) Waterway east of Glen Shiel (4, 7). 31) Kirk office-bearer (6). 20 21 12) Water flow (4). 15) Fife new town (10). 22 23 13) Top Scots golfing hotel (10). 18) Mary, Queen of Scots’ fate (8). CLUES DOWN 24 25 16) The kirk’s second in command (6). 19) Scottish get-togethers (8). 1) They’re found in steamiest (8). 26 17) Town east of Bonar Bridge (7). 22) Made the Bruce try again (6). 2) Mountainous US games (11). 27 28 29 20) A starter for pipers (7). 3) Possesses (4). 23) Kirk congregation (5).

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MPP Jim McDonell’s Scottish Heritage Day Act in Ontario receives Royal Assent Did you know? and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: November 30 in each year is proclaimed as Scottish Heritage Day. Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Member of Provincial Parliament Jim McDonell gave this statement: “I am pleased to announce that Lieutenant Governor, The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, has given Royal Assent to my Private Member’s Bill to proclaim that November 30 of each year will Jim McDonell. be Scottish Heritage Day in Ontario. I believe this special day helps to commemorate the eginning in the 1700s, the Scottish rich, multi-national fabric that so many Highland Clearances displaced Ontarians have come to identify with being many of its citizens, forcing them a Canadian. Like many other immigrants to out of their homes with no means to Canada, the Scottish people were seeking a Bsupport their families. Many looked to Canada new life after the Scottish Highland Clearance The Scott Monument to start a new life, settling in various locations displaced many of them during the 1700s. across Upper Canada, joining their fellow These settlers joined with fellow British • The Scott Monument was built to • There are 64 statues on the monument, countrymen who had fought for the Crown countrymen who were forced from their homes commemorate Sir Walter Scott, one mostly characters from Scott’s novels, during the American War of Independence. in the aftermath of the American War of of Scotland’s greatest novelists. with some figures from Scottish history. Once they established their homes and Independence to start new lives in Upper • It was designed by self-taught architect, • There are 287 steps to the top livelihood, they immediately set about Canada, including here in our riding. George Meikle Kemp. Sadly, Kemp died where there are incredible views building schools to educate their children and These settlers helped lay down the foundations in March 1844 before completion as he of Edinburgh. The walk up is quite helped to establish the institutions necessary for the Province of Ontario, building schools fell into the Union Canal and drowned, narrow and not for the faint hearted. to build a strong and secure country. Pride in to educate their children, roads, and his grave faces the Monument. • The Scott Monument is one of the tallest their culture gave Scots a strong sense of canals to develop the economy, and new • The Foundation stone was laid monuments to a writer in the world. identity and self-worth, which contributed institutions of law and governance to foster on the 15th August 1840 (the The monument in Edinburgh stands exactly to their success and left Upper Canada with a just and secure country. As with many anniversary of Scott’s birthday) and 61.11 meters (200 feet 6 inches) tall and firmly rooted Scottish traditions such as other immigrants, Scottish forebears did not was officially opened in 1846. is only second to the revolutionary writer Highland games and competitions. forget their past, and each year continued to José Martí Memorial in Havana, Cuba. St. Andrew’s Day is celebrated on celebrate Scotland’s official national day, St. • The monument is constructed November 30th and is Scotland’s official Andrew’s Day, on November 30. Céad Míle in Binny sandstone from West • The gothic Scott Monument, is sometimes national day. Therefore, Her Majesty, by Fáilte (A Thousand Welcomes).” Lothian and has four levels. referred to by locals as the ‘gothic rocket’.

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By: Charlie Mill Exploring the East of Neuk Dundee based writer Charlie Mill provided stories for the Scottish Banner for many years, touching on Scottish history, lifestyle and some of Scotland’s truly unique characters. We recently opened the vault of Charlie’s great work to share a collection of some of his favourites with readers today.

Elie.

St Monans- St Monans is known for its Auld Kirk, which has a sailing ship suspended from the church ceiling. West of the village lies an old windmill, once used to extract salt from saltpans. Elie- One of the best-known and oft visited parts of the East Neuk is Elie, with its gorgeous golden sands beach which attracts hordes of visitors whenever the sun shows its face. It also has an abundance of hotels and guest houses and a testing golf course which is open to the public. Regular cricket days take place on Elie’s beach throughout the summer and Crail. recent visitors have included the world- All All VisitScotland. images: famous Lashings Cricket Club. he corner of Fife known as the Crail-Over the years the scenic harbour Anstruther-Adjoining Cellardyke lies Upper and Lower Largo-The Scotland’s East Neuk has some of the most at Crail has been sketched by many and in the town of Anstruther, with its large Larder nestles in Upper Largo, tempting picturesque towns and villages to actual fact a print of Crail has hung in New harbour berthing many pleasure and visitors with its selection of Scottish food and be found anywhere in Scotland. York’s JFK airport. The superb cleanliness of commercial fishing vessels. Sea angling its highly-acclaimed restaurant. Above the TSituated along the east coast, close to St the water has earned the town a reputation trips to the May Isle are available during town is the 294 metre Largo Law, rumoured Andrews, it is an area steeped in history for its exceptional lobster and crab. Golfers the season and the Royal National to have Celtic riches buried beneath. and renowned for its range of attractions are also well catered for in the seaside town, Lifeboat Institute lifeboat is a major Lower Largo is known for its most famous which draw tourists from all over the with over 200 year old Crail Golfing Society’s attraction. The Scottish Fisheries resident, Alexander Selkirk, the seafarer who world. It is extremely popular as a holiday (established in February 1786) Balcomie Museum is also well worth a visit, as was the inspiration behind Daniel Defoe’s resort partly because of its sandy beaches, and Craighead courses on the doorstep. it recalls the once thriving fishing and Robinson Crusoe, and a statue of him gazes rugged coastline and stunning sea views, Historians will be interested to know that boat building industry and relates the out to sea from the main street. Selkirk spent and also because it offers a variety of the now disused airfield on the edge of Crail history of fishing methods. East and over four years on a deserted island off the quality accommodation at all levels. once housed Swordfish planes which Fleet west Anstruther (or Ainster as its known coast of South America after falling out with The East Neuk draws day visitors as Air Arm crews used to practise torpedo attack by the locals) are divided by the Dreel his captain and asking to be set ashore. well as holidaymakers, keen to sample techniques during the Second World War. burn, and the famous folk song tells His story impressed Defoe so much that the the variety of excellent restaurants, cafes Kilrenny-Four miles inland from Crail, how in ancient time local lass Maggie legendary Crusoe was created. and traditional pubs which are dotted the eye is caught by Kilrenny Church spire. Lauder carried King James IV over to Lundin Links- This East Neuk resort along the coastline. The locals are well An attractive rural village, Kilrenny supports keep his feet dry. has a pretty beach and is well known for known for their friendliness, and the galas a small and thriving community. The now Pittenweem- A 15-minute walk along its golf course. It is a golfer’s paradise, with which are put on throughout the summer unused churchyard has some ancient and the shore leads to bustling Pittenweem two courses, and the town also sports a are great crowd pullers, especially the interesting inscriptions on its tombstones. with its daily fish market auctioning white fine bowling green. Another reason to visit Anstruther Lifeboat Gala and the popular Cellardyke-Nearby on the shore lies the fish and shellfish. From the shore there are Lundin Links is the impressive standing Pittenweem Arts Festival. Here is just a once busy and prosperous fishing village many wynds (narrow streets), one of which stones cluster found on the Ladies golf wee selection of the treats in store for the of Cellardyke, where the Dutch Harbour is the location of St Fillan’s Cave, which course. Three huge monoliths dating from tourist who has the chance to journey the now berths a variety of pleasure boats and can be seen by appointment from the the 2nd millennium BC form a megalithic East Neuk. enjoys conservation status. Gingerbread Horse shop in the High Street. circle and are certainly worth a look.

St Monans. Pittenweem.

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By: Rule Anderson, National Trust for Scotland Ranger at Kintail, West Affric Hoping for sun ... and midges and Falls of Glomach sundew and butterwort have sticky Come August, I’ll be looking out glands or leaves that trap the insect). for heather in full bloom on our Midges won’t fly during heavy rain hillsides. I’m as wary of the dreaded or in a strong breeze, so a prolonged midge as the next person – but for spell of bad weather can be disastrous the sake of our wildlife, I’ll have my for those species that rely on them. midge hood to hand, in the hope Reptiles, such as common lizards, and that this summer is a buzzing one. Perfect midge weather invertebrates including Scotch argus Have you had a Scottish midge Scottish summer can mean midges. at Gleann Lichd, Kintail. butterflies and golden-ringed dragonflies experience? Share your story with us by can be even more affected by the weather. email, post, social media or at: most spectacular wildlife wonder: the A sunny summer is good for them, with www.scottishbanner.com/contact-us its reward of vibrant wildflower displays vast colonies of nesting seabirds that find Text and images are courtesy of their way to internationally important when species such as tormentil and heath the National Trust for Scotland. sites in the National Trust for Scotland’s spotted-orchid carpet Kintail. Without For more information on the Trust care such as St Abb’s Head National that sun, there are fewer flowers, meaning or to help them protect Scotland’s Nature Reserve, Mingulay and St Kilda. fewer sources of food for our creatures. heritage see: www.nts.org.uk Here at my base in Kintail, red deer are beginning to calve on undisturbed Brown long-eared bat. stretches of hillside. The calls of the young animals to their mothers have We all hate midges ... don’t we? been mistaken for distress calls from hillwalkers, on one occasion even spurring Here, Kintail ranger Rule a futile all-night mountain rescue search. Anderson gives us a few good The weather can make or break my reasons to buck the trend, summer plans; if it’s bad, the worst that for the sake of our wildlife. happens is that I’ll have to cancel a guided Common lizard. Golden-ringed dragonfly. walk or redirect volunteers to a work site ummer is nature’s time for the that’s not too far from the bunkhouse. young. Bats are getting ready For some of our wildlife, however, a bad to give birth in their nursery summer is a matter of life and death. roosts in our towns and cities; Syoung hedgehogs may already be in People’s pet hate your garden; and field voles should be Midges are many people’s pet hate onto their second or even third litters when exploring Scotland’s countryside, in grassy corners of the countryside. but they’re a crucial food supply for What’s more, we’re approaching peak many birds, bats and even some season for what is arguably Scotland’s plants (the fascinating insectivorous Common butterwort. Tormentil.

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Australian Jim Stoddart was born in a Glasgow Tenement and raised in a Glasgow Housing Scheme 1943-1965. Jim will be KINGS CASTLES AND taking readers on a trip down memory lane, of a time and place that will never be the same again, and hopes even if only a “DURTY” WEE RASCALS few people in the Scot’s Diaspora have a dormant folk memory awakened, then he shall be more than delighted.

I admit that my concentration on Naturally enough it was called ‘Moley the planning wandered a little when I meat’ and became the butt of our jokes discovered that Jean would be down at for the rest of the fortnight. Weighed Portavadie at the same time as us, which down with Moley meat, Morris, Moley, was to be during the Glasgow Fair Fortnight. Tam and I set out from Pollok in the She would be staying with Morris’s parents wee, small hours of a Saturday morning at the cottage and we would be camping and collected John as we hiked through down the hill from there, in a field that Hillington. Iain, Jean’s cousin lived in Morris referred to as the ‘achifarrest’. Greenock so the arrangement was that we Another field was mentioned as the would meet him at the pier in Gourock. ‘achidhu’ and my first impression was On arrival at Tighnabruaich later in that there were a lot of Gaelic names being the day we caught the local bus that thrown around at this mysterious place met the steamers journeying back and called Port a` Mhadaidh (Portavadie). forward between Tighnabruaich Pier, It was after this first meeting that Kames and the village of Millhouse. I began to haunt the streets around It doubled up as the school bus for the Bargaran Road in Pollok on my bicycle rest of the time. At the crossroads at Tighnabruaich, ‘the house on the hill’. in the hope that I might catch a glimpse Millhouse we met Morris’s Uncle Davie, Photo: VisitScotland. of Jean and accidentally bump into her his Aunt Beatrice and some of his cousins on her way home from work or to the out in their garden. Davie was the shops on Lyoncross Road. Instead, I gamekeeper on the Ardlamont Estate and campsite on a farm field near to where his bumped into a young boy who ran out bred and worked Jack Russell Terriers. Tighnabruaich grandparents had a little holiday cottage, between two cars. As I sped downhill As I was to find out later, Uncle Davie a one-time crofter’s cottage, at a one-time toward Mosspark West Railway Station, loved animals even though as a “The Congo’s no’ to be compared wi’ little settlement called Dergbruaich. he walked out, unseen by me, between gamekeeper he sometimes had to cull the the West o’ Scotland when it comes just about the only two cars on the street. deer and other wildlife as part of his job. to insects”, said Para Handy. “There’s Achifarrest He didn’t get a scratch on him, but I went There were always to be litters of places here that’s chust deplorable Moley was to be in charge of catering and clean over the handlebars. The underside newborn pups and kittens in his house whenever the weather’s the least bit I was to organise to borrow an eight-man of my arms and the front of my legs at Millhouse and that suited Jean. warm. Look at Tighnabruaich - they’re tent from my scout troop, together with were stripped raw while attempting to that bad there , they’ll bite their way any other necessary camping equipment. smooth out the rough surface of the road. Millhouse Gunpowder Works through corrugated iron roofs to get at The other boys who were joining us on I was a mess, but my bike was in an even Just over a little burn and bridge from the camp were the friends of Morris and worse state with the front fork and wheel David Simpson’s cottage, lay the site of ye…There is a spachial kind of mudge Moley, Tam Imrie, John MacDonald and completely buckled. The boy’s mother the old Millhouse Gunpowder Works, at Dervaig in the Isle of Mull, that hass Morris’s cousin, Iain McLaren. Morris, Tam was very apologetic, took me in and built in 1839. The gable of David’s cottage aal the points o’ a Poltalloch terrier, and John worked as apprentice washed and dressed my wounds, as best at Millhouse, like the others around even to the black nose and cocked lugs, engineers at the Rolls Royce aero factory she could, before I made the long way it, was built to face the old works and and sits up and barks at you.” in Hillington, while Moley, Iain and back home carrying the damaged bicycle made without a window on one side to Para Handy speaking with his highland I were still at school studying for our over my shoulder. No mobile phone in give some protection from accidental lilt about midges in Neil Munro’s Higher Leaving Certificate. An inaugural those days and anyway neither my father explosions. Millhouse had been chosen ‘Hurricane Jack of the Vital Spark’, 1923, planning meeting was scheduled for a nor the mother of the boy had a car for for the site of the gunpowder factory Chapt 14, ‘Mudges’ weekend at Morris Smith’s house at 5 me to put the bike into. because of its remoteness but was closed Bargaran Road in Pollok. in 1920 because Tighnabruaich, with its or some weeks at school, before When I arrived at Morris’s place I was The house on the hill mild climate and sub-tropical plants, the 1960 summer school holidays, pleasantly surprised to find that, as well After a few more meetings it was time to began to attract many visitors. I had been discussing with a as our all male planning group, there were collect the tent and camping equipment Around the village lay the remains friend, John Mole, a plan for a two young girls present. They were Morris’s from the storage cage out at Auchengillan of lades and aqueducts that gave clues Ffortnight’s camping holiday down at a two younger sisters, Jean and Anne. I was Scout camp. Luckily, Jean’s father owned to the use of water from the Powder place called Port a` Mhadaidh (Portavadie) immediately attracted to Jean, a very pretty a car, a Morris Minor, and her dad took us Lochs to supply power to the old mill. in Argyll. I had never heard of the place blonde who was drying and combing her out to Auchengillan to collect the camping The materials used for making gunpowder but I could see from a road atlas that it hair in front of a coal fire, rather like a gear. For reasons that fully elude me now and the gunpowder itself were once was not very far from Inverary, Dunoon mermaid, although fully clothed of course. it was decided that rather than take a train transported to and from Millhouse and and Tighnabruaich, places I had visited There were some cursory introductions, we would hike during the night all the way the Powder Quay at Kames, where there at one time or another by Clyde Steamer but in general, there was an intentional down to Gourock from Pollok, a distance had, at one time, been a saltpetre works. or by bus. We were to join up with some ignoring of our male company as these of about eighteen miles. At Gourock we The raw materials and the finished lads who John Mole, nicknamed Moley, mermaids continued with what they were caught the early morning steamer to product were transported by sea aboard knew. One of them was Morris Smith and doing, and we went about the business of Tighnabruaich lying on The Kyles of Bute. ships, one of which was appropriately it was him who had contacts to obtain a organising our camp. The attractive village of Tighnabruaich, enough called the Guy Fawkes. The rusting ‘the house on the hill’, lay 24 miles remains of little red painted, iron Scotword answers from page 6 southwest of Dunoon on a narrow reach canisters, once used to store the powder Scottish Genealogical Research of the Kyles of Bute. Tighnabruaich had were still to be found by us on later ACROSS DOWN lots of Victorian houses and cottages explorations, dumped carelessly in the 1 Widgeon 1 Washtubs which swept up a wooded hillside to burn behind Uncle Davie’s house. Let us build 4 Milkmaid 2 Grandfather overlook a teashop and a very busy There were of course more worrying 10 Spanner 3 Owns wooden pier that ran into the bay holding things than old gunpowder canisters to your Scottish 11 Valleys 5 Inventor a cluster of sailing yachts. concern us in this remote and beautiful 12 Tide 6 Kilmarnock Although the heavy tent and stoves place. As Para Handy, that iconic Family Tree! 13 Gleneagles 7 Awe were transported for us by Morris’s character created by Niall Munro, told us 16 Beadle 8 Desist family, we still had full rucksacks stacked in his soft highland voice, the midges of Ron Dempsey 17 Dornoch 9 Drill with the rest of our gear, and to top it all, Tighnabruaich could be a serious problem, General Delivery 20 Chanter 14 Lochcluanie we each had to carry at least two giant and in the future only too ready to spoil 21 Icicle 15 Glenrothes catering tins of luncheon meat. This was a beautiful walk in the gloaming with my Udora, Ontario 24 Portobello 18 Beheaded the meat that Moley had scrounged bonny Jean. L0C 1L0, Canada 25 Mull 19 Ceilidhs up for us at a bargain price from a “There iss nothing that the mudges 27 Ditched 22 Spider mysterious source. It looked and smelled likes to see among them better than an 29 Clanned 23 Flock like tinned dog food but was destined to English towerist with a kilt: the very tops For details email: become a major part of our diet, at least wass eaten off his stockin’s.” [email protected] 30 Ringside 26 Gael 31 Elders 28 Tun until we couldn’t stand the sight and Neil Munro writing in ‘Hurricane Jack of smell of the stuff anymore. the Vital Spark’, (1923) Chapter 14; ‘Mudges’

Page 10 • The Scottish Banner • July 2021 THE SCOTTISH BANNER Prehistoric animal carvings discovered for the first time in Scotland 3D models of prehistoric rock art which further, I could see that I was looking at a are now available online for people to deer stag upside down, and as I continued explore. Digital technology is becoming looking around, more animals appeared increasingly important for archaeology, on the rock. This was a completely and particularly for rock art, and is a key to amazing and unexpected find and, to me, unlocking the hidden secrets of our past. discoveries like this are the real treasure This incredible discovery in Dunchraigaig of archaeology, helping to reshape our Cairn makes us wonder if other animal understanding of the past.” carvings previously unknown to the The cairn is currently closed while HES UK are hidden in unexpected places in carries out further evaluation and puts our ancient landscapes, waiting to be measures in place to protect the extremely uncovered in the future.” rare, and delicate, ancient carvings. Visitors The Cairn, which is a Property in Care are encouraged to explore the carvings via of HES, is 30m wide and contained three 3D models which have been created. stone burial chambers, or cists. The third You can explore 3D models of the cairn cist, where the carvings are located, was and its carvings at: https://sketchfab.com/ dug directly into the ground, lined with HistoricEnvironmentScotland drystone cobbled walls and capped with The first time that ancient deer carvings an unusually large stone over 3.5m long. have been discovered in Scotland. The remains of up to 10 individuals, some cremated, were also discovered here when the site was initially excavated in the 1860s, rehistoric animal carvings, Dr Tertia Barnett, Principal Investigator as well as artefacts including a whetstone, thought to be between 4,000 for Scotland’s Rock Art Project at HES, said: a greenstone axe and a flint knife. and 5,000-years-old, have been “It was previously thought that prehistoric On discovering the carvings, Hamish discovered for the first time in animal carvings of this date didn’t exist in Fenton said: “I was passing Dunchraigaig PScotland hidden inside Dunchraigaig Scotland, although they are known in Cairn at dusk when I noticed the burial Cairn in Kilmartin Glen, Historic parts of Europe, so it is very exciting that chamber in the side of the cairn and Environment Scotland (HES) has they have now been discovered here for the decided to slide inside with my torch. announced. The carvings, thought to first time in the historic Kilmartin Glen. As I shone the torch around, I noticed a date to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, This extremely rare discovery completely pattern on the underside of the roof slab Dr Tertia Barnett, Principal Investigator include depictions of two male red deer, changes the assumption that prehistoric which didn’t appear to be natural markings for Scotland’s Rock Art Project. which are considered to have been the rock art in Britain was mainly geometric in the rock. As I shone the light around largest deer species in Scotland during and non-figurative. While there are a few this time. Full-grown antlers can be seen prehistoric carvings of deer in the UK, the on both animals, while anatomical detail only other ones created in the Early Bronze including a short tail can be seen on one. Age are very schematic. It is remarkable that Three other quadrupeds are also visible, these carvings in Dunchraigaig Cairn show two of which are thought to be juvenile deer. such great anatomical detail and there is Valuable as sources of meat, hides, and no doubt about which animal species with bones and antlers used for a variety they represent. This also tells us that the local of tools, deer would have been very communities were carving animals as well as important to local communities during cup and ring motifs which is in keeping with the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. what we know of other Neolithic and Bronze These are the earliest known animal carvings Age societies, particularly in Scandinavia in Scotland, and the first clear examples of and Iberia. Until now, we did not know of any deer carvings from the Neolithic to Early area in Britain with both types of carvings, Bronze Age in the whole of the UK. which poses questions about the relationship between them and their significance to the Neolithic and Bronze Age remains people that created them.” The carvings were discovered by chance by Following Hamish’s discovery, Hamish Fenton, who has a background in experts from Scotland’s Rock Art Project archaeology, while visiting Kilmartin Glen. examined the carvings to confirm their The carvings are located inside Dunchraigaig authenticity. This included utilizing Cairn on the capstone of an Early Bronze innovative technology in their analysis. Age burial cist. Kilmartin Glen has one of the A structured light scan was carried out most important concentration of Neolithic by HES digital documentation experts to and Bronze Age remains in mainland create an accurate and detailed 3D model Scotland, including some of the finest cup with photographic texture, and various and ring markings in the country. This is the visualisation techniques were then applied first time that animal carvings of this date to the model in order to reveal more details have been discovered in an area with cup of the carvings than would have been and ring markings in the UK. There are over visible to the naked eye. 3,000 prehistoric carved rocks in Scotland. The vast majority are cup and ring Helping to reshape our markings which are abstract motifs created understanding of the past by striking the rock surface with a stone Dr Barnett added: “Digital techniques are tool, such as a large river-washed pebble. being used more and more frequently Most commonly, cup and ring markings to create precise 3D models of rock art are composed of a central cup mark and reveal details that were previously surrounded by pecked concentric circles. unknown to us, or that we only suspected. While many of these mysterious carvings This also means that we are able to make can still be seen in the open landscape rock art in Scotland more accessible than today, we know little about how they were ever before. As part of Scotland’s Rock used, or what purpose they served. Art Project, we have created over 1,000

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By: Nick Drainey Clydebuilt - Celebrating Glasgow’s shipbuilding heritage The great industrial achievements of the River Clyde in steam propulsion, engineering and shipbuilding are widely known not just in the UK but around the world. Despite this, there is no single location on the River where this world-class story can be told. The time has come to acknowledge the vision of those who established these industries, of the innovation central to their success and to the individual contribution made by hundreds of thousands of men and women over many decades who toiled through good times and bad to manufacture remarkable products and make the name Clydebuilt synonymous with excellence. The Ship Yard Trust has been formed to focus attention on these achievements and engage with all parties to formulate a strategy that permanently acknowledges this outstanding industrial heritage as Nick Drainey explains.

to deepen the channel. Engineer John Highlands and Islands, carrying passengers Golborne’s system of building jetties out including Queen Victoria. In 1897, from each bank, channelling the water into the yard was taken over by John Brown & the centre and increasing the force of the Co, Sheffield steelmakers, and continued to flow, helped to scrape the sediment from build world-class battleships and liners. the riverbed to such an extent that by 1773 a The Clyde shipyards played a vital local magazine was reporting that three sea- role during the two world wars of the going ships had been able to unload their 20th century, but the post-war period oatmeal from Ireland directly at Broomielaw was not kind to them. Many yards began without having to stop at Greenock. to disappear in the 1960s and the Clyde yards were most famous in the 1970s Iconic yards for the “Work In” when thousands of With the 19th century came steam power workers refused to leave the yards after the and shipbuilding on the Clyde expanded government of the day ruled out financing rapidly with the creation of many of a £6 million emergency loan. Govan- the iconic yards. Denny’s shipyard in born Jimmy Reid became a people’s hero, Dumbarton built the Cutty Sark in 1869, rallying the workers, and his speech, on one of the last tea clippers ever built, now July 30, 1971, was broadcast worldwide, a visitor attraction in London; between leading to global support including from 1844 and 1963 the yard built more than former Beatle John Lennon. Despite their 1500 ships, specialising in cross-Channel success in forcing the government to ferries. Govan was a still quiet village at change its mind, the yards continued to the beginning of the 19th century with decline and today shipbuilding on the thatched cottages and a population of Clyde is a shadow of its former self. Shipbuilder in 1944. Photo: Ministry of Information around 2000. Eighty years later, it was However, the Ship Yard Trust is keen Photo Division Photographer/Wikipedia Commons. home to nearly 60,000 and the biggest to build on what is left – some of it world shipyard in the world, Fairfield, named class engineering such as BAE Systems’ nce the river was so shallow that, the Guggenheim in Bilbao, a city which, like after the farm that had been on the site cutting edge military ships. As part of in a few parts, people could wade Glasgow saw the effects of de-industrialisation when the area was mainly rural. The man the project, small marine engineering across it. Ships had to dock at at the end of the 20th century. known as the “father of shipbuilding on companies will be encouraged to move Greenock, and goods unloaded the Clyde” Robert Napier also owned a into technology park and develop their Oand transferred to small boats in order to shipbuilding yard in Govan, as well as the businesses. At the same time, the archive travel up the Clyde to reach Glasgow. It is often said that Glasgow Parkhead Forge steelworks - his Govan of previous success will be built, including As Cromwell’s man Thomas Tucker said in site was where the first iron ships for the stories from people now scattered across the middle of the 17th century: “Glasgow was made the Clyde and the Clyde British Royal Navy were produced. the world but who were once at the heart checked and kept under by the shallowness made Glasgow, a description Perhaps the most famous yard of all of the Clyde’s achievements. Mr Paterson of her river, every day more and more filling was John Brown’s Shipyard at Clydebank, said there had already been a fantastic up”. But thanks to the innovative brilliance that is far from an empty a town which didn’t exist before brothers response: “Folk are aware of the heritage, of engineers and the toil of thousands of metaphorical phrase. J & G Thomson moved their shipbuilding proud of it and enthusiastic about it.” ordinary folk, the river that didn’t even need operations there in 1871. By 1901 it was If you have memories of the Clyde’s a boat to cross it became famous around the home to more than 30,000 people. shipbuilding heritage and would like to share world for its shipbuilding. He added: “The Clyde’s marine exploits The Thomson brothers were apprentices your story in the archive, contact the Ship It is often said that Glasgow made and experiences have left a mark on the of Napier and built passenger liners and Yard Trust at [email protected] or the Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow, world. Our vision is to establish an iconic paddle steamers which plied the route to the visit their website at: www.theshipyard.scot. a description that is far from an empty building that will set straight the record metaphorical phrase. Clydesiders’ work of shipbuilding, incorporating all the over centuries transformed the river and communities on the river.” Plans for the made it possible for an estimated 25,000 building are currently out for consultation ships, including the Cutty Sark clipper, with nothing but “positive feedback” so far, the doomed passenger liner the Lusitania, according to Mr Paterson. The archive of battleship HMS Hood and the Royal Yacht stories is already underway with the Trust Britannia, to be built on its banks. asking those who worked in the yards, or who lived nearby, to contact them. Shipbuilding excellence Mr Paterson said many had moved away At its peak, it was said the Clyde yards built with the decline of the industry, including a fifth of the ships in the world and the emigrants in all corners of the world. wealth the industry brought to the city and The first step in making the expression its surrounding towns was to provide a “Clydebuilt” synonymous with shipbuilding financial backbone well into the 20th century. excellence came from the engineers whose Now a charity, The Ship Yard Trust, have vision saw the river dredged and sculpted ambitious plans to create a museum, archive into a navigable waterway. The pressure and workspaces for 21st century marine came from the tobacco, sugar and slave engineering companies to celebrate this rich trade, which was really taking off from the heritage and further its success in to the future. beginning of the 18th century. Merchants Gil Paterson, the Chair of the Ship Yard wanted their ships to be able to unload Trust, said there is currently nothing to in the city itself and over the course of showcase the heritage of the Clyde in one spot the century around 108,000 tonnes of Shipyard in 1944. Photo: Ministry of Information and plans are aiming to create something on sediment was removed from river, dumped Division Photographer/Wikipedia Commons. a par with the Titanic Museum in Belfast or on the banks or later into the firth in order

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By: David C Scottish causes for optimism in 2021Weinczok tat and be recognised as the dynamic, day-to-day language of many that it is. Though much of the credit for this linguistic revival is owed to grassroots and community initiatives as well as individuals, the swearing in of the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood this past May demonstrated how far language awareness has come. MSPs broke a ‘language record’, reciting their oaths not just in Gaelic and Scots but also (to name a few) in Urdu, Welsh, Arabic, Punjabi, German, and British Sign Language - the latter being a first for the Scottish Parliament. Such high-level actions of solidarity are indicative of the desire to truly make Scotland a place that welcomes all.

Inclusion and belonging Scotland a rewilding nation: Photo: Scotlandbigpicture.com Continuing the theme of inclusivity, 2020 saw the passing of the Scottish Elections (Franchise lameless is the person who, waterways of coastal Argyll resulted in the the language of world-famous makars like and Representation) Bill. This extended the in 2021, has become prone to area being designated as a ‘Hope Spot’, Robert Burns and Hugh MacDiarmid as right to vote in Scottish Parliament and local cynicism. The relentlessness the first of its kind in Scotland and the well as hundreds of thousands of people council elections to all foreign nationals with of ill news, personal loss, and UK mainland. There is also now serious primarily in the Lowlands and Northeast. leave to remain, including those granted Bevents beyond any individual’s control or talk of reintroducing wolves to Scotland. Both languages are currently undergoing a refugee status. This follows another significant comprehension have so far defined the Eradicated in the mid-18th century, the very welcome renaissance. political reform bill, the 2015 unanimous third decade of the third millennium. stunning success of the reintroduction of Gaelic, very recently considered by extension of the right to vote to all those in Yet within this barrage there are glimmers wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the many to be a ‘dying language’, received Scotland 16 and older. Given that it is the of hope and good; roots which, if fostered United States has opened many minds to a dramatic boost thanks to mobile younger generation who will face the brunt of and encouraged to grow, hold the promise the possibility of doing the same here. On a technology. One year after the language the existential challenge of climate change - of making our world a better place in larger scale, the Scottish Rewilding Alliance learning app Duolingo added a course alongside which stand economic downturns ways large and small. It is a small sample is lobbying the Scottish Government to on Scottish Gaelic, over 500,000 people and a global trend towards exclusionary of these glimmers, as seen in Scotland, commit to rewilding 30% of Scotland’s around the world have signed up to it - politics - it is encouraging that they will now that I invite you draw some much needed public lands by 2030. ten times the number of Gaelic speakers have a greater say in how their future is shaped. optimism from. in Scotland, which presently stands at The Covid-19 pandemic has shrunk daily around 58,000. An increasing number life down to the hyper-local and heralds the A greener, wilder future There are glimmers of hope of heritage and cultural institutions prospect of hard times ahead more so than any What many residents of and visitors to and good; roots which, if including libraries, museums, and other event in most peoples’ living memories. Scotland likely don’t realise is that the vast organisations responsible for preserving In such circumstances, you might expect for majority of the country’s landscapes are fostered and encouraged to Scotland’s historic built environment, attitudes to harden; for lines of ‘us’ and ‘them’ not, in fact, in a state of raw, rugged nature, grow, hold the promise of have incorporated Scottish Gaelic use and to be drawn in bold, for a concern to care for but the products of thousands of years of awareness into their on-site and digital ‘our own’, however defined, to override all intensive, human-directed modification. making our world a better offerings. These efforts are bolstered other obligations and aspirations. That has Agriculture, industry, warfare, aristocratic place in ways large and small. by enthusiasm from the international resoundingly not been the case. whims, and countless other factors have community, and credit where credit steadily transformed the land (and seas) it’s due: the enduring popularity of We’re all Jock Tamson’s bairns themselves, often to the detriment of Perhaps most notably, in 2020 Scotland the television series Outlander has On 13 May 2021 over 200 demonstrators wildlife and ecological diversity. In recent met the equivalent of 97.4% of its energy undoubtedly inspired many language gathered on Kenmure Street in Glasgow years, some small but promising winds of needs through renewable sources. While learners. Perhaps it is apt that the seeds to successfully stop two men, originally change have started to gather momentum. this narrowly missed the target set in 2011 of the Scottish diaspora, which were from India, from being detained in a dawn A pair of white-tailed eagles were first to meet 100% through renewables, it is scattered in a time in which Gaelic was raid conducted by the UK Home Office. observed searching for nesting grounds still an astonishing figure and one which criminalised, are now bearing fruits “These are our neighbours!” was a refrain around Loch Lomond in early March. proves that a shift to renewables is both in ways that the language’s historical of the demonstrators. In an interview Boasting a 2.5-metre wingspan, the productive and possible for other nations oppressors could never have imagined. conducted shortly after the day’s events, enormous predatory birds make for to achieve. In 2020, the second-ever Scots Leid one of the two men, Lakhvir Singh, said, an unmistakeable and unforgettable (Language) Awards took place to celebrate “I’m so happy my fate brought me to live in sight. They were hunted to the point Linguistic revival those who have advanced the cause of Glasgow, where the people came out onto of extinction in the UK in 1918. Now, it Scotland’s ‘mither (mother) tongue’. A the streets to help one of their own.” has been confirmed that the pair has great deal of enthusiasm for Scots has The Scotland that I have come to decided to stay. Paul Roberts of NatureScot been generated by creators on social know in my 10 years since moving from suggests that they were attracted to Loch media, perhaps most notably Len Pennie, Canada is one which, while far from Lomond, which forms the heart of the a 21-year-old poet from Airdrie in North perfect or free from tensions, seeks to Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Lanakrshire. Pennie posts daily videos in include rather than exclude; to conduct Park, by the reduced human presence over which she teaches a ‘Scots word of the itself compassionately rather than the course of lockdown. day’ to viewers all around the world. She provocatively; and to position itself as a More systemically, there is a promising rose to public prominence after posting forward-looking member of the global effort to introduce rewilding measures a video in which she recited her poyum community. People from all walks of life to restore, as much as is possible, the (poem), I’m no havin’ children, which has across Scotland have told me time and vibrancy of Scotland’s significantly Photo: Amanda Slater/Wikimedia Commons. now been viewed nearly 750,000 times. time again that the definition of a Scot is diminished natural ecosystems. Rewilding, April 2020 saw the first broadcast ofRebel someone who chooses to call Scotland or renaturalising as some prefer to call The history of languages in Scotland is Tongue, a documentary on the history and home, or who carries Scotland in their it, has in recent years secured a firmer inextricable from narratives of identity, struggles of the Scots language presented hearts wherever they are in the world. place in the public’s consciousness and power, and persecution. This applies by Alistair Heather which has been ‘We’re all Jock Tamson’s bairns’, indeed. celebrated several notable steps forward. not only to Gaelic, which legislation and broadcast several times since. The efforts I cannot help but think that if more In 2019, a community-led campaign the violence of the Highland Clearances of creators like Pennie and Heather have people adopted the Scots’ philosophy to improve the health of marine and and subsequent decades attempted to helped Scots to overcome its relegation in towards belonging, the future would seem terrestrial environments around the systematically root out; but also to Scots, popular culture as a novelty for tea towel a little brighter after all.

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1 - The reconvened Scottish Parliament was 7 - John Knox became the first Protestant 24 - The Battle of Harlaw took place officially opened. After a devolution referendum minister appointed in Edinburgh. 1559 at Inverurie. Nearly 2000 Highland and showed resounding support for the reconvening 7 - The Antonine Wall, part of the ancient Crown soldiers fought over an area of land of the Scottish parliament, plans were put into Roman limes, is designated as a World Heritage called the Earldom of Ross. 1411 motion for the creation of such a body. The Site. Known to the Romans as Vallum Antonini, 25 - King James I born. 1394 parliament would sit in the Church of Scotland was a turf fortification on stone foundations, Assembly Hall in Edinburgh. Elections were held built by the Romans across what is now the 25 - Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991, on May 1, 1999 and the first sitting of the body Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth which gives full legal capacity to those aged took place on May 12 of that year. The official of Forth and the Firth of Clyde. 2008 over sixteen, receives the Royal Assent. 1991 opening on July 1 saw the Queen transfer full 7 -The novel Waverley, by Sir Walter Scott, was 25 - Charles Macintosh, inventor of the plastic constitutional powers to Edinburgh. 1999 published. Waverley was Scott’s first novel, and mac, died. Macintosh discovered the first 1 - Seal granted by Edinburgh Town written mainly as a way of proving himself a 14 - Eriskay is linked to South rainproof cloth in 1818, by joining two sheets Council to the Incorporation of Barbers superior literary talent to Byron. Although it was Uist by causeway. 2001 of fabric together with dissolved indiarubber. and Surgeons to practise their craft. The published anonymously as a safety net against Although Macintosh is best known for his its failure, it was an open secret who the author 15 - National Portrait Gallery for Scotland eponymously titled coats, he made significant organisation is now known as the Royal opened in Edinburgh. 1889 College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 1505 was. Scott needn’t have worried: the book was advances in many fields of chemistry. As well a runaway success and Scott became regarded 16 - David II, son of Robert I (the as inventing a revolutionary bleaching powder - Proscription Act Repealed, thus allowing 1 as the leading author in Europe. 1814 Bruce) married Joan, sister of Edward with Charles Tennant, he also discovered a again the wearing of tartan and the carrying of - Andy Murray wins the Men’s Singles at III (he was 4, she was 7). 1328 fast method of using carbon gases to convert weapons (banned as a result of the 1745 Uprising 7 Wimbledon 2013 defeating Novak Djokovic th iron to steel, and devised a hot-blast process in support of Bonnie Prince Charlie). 1782 16 - 13 Commonwealth Games of Serbia in straight sets. Murray is the opened in Edinburgh. 1970 which produced high quality cast iron. 1843 2 - Treaty of Perth, Norway renounces first British man to win the title since Fred 26 - James IV responded to pleas for assistance claim on the Hebrides. 1266 Perry in 1936, and the first Scotsman to win 16 - A Shetland fishing tragedy occurred leaving 105 fishermen dead as their boats got lost at from France and declared war on England. - Scottish architect Sir John Burnett died. since Harold Mahony in 1896. 2013 2 sea. 31 Shetland sixern boats perished leaving Aside from assisting the French, who had been His most famous commissions include the 8 - King Alexander II died on Isle devastation to the island community. 1832 invaded by an English army, James was also Royal Institute of Fine Arts; the Alhambra, of Kerrara, Oban Bay. 1249 aggrieved at England’s seizing of two Scottish and the Athenaeum, all in Glasgow, and 17 - Bank of Scotland, first bank to be established by an Act of the Scottish ships and the non-payment of part of the the North front of the British Museum, the dowry for his wife, Margaret Tudor. 1513 Institute of Chemistry, and the extension Parliament, opened. 1695 to Selfridges, all in London. 1938 18 - John Paul Jones, naval hero of the 27 - The Forth and Clyde Canal was opened from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde, with 3 - John Logie Baird transmitted American Revolution, died; he was born in Kircudbrightshire in 1747. 1792 the first boat navigating its channel in August of first colour television.1928 that year. The length of the Canal from eastern sea 3 - Robert Adam, the Scottish architect, furniture 18 - Birth of Jim Watt, Scottish boxer. After lock to the western sea lock was 35 miles. 1790 and interior designer, was born. Adam is regarded a successful amateur career, Watt turned 27 - Battle of Killiecrankie in which Graham as a leading exponent of the neoclassical revival professional in 1968 and quickly rose to of Claverhouse (Bonnie Dundee) leading in the latter part of the 18th century. 1728 the top of the lightweight division before adding British and European titles to his an army of Highlanders in support of the 3 - The Clyde shipyards suffered their worst collection during the 1970s. 1948 Jacobite cause, defeated King William’s army accident when the SS Daphne capsized at her 9 - Queen’s Park Football Club, first senior under General Hugh Mackay. 1689 launch. The packet steamer had been built by football (soccer) club in Scotland formed. 1867 19 - Battle of Halidon Hill in which Sir Archibald 28 - The Royalist Marquess of Montrose beat the Linthouse yard of Alexander Stephen and Douglas (guardian of David II) routed by 9 - Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, the Chief of Clan General Baillie in a skirmish which was part of Sons and immediately sank into the River Clyde, Edward Balliol and Edward III. Scots losses Fraser, Scottish aristocrat and soldier was born. the English Civil War at Dunkeld, Perthshire. For taking the lives of the 195 workmen on board. It were nearly 600, English losses 14. 1333 Fraser, a Second World War hero, played a key a war of positions the Highlanders had neither was later discovered that the 460-ton ship had role in the development of the commandos - A.J Cronin, the Scottish novelist, was born. 19 aptitude nor inclination, and at Dunkeld the little stability when it was launched, and rolled and was actively involved in both the Dieppe Cronin is most fondly remembered as the creator greater part of them went home. 1645 over forty-five degrees, taking huge amounts of Raid, 1942, and D-Day landings, 1944. 1911 of the hugely popular character, Dr.Finlay. 1896 29 - Mary, Queen of Scots, married Lord water through a large deck opening. 1883 10 - King James III born at Stirling. 1451 - Battle of Inverkeithing. Royalist 20 Darnley, in a Catholic wedding. 1565 4 - Robert Burns moves into the Brow 10 - Glasgow Rangers signed Maurice Johnston. force supporting Charles II failed to halt Inn in Dumfries and Galloway looking to One of the last bastions of Scottish Protestant advance of army of Oliver Cromwell 29 - King James VI (aged 13 months) crowned cure an ailment (rhumatic fever). The cure sectarianism, Rangers shocked many of its heading for Perth. 1651 at the Church of the Holy Rude, beside Stirling involved drinking the waters of the Brow Castle, following the abdication of Mary, supporters when the club, under manager 21 - Robert Burns dies in Dumfries, aged Well and bathing in the cold waters of the Queen of Scots, five days earlier.1567 Graeme Souness, signed Maurice Johnston from 37. The cause of death appears to have been Solway Firth. He died on 21 July. 1796 the French club, Nantes, for £1.5m. Johnston heart failure, probably brought on by the hard 5 - Final run of the Edinburgh to had not only played for arch-rivals Celtic, but physical work done in his youth. His widow, Jean London mail coach (a route which was the first well-known Roman Catholic player Armour, gave birth to a son on the day of her was taken over by rail). 1847 to sign for Rangers in modern times. 1989 husband’s funeral. However, Maxwell, named 5 - Border reiver, John Armstrong of Gilnockie, 11 - Robert the Bruce born at Turnberry Castle, after Burns’s doctor, died in infancy. 1796 and 50 of his men were hanged for blackmail by Ayrshire. After the death of William Wallace, Bruce 22 - The army of the English King James V. Armstrong was a well-known laird in the led the campaign to regain Scottish independence, Edward I, using longbows for the first Borders area, and although a frequent marauder culminating in his stunning victory at the time, defeated the Scots led by Sir William Battle of Bannockburn in June 1314. in England, he is not known to have attacked in 1274 Wallace at Battle of Falkirk. 1298 Scotland. However, his wealth and power in a 12 - Darien expedition left Leith 22 - Oliver Cromwell invades Scotland and troublesome region brought the resentment of for Panama. 1698 proceeds to the eastern edge of Edinburgh. The James V. Armstrong was tricked into attending a 13 - King Alexander III crowned at Scone. 1249 Scots form a defensive line within the city. royal hunt only to be seized on his arrival. He faced 1650 the king, and volubly remonstrated with him that 23 - Charles Edward Stuart landed on Eriskay he had “asked grace at a graceless face”.Legend has at the start of the 1745 campaign. 1745 it that the trees at Carnlanrig, where Armstrong 24 - Mary Queen of Scots abdicated and the and his followers were hanged, withered, young James VI acceded to Scottish throne. and none have grown there since. 1530 The Earl of Mar was appointed regent. 1567

30 - First edition of the long-running Beano comic was published. 1938 30 - The beginning of the work-in at John Brown’s Clydebank Shipbuilding Yard, 14 - Scottish National War Memorial opened. organised by stalwart Socialist, Jimmy Reid. The National War Memorial for Scotland was This was in response to the Ted Heath Tory established by Royal Charter to commemorate the government’s plans to liquidate the yard - sacrifice of Scots in the Great War, Second World Reid exposed these as unethical. 1971 War and subsequent conflicts. The Memorial within - Cigarette advertising banned Edinburgh Castle houses and displays the Rolls of 31 on television in Britain. 5 - UNESCO gives World Heritage status to Honour of Scots servicemen and women from all 1965 the Forth Bridge, one of Scotland’s best-known the Armed Services, the Dominions, Merchant Navy, 31 - The first edition of Robert Burns’ poems, structures. It stretches 2.5 kilometres between Women’s Services, Nursing Services and civilian The Kilmarnock Edition, was published by the villages of South Queensferry and North casualties of all wars from 1914 to date. 1927 John Wilson of Kilmarnock, under the title of Queensferry, and was opened on 4th March - Cavalry units from the Scottish Engager Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. It cost 1890 by Edward, Prince of Wales. 2015 14 army clashed with Lambert’s Parliamentarian three shillings and the entire print run of 612 6 - John Paul Jones, hero of the US Navy, cavalry at Penrith. The Engager forces were copies sold out within a month. 1780 born Kirkbean, Dumfries. 1747 commanded by the Duke of Hamilton, who 23 - The 2014 Commonwealth Games 31 - French naval forces in support of the 6 - The Piper Alpha oil platform in the North made several mistakes in planning and opened in Glasgow. 2014 Catholic Mary Queen of Scots bombard St Sea was rocked by a huge explosion. Blasts executing his advance south, and quickly made 24 - The Princess Royal formally opened the Andrews Castle and capture the Protestant continued on the platform throughout that night, themselves unpopular with the local population Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National rebels. These include Protestant John Knox, and by morning 167 men had died. 1988 for their plundering and excesses. 1648 Park, Scotland’s first national park.2002 who is sent to become a galley-slave. 1547

Page 14 • The Scottish Banner • July 2021 THE SCOTTISH BANNER Amateur Archaeologists shine a light on 10,000 years of Dumfries and Galloway’s history This confirms the date recovered by the were hoping for, but to also have this small Even the tiniest traces give us an insight into Thistle Camp, which has been recalibrated indication of Mesolithic life on the estate is how life was for our ancestors, and that’s a using the most recent program (IntCal20) amazing. This could not have been possible big part of what Can You Dig It is all about.” to between 41 BC and AD 125. without the hard work of the volunteers, Dr Samuel Gallacher, Operations What our Iron Age ancestors would who’s enthusiasm for the archaeology Manager for the National Trust for have used the enclosure for is still a never faltered, even in high winds! It’s great Scotland’s Threave Garden and Estate, mystery – it may have been a small to see how, even at this stage, the results said: “We love to surprise our many visitors farmstead, a livestock enclosure or a of their hard work continue to add to our with unexpected discoveries and stories defensive position within the landscape. archaeological knowledge of the area.” at Threave and finding out about this new Whatever the site’s purpose, its expansive Can You Dig It is managed by Helen evidence of our very ancient history will views over the flatlands of the Threave Keron, the Galloway Glens Education & no doubt fascinate many. We always want Estate, and its links to the outer world Community Engagement Officer. Helen to inspire people with the thought of what guaranteed by the passing river, makes the added: “Even as a non-archaeologist, the is still out there to be discovered, and with site of Little Wood Hill an excellent choice importance of these finds is clear to me. such great partnerships as we have with for any Iron Age settler. However, the Can They show the unbroken line from our the Galloway Glens Scheme’s Can You Claire Williamson of Rathmell You Dig It volunteers also unearthed a tiny modern society right back to the very Dig It initiative, who knows what we’ll Archaeology working with burnt hazelnut shell. This has been dated beginnings of human residence in Galloway. unearth next!” volunteers at Threave in 2019. to between 8,547 and 8,312 BC – evidence Photos: National Trust for Scotland. Trust National Photos: of human activity on the Threave Estate articipants in a community from the Mesolithic period. archaeology project have made Derek Alexander, Head of Archaeology discoveries that tell a story of for the National Trust for Scotland, said: people living on what is now the “Over the years we have gradually built up PThreave Estate near Castle Douglas, 10,000 an understanding of past human activity at years ago in the Mesolithic period, a Threave throughout prehistory and history. time when hunter-gatherers roamed and This radiocarbon date for Mesolithic Scotland’s flora and fauna were flourishing activity is really exciting, as it is the first again following the last Ice Age. The Galloway evidence we have from this time and is the Glens community archaeology project earliest date recovered at Threave so far. Can You Dig It carried out a ten-day dig on It’s great that the Thistle Camp and Can the National Trust for Scotland’s Threave You Dig It volunteers have been able to be Garden and Estate in the summer of 2019. part of this process of delivery too.” They unearthed many finds at the time, including a lead shot from the 16th to Loch Lomond Stadial Threave Garden and Estate. 18th century and some flints from the late Discovered on prehistoric sites across Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. the country, hazelnuts have long been established as a favourite snack of the Mesolithic period Mesolithic people. The people of Galloway However, since then, some of the at that time would have lived nomadically, carbonised material recovered has been moving between water and food sources as sent away for radiocarbon dating at the they became available. Scottish Universities Environmental Traces of human habitation within Research Centre (SUERC), and the dates Scotland go back to around 12,000 BC, they have revealed are fascinating. It has within the Upper Palaeolithic, but a period long been known that Little Wood Hill on known as the ‘Loch Lomond Stadial’ saw the National Trust for Scotland’s Threave a dramatic climatic downturn in Scotland Estate is the location of a significant around 10,900 BC. This abrupt return to archaeological site, with the remains of a severe cold conditions, which caused the D-shaped enclosure on top of the hill first regrowth of glaciers and likely caused recognised on aerial photographs taken in a complete depopulation of Scotland the late 1940s. during this time. By around 9,700 BC, It wasn’t until work carried out under however, the glaciers and ice-sheets had Derek Alexander, Head of Archaeology receded and human life began to return to for the National Trust for Scotland, on a Scotland. It is possible that the people who Thistle Camp in 2014 that the enclosure burnt this nutshell at Threave could have was revealed to date back to the Iron Age. been amongst the first to re-populate the The Can You Dig It excavation sought to country. build on this work, while at the same time Claire Williamson of Rathmell transferring key technical skills to volunteers. Archaeology, who is delivering Can You Dig A sample recovered by the volunteers from It for the Galloway Glens said: “The results the end of the ditch, where it marked the from these two dates continue to add to the eastern side of an entranceway, has now surprises that have already come from this been dated to between AD 75 to 214 – little-known site. Having the Iron Age date firmly within the Iron Age. of the enclosure confirmed was what we

Can You Dig It volunteers enjoying their work at Threave in 2019.

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IN SCOTLAND TODAY

The buildings are a well-preserved Against all the odds, the hard work and Scotland’s top baby names physical reminder of two significant global dedication of our partners in Dundee periods of conflict that helped define the th20 shone through - even when we could only century (World War II and the Cold War), and talk to them through a computer screen, in both cases many of their contemporary their passion for the project, their city related structures have been either heavily and country was palpable. Alongside the ISLA altered or demolished, further adding to the generous engagement of local businesses significance of these surviving examples. and community groups, this has come The site was highly fortified by design with together, such that we now have a project 10ft (3m) thick concrete walls and roof to with genuine air under its wings.” provide protection for the occupants against Eden Project Dundee is one of a sisterhood Soviet fighter-bomber attack. of UK projects Eden Project International Philp Robertson, Deputy Head of is developing, with plans well advanced JACK Designations at Historic Environment for Morecambe (Eden Project North), and Scotland (HES) said: “We are delighted others proposed in Derry/Londonderry and to list the Cold War Rotor Radar System Portland. Eden’s global portfolio of projects bunker in Barnton after the nomination by includes developments in China, Australia, Scotland’s top baby names announced The Barnton Quarry Restoration Project, New Zealand and Costa Rica. Isla overtakes Olivia as the top name for Scottish Crannog Centre the local community group restoring the Like every Eden Project around the baby girls for the first time, with Olivia destroyed by fire building. Listing at Category A recognises world, Eden Project Dundee will be taking the second spot and Emily now the special architectural and historic transformational and regenerative with being the third most popular name, interest of this building. As one of only four an overarching theme of humanity’s according to the full lists of 2020 baby purpose-built radar system headquarters connection to the natural world. names published by National Records of of its type in the UK, the Barnton building Eden predicts that the project will create Scotland (NRS). Jack remains the most is a very rare survival from the Cold War.” 200 jobs (with an additional 300 indirectly popular boy’s name, holding on to the created) and contribute £27m per year to top spot for the 13th consecutive year. Eden Project signs agreement the regional economy. Noah is now the second most popular for preferred Dundee site boy’s name, having jumped from 7th place Plans for restoration work at last year, and meanwhile James stays in A devastating blaze has ripped through the historic Preston Tower take shape 3rd place. The girl’s name Maeve made a iconic Scottish Crannog Centre on Loch Tay massive leap of 130 places from last year, near Kenmore. The hugely popular tourist up to 86th place, and Ayda, the second attraction and education base - a recreated highest climber in the girls’ top 100 list, Iron Age house - was consumed by flames in rose 63 places to the 91st spot. The biggest June as locals watched in horror. Fire fighters increases in the top 100 boys’ list were raced to the living history museum on Loch Roman, which jumped up 68 places to 33rd, Tay, Perthshire, just after 11pm on the 11th The Eden Project has signed a and Finley, which rose 48 places to 88th. of June when a huge fire broke out. memorandum of understanding with the 2020 saw the highest ever level of different Nicholas Grant, Chair of Trustees said owners of its preferred site for Eden Project names, a trend that has continued for “This is a hugely distressing blow to all our Dundee and released the first image of some time now. friends, visitors, and members of the Trust who how it might look. The agreement between Of the 23,968 girls registered in Scotland have so ably supported us in the past. But we Eden, National Grid and SGN will kick off last year, there were 4,347 different names, are now even more determined to double- a period in which the partners will explore whilst more boys shared the same name. down on all our efforts in the development of the practicalities of converting the former Of the 22,387 boys registered, there were only the new Crannog Centre already in planning Dundee Gasworks on East Dock Street into 3,375 different names. Children nowadays on the north shore of the loch at Dalerb. the Eden Project’s home in Scotland. are much less likely to share a name with The appeal is for all those to whom the The site is set back from the Dundee classmates than their grandparents were. Crannog has meant so much in the past and waterfront on the bank of the River Tay. Julie Ramsay, Vital Events Statistician, whom we know will wish to contribute to the It has good public transport links, the A number of improvements are planned at said: “We can see from the 2020 names renewal of this unique part of Scottish history. potential for a new pedestrian connection to the late Medieval towerhouse, which was lists that different generations of parents Luckily the museum and its artifacts are still the city centre and is less than a mile away originally constructed in the 15th century have different preferences for naming their intact and can be moved to Dalerb.” from V&A Dundee and the train station. and then repaired and extended upwards in babies. Isla, the most popular name for An appeal to raise £50,000 has now been The existing tall brick walls on the site the 17th century. The £900,000 restoration of girls in 2020, was the most popular name set up to help the charity rebuild. Find out suggested to the Eden team the potential the buildings in Prestonpans, East Lothian is with mothers aged 35 and over, but it only more at: www.crannog.co.uk to create walled gardens, making for a focused on improving access and encouraging ranked 7th with mothers aged under 25. striking contrast to the industrial heritage more people to visit in future while However, Olivia, the most popular girls Former Cold War Bunker in of the Gasworks. Eden envisages this as a contributing to local regeneration. It has been name of 2019, was ranked 1st by younger Edinburgh gets A Listed powerful symbol of regeneration, echoing many years since local people and visitors mothers and 6th by older mothers. Jack, the project’s home in Cornwall which is could safely access the tower, which has the the most popular name for boys in 2020, located in a former clay quarry. Building potential to contribute significantly to the was the 2nd most popular name with Eden Project Dundee in this location economy and to build on local pride of place. mothers aged 35 and above, and only 17th would also provide an eastern anchor The National Trust for Scotland’s Chief with mothers aged under 25. James was for the Dundee Waterfront regeneration Executive, Phil Long OBE said: “Preston Tower the most popular name for boys with older project. Eden Project Dundee will draw on lies quietly now but has played a part in our mothers while Noah was ranked 1st for the history of the city’s Nine Incorporated national story for many centuries, torched younger mothers. Popular culture often Trades and is themed around nine new as part of the Rough Wooing by the forces of affects how people name their babies. “Guilds” – of Healers, Growers, Navigators, Henry VIII, again by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, The name Billie rose in popularity by A former RAF Caledonian Sector Operations Myth-Makers, Noticers, Alchemists, and sketched by Turner on one of several of 79% in the past two years with 34 baby Centre at Barnton Quarry has been Celebrators, Menders and “Re-Sourcerors”. his expeditions to Scotland in the early 19th girls being given this name in 2020. In the awarded Category-A listed building status David Harland, Eden Project century. And so it’s exciting that, through same time, Google searches in the UK for by Historic Environment Scotland (HES). International Chief Executive, said: the work of this partnership, the Tower is “Billie” and “Billie Eilish” spiked, with the The site was nominated by The Barnton “This is a really exciting moment for the receiving new attention, conserved and cared singer having her first number one single Quarry Restoration Project, a community Eden Project and the City of Dundee. for and provided with information to help in the UK in early 2020. Tommy, a name group involved in restoring the building as a The former Dundee Gasworks site is by understanding of its remarkable story.” occurring in the popular TV shows Peaky unique piece of cold war history in the heart far the best location for our Scottish home The Preston Tower project is one of Blinders and Love Island, has doubled of Edinburgh. Category-A listed building and we’re delighted to have a formal three planned heritage led projects in in popularity in the last two years, with status is awarded to buildings of special agreement in place to start working on Prestonpans the others being major 148 boys being given this name. Our data architectural or historical interest which a detailed plan. The feasibility study investment at Prestongrange museum shows it is more popular with younger are outstanding examples of a particular was like nothing we’ve ever worked on to build a new engine shed and the re- mothers than with older mothers.” period, style or building type. before, coming as it did during lockdown. landscaping of War Memorial square.

Page 16 • The Scottish Banner • July 2021 THE SCOTTISH BANNER Glasgow’s Piping Live! confirmed for 2021 The world’s biggest week of piping • Folkie Friday with the TRYST pipers itself on being at the centre of the The world’s biggest week of commissioned 5 brand-new pieces of international piping community and piping will include: music which will be premiered at this year on year it extends a hand of musical • The 55th Annual Silver Chanter Event year’s festival. Whilst drawing on the friendship to artists and audiences across will showcase 6 top players performing tradition of ceol mor, the classical music the world. Organisers have ensured MacCrimmon Piobaireachd. of the bagpipes, TRYST continue to push that this is recognised this year with boundaries with their innovative style. a number of international showcases • The Lowland & Borders Pipers Society being premiered at the festival, including evening concert that celebrates the music • The National Youth Pipe Band of performances from Ireland, Brittany and of the Bellows Bagpipes. The concert will Scotland’s pre-recorded event will Photo: Elaine Livingstone Elaine Photo: Canada, with more to be announced. also be an exploration of the music of the demonstrate the exciting and novel ways Finlay MacDonald, Artistic Director for iping Live! is back with a nine-day Scottish Borders to celebrate the 250th in which this young group has adapted Piping Live!, said: “It’s been a tough year for festival packed full of world-class anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter their practice over the past year. These all of us but we’re so excited to be bringing performances, music sessions, Scott. pipers will showcase their new works in recitals, competitions, book some iconic locations across Glasgow as audiences at home and abroad as close • Scottish supergroup Mànran is one Plaunches, workshops and more. Taking place part of the online concert. to our normal offering of entertainment th th of the only bands on the Scottish folk as we possibly can for this year’s festival. between the 7 and 15 August, the • The Gordon Duncan Memorial scene whose sound carries a pairing of We’ve programmed 9 days of top-class festival has confirmed they will present Competition celebrates the late-great the Uilleann pipes and the Highland performances, competitions, sessions and their programme online, in response to Gordon’s links to Scotland, Ireland and bagpipes. so much more and we’re just delighted we’ll current government guidelines. However, if Brittany. One piper will each play sets of restrictions allow the team will do all they • The International Quartet Competition have the opportunity to showcase some of Scottish, Irish and Breton music and the can to introduce a live audience element will feature 7 top Grade I pipe band the world’s top pipers doing what they do overall winner will be the best player of to the festival if this proves possible. quartets in the world - Field Marshal best this summer. If restrictions allow, we’ll all three musical styles. The Piping Live! Team have put together a Montgomery, Scottish Power, Inveraray be inviting live audiences to be part of the varied programme that ensures the event and District, People’s Ford Boghall and • Trad music trio Hecla, will be joined by festival this year too. We’ll do all we can to try stays true to its reputation as the world’s Bathgate Caledonia, Glasgow Police, be neo-trad trio Project Smok, whose and make this possible, whilst ensuring we biggest piping festival. Johnstone and Shotts and Dykehead line-up includes a BBC Radio Scotland are adhering to all government guidelines.” The festival will undoubtedly look Caledonia Pipe Bands. Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Organisers of Piping Live! hope the a little different to previous editions, • The Masters Solo Piping Competition is Learn @ Live! festival’s online offering will appeal to the however the abundance of top-class the qualifying event for the Glenfiddich Other events will include emerging talent international audience they would usually performances which will be accessible Piping Competition and will see the top and music sessions where learners can see attending the festival. With the event’s to enjoy from across the world. For 18 soloists in the world compete. play along at home as well as listening to global audiences in mind, they have years, Piping Live! has brought the world • The Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial the performance. There will also be book allowed for all shows to be available for a to Scotland, but this year it will take Piping Competition, Piping Live!’s launches throughout the festival. week after they are first streamed to avoid Scotland to the world and showcase the flagship evening of solo piping, will see The educational element of the festival, any issues with different time zones. internationally renowned pipers and pipers perform a recital of their favourite Learn @ Live! will host a series of Piping Live! will run from Saturday musicians who are synonymous with this tunes which must include a piobaireachd workshops which will be a mix of pre- 7th- Sunday 15th August. For details and globally recognised festival. ground and an MSR. recorded and live events. Piping Live! prides tickets: www.pipinglive.co.uk

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The Scottish Banner • July 2021 • Page 17 Welcome to our “Clansified” listing of THEScottish SCOTTISHClans, Societies and BANNER Clubs. If you would like to add your Clan please contact our office for full details. Our contacts are Calling the Clans located on page 2. If you are contacting your Clan be sure to tell them you saw them in the Scottish Banner and please support these great community organisations.

Clan ClanClan Donnachaidh Donnachaidh Clan Fraser Society Clan Baird Society Worldwide Society of New South Wales Inc., Membership is open to those descended Cumming Society of New South from Baird, Barde, Bard, Beard, Beaird, Brd, Australia of Australia Bayard, Bardt, Barth and Biard or varied Society WalesDunc anInc., Rob erAustraliatson Reid Invites all Frasers spellings of the name of Scottish origin. of the Duncan Robertson Reid People who bear any of the above names or names of any of the and Fraser septs In addition to the Society newsletter and the opportunity United PeopleSepts of thewho Clan bear (see advertiany sofement the from above CA USA names) are invite d to associate with fellow clansman members may to join with us in our activities to promote Clan Donnachaidh, to join our clan society. query the Society geneologist. For information write: States or“The other Children Sept of Duncan” names by participatingof Clan Donnachaidh in the various activitie s All members receive a copy of our quarterly “Theconducted Children by Scottish of SocietiesDuncan”. are invited to Dr. Debra J. Baird, President For information & membership application, contact newsletter “Strawberry Leaves” 3491 County Road 3459, Haleyville, AL 35565 joinGordon in our Robertso activitiesn by participating in the Membership enquiries to Don Chitts 58/157 Marconi Rd. Bonnells Bay NSW 2264 Email: [email protected] Scottish Gatherings held in NSW. Ph: (03) 9754 5120 [email protected] Regional Directors for Australia Website: www.clancumming.us For information and membership Website: http://clanfraseraustralia.org David and Patricia Benfell Email us: [email protected] Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ Email: [email protected] See us on Facebook application, contact Gordon Robertson. website: www.clanbairdsociety.com Pages/Clan-Fraser-Society-of-Australia/ Email: [email protected] 482236358590288

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Membership invited to all who share the Sept names: Clan Galbraith Duncan, Robertson, Reid, etc. CLAN BELL UK: London & Southern Counties * Rannoch & Highlands Society Invites membership inquiries from persons named Bell (all Image dimensions: 2.375” wide x 2.1”Canada height: Ontario * Western. Canada Australia: New South Wales * Victoria * Queensland * Western Australia spellings), their descendants and friends. Various resources New Zealand: New Zealand Includes name variations such as available for genealogical research. Quarterly newsletter. Europe: Spain Tents hosted at major Scottish games nationwide. Africa: South Africa Galbreath, Culbreath, Gilbraith etc. USA: Arizona * Carolinas * Florida * Gulf Coast * Mid-Atlantic * New Website: www.ClanBell.org Mexico * Mid-West * Northeast * Northern California * Pacific Northwest * DNA testing project, members only Online membership: https://clanbell.org/membership.html Rocky Mountains * South * Southern California * Texas * Upper Mid-West

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClanBell Visit our website to learn more about Clan Donnachaidh, our databases, Biennial gatherings, Email: [email protected] History & Traditions, the Clan Museum in Scotland, the DNA Project, the new Struan Kirk Appeal, & locate a Branch near you. blog, Quarterly journal. Clan Bell North America http://www.donnachaidh.com/ 4676 Emerald Willow Drive Facebook: The Clan Donnachaidh Society Acworth, GA 30101 Email: [email protected] www.clangalbraith.org Family of Bruce Clan Donald Edmonstone International, Inc. Australia Family of Bruce International, Inc., the only such organization “under the patronage of the High Clan Society recognized by the hereditary chief of the Name of Bruce, Council of the Chiefs of Clan Donald” Invites membership to anyone of the surname The Rt. Hon. Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, is a non-profit High Commissioner Mr A. Neil Macdonald or variations:- Edmiston/e, Edmondston, organization established to create kinship amongst its family State Commissioners members and promote interest in the Family of Bruce and NSW Mr John Currie Edmanson, Edmeston, Edmonson, its history. Membership is open to persons who qualify Qld Mr A. Neil Macdonald Edmundson, etc. Chieftain Sir Archibald by surname, by decent, or by recognized septs: Carlisle, SA Ms Therese McCutcheon Edmonstone Bt of Duntreath Carruthers, Crosby, Randolph and Stenhouse. Vic Mr Norman A Macdonald Contact: Mal Edmiston Membership inquiries should be directed to: WA Ms Pamela McDonald Donald E. Bruce Polly A. (Bruce) Tilford, Secretary 3 Laguna Ave President 5561 Earl Young Road [email protected] Kirwan, Qld, 4817 61 (0)7 4755 4370  1051 Eagle Ridge Trail Bloomington, IN 47408 There is no joy without Clan Donald Stillwater, Minnesota 55082 www.familyofbruceinternational.orgCLAN DONALD QUEENSLAND [email protected]  Commissioner: Neil Macdonald Ph: 0412 090990 Email: [email protected] Web: www.clandonaldqld.org  Clan Gregor Clan Cameron Clan Donald ELIGIBILITY: Those with the name of MacDonald Macdonald McDonald McDonell, Donald, OR of one of the Septs of Clan Society NDonald,S ORW with aI connectionnc .through family  lineage. Queensland Elliot Clan Society, U.S.A. ĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐƚŚŽƐĞǁŚŽƚƌĂĐĞƚŚĞŝƌĂŶĐĞƐƚƌLJƚŽThere is no joy ůĂŶwithout Clan Donald Australasia  Commissioner: Neil Macdonald ĂŵĞƌŽŶ Žƌ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ph: 0412 090990 Bill Elliott-Clan President All MacGregors and Septs of our clan are ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ Žƌ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ Žƌ ĂƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ Email: [email protected] welcomes membership of all who are invited to join the Clan Gregor Society Est 1822 ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĚĂƐ^ĞƉƚƐŽĨůĂŶĂŵĞƌŽŶ͘  connected with this great border family. If you live in Australia or New Zealand, please Web: www.clandonaldqld.org contact our clan representative:  WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͗ůŝƐƚĂŝƌĂŵĞƌŽŶ ELIGIBILITY: Those with the name of MacDonald Direct inquires to: Jim Dougherty Frank McGregor  ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ͗dĞƌƌLJĂŵĞƌŽŶ  Macdonald McDonald McDonell, Donald, Treasurer/Membership Chair PO Box 14 NORTH HOBART TAS 7002 ƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJĐůĂŶĐĂŵĞƌŽŶŶƐǁΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ OR of one of the Septs of Clan Donald, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]  OR with a connection through family lineage. Web: www.clangregor.com ǁǁǁ͘ĐůĂŶͲĐĂŵĞƌŽŶ͘ŽƌŐ͘ĂƵ Website: www.elliotclan-usa.com There is no joy without Clan Donald “Royal is our Race”  Clan Donald, U.S.A., Inc. Membership is open only to persons of the blood of Macdonald, however spelled or of the blood of a recognized associate  family or is related by marriage or legal Clan Farquharson American Clan Clanadoption to either ofDonald these write for more info and a complete Sept list. Association Australia   Diane Carey-Schmitz Gregor Society U.S.A.1685 Casitas AvenueInc. Clan Chief: Captain A.A.C. Farquharson, Pasadena, CA 91103, Membership inquiries [email protected] MC of Invercauld Est 1909  Membership is open only to persons of the blood welcomed from MacGregors of Macdonald, however spelled or of the blood Membership inquiries are invited from descendants of all spellings and Septs All Campbells or descendants of of a recognized associate family or is related of Farquharson and descendants of Sept family Gregor Grier MacAdams MacNish Magruder Campbells and members of Clan Septs by marriage or legal adoption to either of these names. Please contact the association by mail to: McGehee Gregory King Peter Fletcher are welcome to join the Society. Gregg Lecky Black and many others write for more info and a complete Sept list. The Secretary: Clan Farquharson For State Branches contact the Contacting our registrar, Jeanne P. Lehr William H. McDaniel Association Australia National Secretary Margaret Vallance PO Box 585 Springwood, NSW 2777 11 Ballas Crt. Email: [email protected] High Commissioner, CDUSA St. Louis, MO 63131-3038 or by Email to: [email protected] Phone: 314-432-2842, [email protected] www.clan-campbell.org.au [email protected] website: www.acgsus.org

CLAN DONALD in VICTORIA Clan Hamilton Proudly affiliated with Clan Donald Australia, Victorian Scottish Union and Scots of Victoria Coordinating Group. Represented at all major Highland gatherings in Victoria. Society CLAN DONALD VICTORIA Hamiltons and those of Hamilton descent President: Mr Norman A. Macdonald are cordially invited to join the society. Contact: [email protected] Formed in 1934, with membership from many MacDonald, McDonald and Inquiries to be sent to: Macdonald families living in Victoria. Membership available, with dance Sheri Lambert, Treasurer classes for Scottish Country Dance most Friday evenings in Gardenvale. P.O. Box 5399 CLAN MACDONALD YARRAVILLE Hon Chief: Mr Thomas R. Macdonald Vernon Hills, IL 60061 Contact: [email protected] visit our website: A hereditary clan society formed by the children of Norman Hume Macdonald and www.clanhamilton.org Johan McKenzie Macdonald (nee Munro) who departed Scotland in 1854.

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ClanNorth MacDougall America, Society Inc. of North America, Inc. Clan Hay Valerie McDougall Valerie McDou Clan MacLellan gall VP Membership MacDougall VP Membership MacDowall MacDougall 505-470 Scenic Drive, London, ON MacDowall John B. McClellan, Jr. April Rich N5Z 3B2 N5Z 3B2 28 Oxbow Drive Email: [email protected] Home page: www.macdougall.org Treasurer Email: [email protected]: www.facebook.com/clanmacdougall Home page: www.macdougall.org

Willimantic, CT 06226 Facebook: www.facebook.com/clanmacdougall 383 Ash Brook Lane Names Associated with Clan MacDougall of Argyll Clan MacNicol [email protected] and Clan MacDowall of Galloway Sunnyvale, TX NamesCoul AssociatedMacCoul with Clan MacDougallMacoual of Argyll The American Branch of the First Family of Scotland welcomes Conacherand ClanMacConacher MacDowall of Galloway 75182-3250 Chief: John MacNeacail Coyle MacCoyle inquires from descendants of: Hay(s); Haye(s); Hayne(s); Hey(s); CoulDole MacCoulMacDole MacoualMacDill Doual MacDoual McDougal Email: [email protected] of MacNeacail and Scorrybreac Alderston; Armll;Ayer(s); Constable; Con(n); De La Haye; Delgatie; DougalConacher MacDougalMacConacherl MacDougald CoyleDougle MacCoyleMcdougle McDougald Invites all MacLellans and their descendants regardless Delgatie; D’ Ay(e); Dellah’aY; Errol(l); Garrad; Garrow; Gifford; DoleDugal MacDoleMacDugal MacDillMacDugle Contact Ross Nicolson Dowall MacDowal MacDowall of surname spelling to join in preserving our heritage. Hawson; Haygood; Hayter; Hayward; Haywood; Haynie; Hayden; DoualMacDowell MacDoualMacdowell McDougalMcDowell DougalLullich MacDougalMcLullich l MacDougaldMacCullich MacCulloch McCulloch MacCullagh Various family names are MacLellan(d), McClellan(d), 10/377 North Rocks Rd., Hayfield; Hayne( s); Leask( e); Leith; Lester; MacGaradh; Peebles; MacClintockDougle MacLintockMcdougle McLintockMcDougald DugalMacHale MacDugalMcHoul MacDugleMactheul Peeples; Peoples; Turriff; Tweeddale; Yester MacHowell MacCowan McCown McLellan(d) and Gilliland. Carlingford NSW 2118 MacKichanDowall M’GowallMacDowal MacNamellMacDowall www.clanhay.com MacDowellMacLucas MacdowellMacLugash McDowellMacLuke Visit our website: www.clanmaclellan.net www.clanmacnicol.org LullichSpelling VariationsMcLullich May Vary or OmitMacCullich the Mac, Mc MacCulloch McCulloch MacCullagh MacClintock MacLintock McLintock MacHale McHoul Mactheul MacHowell MacCowan McCown The MacEanruigs, proud sons of Henry, invite you to join! MacKichan M’Gowall MacNamell Clan MacLeod Clan Macpherson MacLucas MacLugash MacLuke Clan Henderson Society Spelling Variations May Vary or Omit the Mac, Mc Societies of Australia Membership is open to MacLeods Association Purposes of the Society and Septs (of any variant spelling), Clan Macpherson welcomes enquiries from Macphersons and members of our Associated families. For information about local activities visit our web site www.clan-macpherson.org/branches and descendants. Recognised Septs: ● Foster Scottish culture and activities Africa. Derek Macpherson Australia. John L Macpherson ● Promote Scottish festivals and games Askey MacAndie MacClure [email protected] [email protected] phone +265 999 512 620 phone +61 409 122 141 ● Assist in genealogical research Beaton MacAskill MacCorkill MacWilliam ● Foster fellowship among kith and kin Canada. Denise Lagundzin England & Wales. William Macpherson ● Promote the history of Scotland Bethune MacAulay MacCrimmon Norie [email protected] [email protected] phone +1 519 507 4465 phone +44 7877 363 507 ● Promote charitable and educational Caskie MacCabe MacGillechallum Norman activities via a scholarship fund Harold MacCaig MacHaigh Tolmie Europe. Will Tulling New Zealand. Tony McPherson ● Gather the Clan, as directed by our Chief, [email protected] [email protected] Lewis MacCaskey MacRaild Williamson phone +31 655 774 425 phone +64 274 587 813 Alistair of Fordell l NSW, ACT & Qld - Peter Macleod 02 4397 3161 Scotland & Northern Ireland. Annie Le Roy-Lewis USA. Robert T McPherson Contact Jeff Henderson l [email protected] [email protected] Victoria & Tas - David Dickie 03 9337 4384 phone +44 7793 317 387 phone +1 360 701 8133 [email protected] l 0439 330 012 South Australia - Rachel Hopkins 0433 184 375 l The Clan Macpherson Museum is located in Newtonmore, Inverness Shire PH20 1DE, Western Australia - Ruth MacLeod 08 9364 6334 at the junction of the A86 and B9150 It is open from 1st April to 31st October. www.clanhendersonsociety.com MACFARLANE.ORG l Email: [email protected] Ph + 44 1540 673 332. See http://www.clan-macpherson.org/museum/

Clan Hope of Craighall Society For all of the name and lineage of Hope Clan MacInnes The Clan MacRae INTERNATIONAL & AUSTRALIA ClanInternational MacInnes Association of Clan President & Commissioner: Stephen J. Hope THE [email protected] Int’l Assn.MacInnes of Clan (Aonghais MacInnes) Society of Australia www.clanhopeaustralia.org All spelling variants of MacInnes are welcome UNITED STATES of AMERICA worldwide: (Aonghais) (Mc)Angus, (Mc)Kinnis, (Mc)Innis, and New Zealand High Commissioner: Richard Rex Hope (Mc)Ginnis, (Mc)Ninch, (Mc)Neish, (Mc)Canse, MACLEODS [email protected] (Mc)Masters, (Mc)Innes, (Mac)Masters If your surname is MacRae, Membership Chair: Cynthia Hope Henderson Worldwide, we welcome descendants [email protected] www.clanmacinnes.org RICH IN HIGHLAND or you are descended from a person having the www.clanhope.org Eric Peofrry ,all Di spellingrector-Me variations,mber Servic includinges 14 Jakes Lane, CANADA (Mc)Angus,Dexter, (Mc)Canse, ME 04930; [email protected])Ginnis, (Mc)Guenis,g TRADITIONS surname MacRae (any spelling) or that of a Sept of Commissioner: Scott Hale [email protected] (Mc)Inch, (Mc)Innes, (Mc)Innis,(Mc)Kinnis, FOR INFORMATION: the Clan then you are eligible to join our Society. www.clanhope.ca (Mc)Masters, (Mc)Neish, (Mc)Ninch, and more. WWW.CLANMACLEODUSA.ORG SCOTLAND Australian Contact: Commissioner: Colin Douglas Hope A.L. MacLeod [email protected] Scott Mcinnis, Member Services: [email protected] Roslyn MacRae 0412 291 054 email: [email protected] www.clanhope.org 3923 Rockwood Way #B or visit www.macinnes.org West Valley City, UT NZ Contact: Sue Tregoweth email: [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/groups/ClanHopeofCraighall 84120-6880        Clan MacRae Society  Pantone 363 U Clan Mackenzie Society Pantone 368 U     Pantone 186 U Clan Macnachtan  of North America   in Australia Inc. Granted Arms in 2008  Association Worldwide

  Membership enquiries Descendants andSepts of the We invite MacRaes of all Clan Irwin Association welcomed from Mackenzies CLAN MACNAUGHTON are invited to join our spelling variations and their of all spellings and Septs Worldwide Association to learn and share our descendants to join our Clan Clan Irwin Association Patron MacNaughton and Scottish heritage. For more info go to: MacRae Society. Learn your Alexander Irvine of Drum Scottish MacRae history and family lineage! th Contact: N Dennis, 61 Alma Street, clanmacnaughton.net or contact 27 Baron of Drum & Chief of the Name. Mary Nivison Burton, Membership Secretary at: Contact: Brian S. Ervin, Chairman East Malvern 3145 Ph 03 9569 5716 [email protected] www.macrae.org 1103 Highview Dr. Lapeer, MI, 48446 Visit our website Need more info? Contact: Phone: 248-854-0798 [email protected] New Second Edition! IRWIN • IRVIN • IRVINE • IRVING • ERWIN • ERVIN Check out your Tartan and Sept A History of the Clan Macnachtan Bruce McRae, President Over 270 ways the name has been spelled since 325 A.D. www.clanmackenzie.org.au Paperback available through 303-670-9611 www.clanirwin.org Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca [email protected] Clan MacNeil Association OF AUSTRALIA For all enquiries about the clan and CLAN LESLIE membership contact. Clan Maitland John McNeil SOCIETY 21 Laurel Avenue, Linden Park, Society SA 5065 of Australia Email [email protected] Chief: Ian Maitland, The Earl of Lauderdale! and New Zealand Clan MacNeil Association We are all related! Contact your local society Clan Chief: Hon Alexander John Leslie North America: Rosemary Maitland Thom Enquiries invited from Leslies around the world, of Australia [email protected] www.clanmaitlandna.org as well as the Septs of Clan Leslie: Australia: Amanda Maitland [email protected] Abernethy, Bartholomew, Cairney, Lang, For all enquiries about the clan and 6/1 Hinemoa Ave. Normanhurst, NSW, 2076 Moore etc in all their spellings. membership contact: John McNeil New Zealand: Judette Maitland [email protected] Contact:Conta Malcolmct: J Barrie W. Leslie Leslie D.Ua. 33 Disley Street, Highbury, Wellington 6012. NZ 117/30343 Rosedal Springe RStreet.d. 21 Coopers Avenue Kearney’sGordon Spring,, NSW, Qld,2072, 4350, Austr Australia.alia. Leabrook, South Australia 5068 We welcome all with Maitland, Lauderdale, Maitlen and similar Phone:Phone: +61 +61 2 418 9418 986 2268762 name spelling. See the entire list and your family history at: lesliejb@[email protected] www.clanleslie.org • www.clanleslie.org Phone: 08 833 33990 Email: [email protected] www.clanmaitland.org.uk

Clan Munro Association, U.S.A Clan MacLaren We are the only national organization of MacLaren MacLaurin Lawrence Munro in the U.S .A. affiliated with the Lawson Low[e] Clan Munro (Association) of Scotland. Low[e]ry Law[e] Patterson COME JOIN US! MacPatrick MacRory Web site: www.Clanmunrousa.org Write: Heather Munro Daniel Mark A. McLaren, President 4600 Lloydrownn Road [email protected] Mebane, NC 27302

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Scottish Associations and Societies Oliphant Clan & Family Association The Scottish Australian of North America Heritage Council The only home for all Clan Oliphant in the Americas. Clan Sinclair Australia Through our platform of projects and events ASF Membership and inquiries from all Sinclairs, helps share and strengthen the heritage and cultural Membership is welcomed Oliphant - Olyphant - Oliphint Sinclair Septs and Sinclair descendants. message of Scotland’s past and future. A bridge from all Australians of Scottish descent. Olifant -Olifent For further info contact between the United States and Scotland. and all descended For information please contact President: WayneSinclair 0417 146 174 www.americanscottishfoundation.org The Hon Secretary SAHC, Susan Cooke Secretary : Liane Sinclair 0410 045 263 Ph: 0411097724 Email:E: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] E: [email protected] www.OliphantOfNorthAmerica.org www.clansinclairaustralia.com www.scottishaustralianheritagecouncil.com.au Clan Pollock Among the most ancient families of Scotland. If  you are a descendant of Pollock, Pollok, Pook, ^ĐŽƚƚŝƐŚ'ĂĞůŝĐ Polk, Polke, Paulk, Poalke, Poulk, Poolke, Pogue - you are cordially invited to contact:  >ĂŶŐƵĂŐĞůĂƐƐĞƐ͗ A. D. Pollock, Jr. PO Box 404 tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJƐϳ͗ϬϬͲϴ͗ϯϬƉŵ Greenville, KY 42345 Comunn Gàidhlig e-mail: [email protected] Stewart Society  ĚƵƌŝŶŐƐĐŚŽŽůƚĞƌŵƐ  ϰϮϬͲϰϮϰtŝůůŝĂŵ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕tĞƐƚDĞůďŽƵƌŶĞ͘ Clan Pollock Welcomes Stewarts, however spelt, by name, Astràilia Among the most ancient families of Scotland. If you are a birth, or descent, from all over the world. Annual (The Scottish Gaelic Association of Australia) is a  ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗DĂƵƌŝĐĞ&ŽǁůĞƌϬϰϬϴϮϮϯϮϳϳ descendant of Pollock, Pollok, Pook, Polk, Polke, Paulk, Poalke, Gathering in historic, Stewart-related properties in nonprofit organisation which supports the language ŵĂŝů͗ƐĐŽƚƚŝƐŚŐĂĞůŝĐǀŝĐƚŽƌŝĂΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ Poulk, Poolke, Pogue - you are cordially invited to contact: Scotland. Newsletter. Annual magazine. and culture of Scottish Gaels. A. D. Pollock, Jr. Ruaraidh MacAonghais, N each Cathrach (Convenor)  PO Box 404 Please inquire: The Secretary Phone: 04 0482 2314 E-mail: [email protected] ^ĐŽƚƚŝƐŚ'ĂĞůŝĐ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJŽĨsŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ Greenville, KY 42345 53 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2HT, Web: www.ozgaelic.org   &ŽƵŶĚĞĚŝŶϭϵϬϱ e-mail: [email protected] Tel/Fax 0131 220 4512 www.stewartsociety.org Mail: PO Box A2259, SYDNEY SOUTH 1235 ŚƚƚƉƐ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ƐĐŽƚƚŝƐŚŐĂĞůŝĐǀŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ͘ĐŽŵ   SHOULDER TO SHOULDER   Ross Clan in AustraliaClan Ross  The clan is active again in Australia  for information contact in Australia Commander Des Ross(By appointment David Ross Bt Chief of Clan Ross and Balnagowan) Clan Sutherland Society in for information contact Commander Des Ross Australia Incorporated Caledonian Society  We would be pleased to hear from anyone with Ross Clan (By appointment David Ross Bt Chief of Clan Ross and Balnagowan) heritage and interest. Contact: M Hodgkinson of WA Inc. The Society of St. Andrew We wouldcontact Commander Des Ross at be pleased to hear from anyone of Scotland [email protected] 212 MacKenzie Street Promotes Scottish Culture and Traditions  (Queensland) Limited with Ross Clan heritage and interest. in Perth, Western Australia Toowoomba 4350 (07 4632 8559) ABN 30 093 578 860

Contact: Commander Des Ross at [email protected] For further details contact John: 0427 990 754 Invites membership of all people of  Email: [email protected] [email protected] M 0403 830 853 http://goldenvale.wixsite.com/clansutherlandaus Scottish descent or association www.caledoniansocietyofwainc.com The Secretary, P.O. Box 3233, South Brisbane, BC,  Ken Duthie JP Director of Publicity M 0409 322 374 Facebook: Clan Sutherland Society in Australia www.standrewsociety.com  Clan Ross America Scots of Victoria Representing the great Highland Clan of Ross since 1976. Clan Sutherland  Coordinating Group Society of North  Supporting the Scottish America Inc. Hunter Valley Community in Victoria The Society cordially invites membership of all Sutherlands  Scottish Resource Centre Scots Club Inc Level 1, 420 – 424 William St. (however the name is spelled) and of the associated families: Promotes and supports all forms of Scottish culture West Melbourne VIC 3003 Paul D Ross, President Cheyne, Duffus, Gray, Frederith, Mowat and Oliphant. in Newcastle, Hunter Valley and surrounding areas.  Virg Bumann, VP Membership Members and interested people are welcome to 1015 Archer St, San Diego, CA, 92109 Email: [email protected] attend activities such as Burns Night, Caledonian Night, [email protected] St Andrew’s Day, and other social functions. E-mail: [email protected] Website: https//scotsofaus.org.au [email protected] Website: www.ClanSutherland.org Web: hvscots.org Email: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/ScotsofVictoria www.clanross.org P.O. Box 34, Kotara NSW 2289 Victorian Scottish Union Inc The Robert Burns Club Established 1905 Clan Ross of Clan Young Umbrella group representing the interest of Scottish Clans and Societies in Victoria. The United States of Melbourne Inc. Affiliated Clans & Societies > Promotes interest in the works, life and Balmoral Highland Dancing Society Geelong Scottish Dance David Ross of Ross, Baron Balnagowan, Australia Brunswick Scottish Society Glenbrae Celtic Dancers milieu of the Scottish Poet Robert Burns Clan Donald Victoria Kilmore Celtic Festival Chief of the Clan invites all Ross’, septs and their Invites membership from all those with the Clan Grant Maryborough Highland Society > Celebrates Scottish Culture Clan Macdonald Yarraville Inc Mornington Peninsula Caledonian Society descendants to join in preserving our heritage. surname Young or with ancestral ties or Clan Mackenzie of Australia Scottish Country Dance Victoria Society connection to the surname. > Conducts Annual Burn Supper, Poetry Clan Maclean Australia The Robert Burns Club of Melbourne Afternoon & Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Clan Sinclair Association Robert Burns Club of Camperdown www.theclanross.com Convenor: Ian J Young AM FSAScot Warrnambool & District Caledonian Society Warrnambool Caledonian Highland Dancing Society [email protected] For Membership Information contact: Chief: Mr Barry Grant 10 Cedric Street, Parkdale VIC 3195 President: Mr Norman Macdonald Contact L. Q. Ross E: [email protected] Secretary: Noel Wright (03) 8333 0973 Secretary: Mrs Jan Macdonald T: 03 9360 9829 M: 0438 584 930 105 S. Graham Ave, Orlando, Fl 32803 Email: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.facebook.com/groups/youngsofaustralia/ www.victorianscottishunion.com

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pulse again to form a dough. Add the torn spinach leaves to the food processor and pulse until roughly combined. Knead the dough on a floured surface, then shape into a round and transfer onto a baking sheet. Using your fingertips, make six indentations, large enough to hold the cherry tomatoes in the top of the dough. Press the cherry tomatoes into the indentations, drizzle over the olive oil and bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until golden- brown and cooked through. Serve warm, in slices, with butter for spreading. Macerated berries with mascarpone sorbet Ingredients 4 handfuls of strawberries 4 handfuls of raspberries 2 handfuls of tayberries 1 small punnet of redcurrants 1 small punnet of white currants a good dousing of Cointreau 270g/9½oz. caster sugar 350ml/12fl oz. cold water 2 tbsp. fresh orange juice ¼ swede, peeled and diced the sauce, melt the butter in a frying pan 250g/9oz. mascarpone cheese Rustic smoky bacon quiche ¾pint chicken stock and fry the onion for 1-2 minutes, or until 3 sprigs of mint salt and freshly ground black pepper softened. Stir in the lemon zest and flour Ingredients: dusting of icing sugar For the pastry: 85g-110g/3-4 oz. haggis and mix well to form a roux. Cook for 2-3 Method: 150g/5oz. unsalted butter (cut into cubes) Method minutes, stirring constantly, then slowly 250g/9oz. plain flour stir in the milk, cream and white wine and Dissolve the caster sugar and water Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the leek, 1 free-range egg cook for a further 2-3 minutes, or until together, bring to the boil until slightly potato and swede for a few minutes, pinch of salt the sauce has thickened. Stir in the crème reduced and cool. Add the orange juice. to soften. Season with salt and freshly For the filling: fraîche and season to taste, with salt and Whisk the syrup into the mascarpone. ground black pepper. Pour in the chicken freshly ground black pepper. Pour the Sieve and churn in an ice cream machine. 80g/3oz. smoked bacon, cut into matchsticks stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the 2 garlic cloves sauce over the fish and stir gently until well If making by hand put into a freezer- heat, add the haggis and simmer for proof box and stir/whisk every 30mins 1 white onion, finely chopped combined. Spoon half of the fish into a 10-12 minutes. Remove from the heat for about 1½ hours. Pick through all the 20g/1oz. unsalted butter large ovenproof dish, add the quails’ eggs, and spoon into a soup bowl to serve. berries, hull the strawberries and red and 60g/2oz. strong Scottish cheddar, grated asparagus and peas, then top with the white currants. Place the berries in a large 250ml/9fl oz. single cream remaining fish mixture. For the pastry, roll bowl and douse with Cointreau. Leave covered 2 free-range eggs Fish pie the puff pastry out thinly on a floured work with cling film to macerate for 1-1½ hours. 2 free-range egg yolks Ingredients: surface until large enough to cover the pie To serve, simply ladle out the berries into For the fish: dish. Brush a little beaten egg around the Method: four chilled bowls. Scoop the sorbet 300g/10½oz. cod loin, skin removed, rim of the pie dish. Place the pastry on top For the pastry, preheat the oven to and place into the centre of the bowls. cut into chunks (also can use Haddock, of the dish, crimp the edges with a fork and 180C/350F/Gas 4. In a large bowl, Garnish with a sprig of mint and Pollack, Black Cod, Stripped Bass, trim off any excess pastry. (Use the excess rub the butter and flour together to a icing sugar. Serve immediately. Hake, Mahi Mahi, Grouper) pastry to cut out fish shapes or letters.) breadcrumb texture using your fingers. 200g/7oz. salmon steak, preferably Brush the pastry with beaten egg. Stick the Add the egg and salt to bring the pastry organic, cut into chunks fish shapes and letters onto the pie with Glasgow punch together. Wrap in cling film and chill in 200g/7oz. raw king prawns, a little more beaten egg. Cut a steam the fridge for 10 minutes. Remove the heads and shell removed hole in the top of the pie and cook for 10 pastry from the fridge, and roll out to 1 lemon, juice, zest of ½ lemon minutes. Reduce the oven to 170C/325F/ fit a deep 18cm/7in loose-bottomed salt and freshly ground black pepper Gas 3 and bake for a further 20 minutes, tart tin. Place the pastry-lined tin in the 3 tbsp. chopped fresh chives or until the pastry is risen and golden- fridge for 10 minutes to firm up. Place a For the sauce: brown and the pie filling is bubbling. piece of greaseproof paper into the tart 50g/2oz. butter shell and fill with baking beans or dried 1 onion, chopped Cherry tomato pulses. Bake for 10 -15 minutes and then ½ lemon, zest only remove greaseproof and beans. Leave in 3 tbsp. plain flour and spinach bread oven for a further 10 minutes so that the 175ml/6fl oz. milk Ingredients: pastry is dry and crisp. For the filling, in a 125ml/4fl oz. double cream 150g/5½oz. self-raising flour, frying pan fry the bacon, garlic and onion 175ml/6fl oz. dry white wine plus extra for dusting together in the butter until softened and 2 tbsp. crème fraîche 2 tsp baking powder golden-brown. Drain off any excess fat. 12 boiled quails’ eggs, peeled, halved 85g/3oz. butter, cubed Mix the cream and eggs together in a 100g/3½oz. asparagus spears, woody salt and freshly ground black pepper bowl until well combined. Layer the cheese ends trimmed, cut into 5cm/2in lengths 1 free-range egg, beaten with the bacon and onion mixture in the 75g/3oz podded fresh peas 2 tbsp. milk Ingredients: cooked pastry case and pour over the egg For the pastry: 2 handfuls spinach leaves, torn 1 large wedge fresh lime mixture. Top with some more cheese and 500g/1lb 1oz. ready-made puff pastry 6 cherry tomatoes 50ml/2fl oz. aged rum trim the crust if needed. Bake for 25-30 1 egg, beaten 2 tbsp. olive oil 1 lemon, juiced and zested, mixed minutes or until the filling is just set in Method: Method: with 2 tsp. caster sugar the middle. Serve in slices while still hot. 4 small chunks fresh pineapple Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. For Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. 1 pinch fresh nutmeg the fish, place the fish and prawns into a Place the flour, baking powder, butter and Haggis soup bowl, add the lemon juice and zest and salt and freshly ground black pepper into a Method: Ingredients: season with salt and freshly ground black food processor and pulse until the mixture Place all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker 1 tbsp. oil pepper. Sprinkle over the chives, stir well resembles breadcrumbs. Add the beaten with a handful of ice and shake hard. ½ leek, diced and set aside to marinate in the fridge egg and milk to bind the mixture, adding Strain the cocktail into a small wine cup ½ potato, peeled and diced for at least 30 minutes. Meanwhile, for more flour or milk as necessary,then and garnish with a pinch of nutmeg and serve.

The Scottish Banner • July 2021 • Page 21 THE SCOTTISH BANNER WHAT’S ON - SCOTTISH EVENTS The international Scottish event community worldwide has been greatly impacted by event postponements, scaled down presentations and cancellations due to restrictions related to COVID-19. We are listing both events taking place and that have been cancelled/postponed. Please check direct with event contacts for the most up to date information. You can also see our latest updates (including events across Scotland and Australia/New Zealand) or add your event at: www.scottishbanner.com/events

Goderich Celtic Roots Festival Quebec Celtic Festival Spokane Highland Games Canada 6 – 8, Virtual event 10 – 12, Québec, QC 7, Spokane, WA The Board of Directors of the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival A program of musical, sporting, gourmet and cultural Cancelled but back Saturday, August 6, 2022. JULY 2021 has cancelled its in-person August Festival and College event Celtic events. The 2021 line-up will be announced in Info: www.spokanehighlandgames.net Embro Highland Games and instead is proceeding with its second virtual Festival on August and be available at: www.festivalceltique.com. Bitterroot Celtic Games & Gathering 1, Embro, ON the same weekend. Info: www.facebook.com/goderichceltic 21 – 22, Hamilton, MT Pipe bands, dancers, Celtic wares and more at Cancelled for 2021. Info : www.embrohighlandgames.ca The Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games USA the Daly Mansion. Info: www.bcgg.org Happy Canada Day 13 -15, Virtual event JULY 2021 Maine Highland Games & Scottish Festival 1, Nationwide Due to Covid, Fergus Scottish Festival have made the proactive decision to not host our 2021 Festival in Happy Independence Day 21, Brunswick, ME Wishing all our Canadian readers and A celebration of Scotland at Thomas Point Beach. person live event, instead they present their second 4, Nationwide friends a Happy Canada Day! Info: www.mainehighlandgames.org ever virtual Festival and Highland Games featuring: Wishing all our US readers and friends a happy and safe Almonte Celtfest: 25th Anniversary Heavy Events, Highland Dance, Clans & Heritage, Independence Day.Grandfather Mountain Highland Games 60th Annual Long Island Scottish Festival and Games 2 - 4, Virtual event and Pipes & Drums as well as special features. Info: 28, Old Westbury, NY 8 – 11, Linville, NC Cancelled for 2021, returns August 2022. Info: www.liscots.org A weekend of Celtic music, events and www.fergusscottishfestival.com or 519-787-0099. 4 day annual festival and largest Gathering of friendship. Info: www.almonteceltfest.com National Capital Highland Games the Clans in the US. Info: www.gmhg.org SEPTEMBER 2021 Penticton Scottish Festival 21, Ottawa, ON Payson Scottish Festival Wisconsin Highland Games 3 – 5, Waukesha, WI 3, Penticton, BC A full day of Scottish events and celebration at The Capital 9 – 10, Payson, UT Fair: Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino 4837 Albion Road Celebrating Celtic heritage at the Waukesha County TBC. Family entertainment, pipeband & solo competitions, Highland dance, Highland athletics, bagpipe South. Info: www.nationalcapitalhighlandgames.com Expo Center. Info: www.wisconsinscottish.org kid’s zone, highland dance, heavy events, beer garden, competitions, Celtic music and more at Payson 37th Annual North Lanark Highland Games Memorial Park. Info: www.paysonscottishfestival.org Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highland Festival & more. Info: www.pentictonscottishfestival.ca 10 – 12, Estes Park, CO 28, Almonte, ON Portland Highland Games Cambridge Scottish Festival Celtic music, pipe bands, Scottish Highland A one-day outdoor festival in picturesque Almonte, 17, Gresham, OR athletics, representatives of many Clans at Estes 16 – 17, Cambridge, ON featuring Scottish Dance, Heavyweight Athletic PHG are postponing the 2021 Games. The Park Fairgrounds. Info: www.scotfest.com This event will return July 15-16, 2022. Info: competitions, Pipes and Drums, vendors, FREE kid’s committee look forward to celebrating the Portland Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival www.cambridgescottishfestival.ca admission and activities including Mini-Highland Highland Games in 2022. Info: www.phga.org 11, Nashville, TN Games! Info: www.almontehighlandgames.com/ New Brunswick Highland Games 2021 Balmoral Piping & Drumming Summer School Where families come together every year to learn, appreciate, 23 – 25, Fredericton, NB The Edmonton Scottish Society Highland Gathering 18 – 23, Virtual event preserve and celebrate Scottish and Celtic traditions for charitable, educational, social, and athletic purposes at Cancelled and back July, 2022. Info: www.highlandgames.ca 28, Edmonton, AB Balmoral’s online Piping & Drumming Summer Be stirred by the sounds of pipes and drums, the sight of School brings you four of the world’s most highly Percy Warner Park. Info: www.midtenngames.com 2021 Okanagan Military Tattoo highland and country dancing, the thrill of heavy events regarded pipers to serve as guest instructors: Roddy Scotfest | Oklahoma 23 – 24, Armstrong, BC (like the hammer throw and caber toss) and the fun of it all. MacLeod MBE, Bruce Gandy, Robert Mathieson & 17 – 19, Broken Arrow, OK The Okanagan Military Tattoo has been cancelled for Info:www.edmontonscottishsociety.org/highland-gathering Andrew Carlisle. An all-new Drumming Program is Oklahoma’s Flagship Celtic Music Festival & Scottish 2021 and back for 2022. Info:www.okanagantattoo.ca Highland Games. Info: www.okscotfest.com SEPTEMBER 2021 in the works, with 2021 guest drumming instructors Glengarry Highland Games to be announced at www.Bagpiping.org Scots on the Rocks Moab Celtic Festival ScotFestBC: The British Columbia Highland Games 17 – 19, Moab, UT 30 – 31, Maxville, ON 4, Coquitlam, BC Dressed to Kilt Celebrate the heritage and culture of Scotland, Cancelled for 2021 and the Games are monitoring Pipe bands, Tartan Run, Clans, entertainment and more 24, Long Island, NY Ireland, England and Wales at Old Spanish Trail the covid situation and developing ideas on how at Lafarge Lake Park. Info: www.scotfestbc.com The largest and most prestigious Scottish fashion Arena. Info: www.scotsontherocksmoab.org show in the world honoring Sir Sean Connery, a new the spirit of the Games can be celebrated in some 30th Canmore Highland Games Ligonier Highland Games fashion. Info:www.glengarryhighlandgames.com Sir Sean Connery Tartan that will be unveiled for the 18, Ligonier, PA 4 – 5, Canmore, AB first time, at the Mill Neck Manor Estate on the Gold Canmore Highland Games take place annually on Labour A celebration of Scotland and a tradition of preserving Coast of Long Island. Info: www.dressedtokilt.com and promoting Scottish arts and heritage at Idlewild AUGUST 2021 Day weekend in Canmore, Alberta - in the beautiful Park, Route 30. Info: www.ligonierhighlandgames.org Montreal Highland Games Canadian Rockies. Info: www.canmorehighlandgames.ca AUGUST 2021 NESD Celtic Faire & Highland Games 1, Virtual event Calgary Highland Games The St. Andrew’s Society of Detroit Highland Games In 2021, we are working on an innovative plan 18- 19, Aberdeen, SD 4, Calgary, AB 6 – 7, Livonia, MI An exciting opportunity for all individuals who have any to bring the community together to celebrate At Springbank Park for All Seasons for a glorious day of heavy Detroit’s annual Highland Games is a celebration of Scottish interest in Celtic heritage, history, arts, sports, dance, Scottish arts and culture in a virtual environment. events, bagpipes, band, Highland dancing, tastes of Scotland culture and heritage at Greenmead Historical Village, music, food, merchandise, livestock and dog breeds Info: www.montrealhighlandgames.com plus much more. Info: www.calgaryhighlandgames.org 20501 Newburgh Rd. Info: www.highlandgames.com at Richmond Lake. Info: www.nesdcelticfaire.com Clan MacInnes celebrated at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Ken your country

Clan MacInnes at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games.

he International Association tells that three sons of an Irish ruler left of Clan MacInnes (IACM) is Northern Ireland and settled on Scotland’s Urquhart Castle. Photo: VisitScotland. celebrating its 50th anniversary west Argyll coast to form the Kingdom this summer (a year late due of Dalriada. For centuries, MacInneses ow well do you know Scotland? 7) The captain of a team in which Tto the pandemic) and the Grandfather were farmers, fierce warriors and archers To test your knowledge, we have sport is known as the “skip”? Mountain Highland Games has chosen settled in the Western Highlands, primarily assembled ten fun questions on 8) Which castle is the home of the Argyll Clan MacInnes as one its featured Morvern, where Clan MacInnes was its geography, history and culture and Sutherland Highlanders? Clans for its 2021 Games taking place known as the Keeper of Kinlochaline H-- but if you get stumped, the solutions 9) What does Ailsa Craig mean in Gaelic? July 9-11 at MacRae Meadows in Castle. The MacInnes Chief and his five Can be found underneath, good luck! Linville, North Carolina. sons were murdered in their sleep circa 10) The Paps are a feature of In 1970, seven MacInnes’ from the 1358, its lands lost, and the MacInnes 1) The ruins of which castle which Scottish island? south-eastern states gathered at the Chieftainship has been dormant since. overlook Loch Ness? Answers Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Kinlochaline Castle was abandoned in 2) Which city lies farthest north 1) Urquhart Castle. and decided to create the Clan MacInnes 1690, sat empty 400 years, was restored in - Glasgow or Edinburgh? Society to preserve MacInnes heritage 2000 and is now a private residence. 2) Edinburgh. 3) When was the original Tay Bridge and to promote Scottish culture and The Scottish Banner congratulates the Clan 3) c) 1878. opened? a) 1858, b) 1868 or c) 1878? history. Today the Society has evolved into MacInnes on its 50th anniversary and for their 4) The South Esk. IACM, an international organization with great work in the Scottish community. 4) Montrose stands at the 5) A curse. mouth of which river? hundreds of members spread across the For more information on Clan 6) A ridge. world. Clan MacInnes has hosted a tent at MacInnes see: www.macinnes.org 5) What does the old Scots 7) Curling. GMHG every year since 1971. word “mellison” mean? 8) Stirling Castle. For more information on the One of the oldest Scottish clans, Clan Grandfather Mountain Highland 6) What type of hill in Scotland 9) Fairy Rock. MacInnes dates to 501 AD. Its origin story Games see: www.gmhg.com is described as a “rig”? 10) Jura.

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By: Karen Goodwin On the cliffs of Canna Thousands of seabirds nest on this Hebridean island every summer. Find out about the vital work of The National Trust for Scotland to monitor them and protect their rocky habitats.

We collect information about what the birds are eating and increasingly we’re attaching high-tech loggers such as geolocators.” From this data the team are able to understand some more surprising trends. Kittiwakes have seen massive A black guillemot takes off from declines in Shetland and Orkney but are the waters around Canna. doing well on Canna, with the highest numbers on record counted in 2019. “I think in the North Sea they are very They believe Canna is a ‘magical’ place, not much hooked on sandeels’, notes Bob. just to see seabirds but also to experience ‘But in the west coast they’ll take a wider its rich biodiversity: you’ll find everything range of fish – young sprats or whiting, here from frog orchids and butterflies say. Here they switch and as a result they to seals, minke whales and eagles, both do better. We’ve been taking samples golden and white-tailed. For Michael, a from them every year, so we know what visit to the puffin stack is the real highlight they’re feeding on. We have also reached of any visit to the island. He said: “They do record puffin numbers, but that is almost a murmuration like starlings do, which is The puffin population on Canna has almost doubled since 2005. certainly down to getting rid of the rats. incredible to see. There are hundreds of Before, the puffins were very much puffins swirling around the stack.” confined to the offshore stacks where Below the puffins on a basalt shelf are biodiversity crisis bites. “Most of our the rats couldn’t get at them. But now the fulmars, razorbills, guillemots and shags, seabirds are declining. The vast majority puffin numbers on the north side of the with kittiwakes also on nearby cliffs. are in serious trouble due to the effects of island are just going up and up – they have Michael continued: “It’s amazing to see so climate change”, says Jeff. probably doubled.” much life on one rock’, he adds. ‘Visitors As the oceans warm, the sandeels He admits that he fears for the future of watch open-mouthed.” that many seabirds feed on move north many of these birds though, remembering In normal times, helping people to to colder waters. This forces the birds to years of sharp decline between 2005 and connect with that magic is a key part of the change to different prey, which is often less 2010, when a series of mild winters led ranger’s work. The aim is to help visitors to Kittiwakes nesting. ideal for them. They also often have to use to warming seas and low fish stocks. understand the importance of conserving more energy foraging, reducing their body Bob said: “I’ll never forget going down the our coasts by falling in love with these tanding on the cliffs of the island mass and breeding condition. Chicks are north side on one occasion during that seabirds. “We came here because we really of Canna, watching hundreds less well fed and fewer make it to fledging. period and thinking: ‘There’s something wanted to be part of connecting visitors to of seabirds swirl and freewheel “Seabirds are like a barometer for the really strange here.’ I couldn’t work out the wildlife. Canna truly is a hidden gem. through the skies, is an assault health of our seas. Some of the seabird what it was until I got to the lip of the cliff Considering it’s so small, it has an awful lot Son the senses. “It’s an incredible thing to species are potentially threatened with and I realised it was silent. When I looked to give. It shows there is always something watch”, agrees Jeff Waddell, the National local extinction and, if warming continues, over, there were no birds – they had all bigger than us humans – that we are just Trust for Scotland’s Senior Natural extinction on a wider scale”, Jeff explains. failed. It was very emotional. Canna is a part of it. And that rather than fighting Heritage Advisor. “The birds are nesting That means monitoring seabird numbers a key monitoring site but it means if nature, we should be working with it, for on these beautiful, inaccessible cliffs, with is more crucial than ever. something is bad on Canna, the whole of everyone’s sake” Michael says. waves crashing in at the bottom. It feels so the west coast of Scotland and beyond Text and images are courtesy of the National wild and you’re just surrounded by nature, 50 years of counting seabirds is affected. When something like that Trust for Scotland. For more information on in every sense.” Bob Swann, a volunteer who leads a happens, you worry that it’s going to be the the Trust or to help them protect Scotland’s surveying team from the Highland Ringing end of these great seabird concentrations.” heritage see: www.nts.org.uk Site of Special Scientific Interest Group, agrees. Bob first got involved in Numbers are up but haven’t fully And then there are the birds themselves: 1971 and has been on hand to record the recovered. “I don’t think we’ll ever get back the puffin with its iconic multi ­coloured highs and lows of the bird populations to the peak numbers we once had. But it bill and the beautiful snowy-feathered here ever since. The work is complex and would be good if things could just be kittiwake. Here, too, you’ll find guillemots, demands experience, as he explains: stable at the level we’ve reached, so these shearwaters and more. Together with “We check all the sites on the island every birds will be around for future generations neighbouring Sanday, this island – gifted year and literally count how many there are. to marvel at.”, says Bob. by John Lorne Campbell and his wife Some, such as the puffins, are quite tricky, Margaret Fay Shaw to the Trust in 1981 – and for those we have study plots where we Looking after Canna is a designated Site of Special Scientific can just count the number in a particular Committed to doing all they can to ensure Interest and has Special Protection Area area. We also have plots where we try to see this happens are the Trust’s senior rangers, Resting cormorants. status. These craggy coastlines support how many chicks the birds are producing Michael Butler and Gillian Gibson. some 11,000 seabirds, who build their nests in a year. And we ring a lot of birds. and raise their young on the cliffs, sea caves Initially, this was just to work out where and offshore stacks. Their numbers have they were going when they left Canna, but declined hugely in the last two decades – increasingly it’s being used to try to work it’s estimated that there were 21,000 birds out their survival rates, how long they’re here in the late 1990s, for instance. living for. Last year we caught a guillemot Without the efforts of the Trust, however, that was 41 years old – a UK record. things could have been a lot worse. In fact, some of the seabird populations here are in relatively fine fettle. Since a programme to eradicate rats from the island was successfully completed in 2008 (an operation that cost half a million pounds and saw more than 4,200 traps laid), the colony of shags has doubled from its low point in 2011 to 444 pairs in 2019. But, as is happening across the globe, many seabird populations are A black shag. The island of Canna. facing difficult times as the climate and

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By: David McVey Greenbank - A place of different daffodils In spring, other events include special Daffodil Days. Everyone, of course, has some daffodils in the garden and they are a Greenbank speciality. Not only is the garden a searing yellow blaze each March and April, but the range of different daffodils is astonishing. The Trust are quite specific about this point; there are 568 varieties of daffodils growing at Greenbank. I was fortunate enough to visit the garden at daffodil- time in 2021 and I can confirm that it’s a stunning sight, then. I can confirm that Daffodils in Greenbank Gardens. there are lots of different varieties, but I didn’t try counting them. In the 1920s Greenbank’s most famous sights, the giant and 1930s a Major Hamilton lived at topiary owl. Children are said to love it. Greenbank. He was a daffodil enthusiast Greenbank House. It doesn’t appeal much to me; I find it and the originator of the collection.

All images: The National Trust for Scotland. Trust The National images: All rather sinister-looking and I suspect it Apparently, there were even more would have terrified me as a child. Go and varieties growing here then. he National Trust for Scotland In 1962 the house and garden came see what your family makes of it. The woodland belt outside the garden (NTS) owns and preserves many into the possession of the Blyth’s who sold is home to more springtime daffodils and tracts of Scottish countryside, it to the NTS in 1976, on condition that it A green oasis offers a pleasant short walk by a burn. both large and small. Some of be used as a gardening advice resource. Greenbank is a test site for herbaceous Outside Covid times there is a tearoom Tthese properties are spectacular mountain By then, much of the wider estate had plants in trials run by Which?, the and shop at the garden and plants are landscapes - in Glencoe, Kintail or been sold off. Suburban housing reaches consumer magazine. Plants have to be offered for sale. A small number of rooms Galloway, say - while others are smaller right to the gates, now, though there is fairly tough here; the garden is 150m above in Greenbank House are also sometimes parcels of land close to, or even in, our still farmland nearby. The NTS estate sea level and receives almost no direct open for visitors. There’s a large car park great cities. One of these is Greenbank amounts to the house, the garden and a sunlight for two months in winter. All the and city bus routes are just a short walk Garden in Glasgow’s Southside, near the surrounding belt of woodland. same, the garden also holds the National away, reminding you that this refuge is district of Clarkston. Collection of Bergenia plants. These flower now in the heart of suburbia. Greenbank is Now a cherished green space for the in spring and have large leaves that supply most valuable as a green oasis and escape city, Greenbank’s surroundings were once Greenbank is most its alternative name of ‘elephant’s ear’. for people in the Glasgow area and as a entirely rural. Greenbank House was built valuable as a green oasis As well as displays that encourage fund of ideas for gardeners. However, it in the 1760s by Robert Allason, a merchant gardeners to experiment, there are also deserves a few hours of anyone’s time and from a local farming dynasty. Records show and escape for people in the events for gardeners held at Greenbank. is well worth the small cost of entry. that the 16-room house was complete by Glasgow area and as a fund 1772, the walled garden to the south dates from the same time. It’s now the feature of ideas for gardeners. Balmoral’s three times the of the site for visitors but was originally intended purely for fruit trees. A wider estate of farms and woodland enfolded The garden is the big attraction, a instruction summer offer Greenbank deeply in the countryside. haven of scent and colour and peace with many charming spots where you A haven of scent and colour and peace can sit and relax. Within the garden are a Allason traded in a number of commodities number of themed areas all designed to including iron, sugar and tobacco. Sugar and give domestic gardeners inspiration and tobacco, of course, were grown on slave practical suggestions. For example, the plantations in the Americas and Allason Biodiversity Area specialises in plants that also benefitted directly from the slave trade attract bees and includes plenty of nettles itself. As such, a visit to Greenbank enables to encourage those butterfly species that us to reflect on awkward issues from earlier lay their eggs on them. The Sensory Area By: Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming times. Allason, his trade by then suffering provides scents and sights and sounds, from American independence, sold the not least among the latter the tinkle of the Free to summer 2021 students - 3-month access to Balmoral summer classes. estate in 1784 and died the following year. fountains that play around Foam, Charles ttend our piping and drumming advanced classes later, with the option The estate actually passed through very few Pilkington Jackson’s sinuous nymph statue. camp, July 18-23, and you can study to replay classes as often as they’d like. A hands over the years and for much of the Jackson also sculpted the mounted statue of all the lessons and enjoy all the drummer could audit a piping class with 19th and 20th centuries it remained in the Robert the Bruce you’ll find in the grounds recitals of the 2021 Balmoral summer Robert Mathieson or Roddy MacLeod. ownership of the Hamilton family. of another NTS property, The Battle of Asession at your leisure. Here at Balmoral, we Pipers could take drumming classes with They made few changes; unlike many Bannockburn. Foam first appeared understand not every student has time to Jim Kilpatrick or Ed Best. Georgian mansions, Greenbank was never in Bellahouston Park in 1938 at Glasgow’s devote all their waking hours, throughout an This summer, the Balmoral School of altered to suit Victorian tastes, though the spectacular modernist Empire Exhibition. entire week, to attend an online piping camp. Piping & Drumming will offer a greater garden became mainly an ornamental one Thereafter it lived in Jackson’s own That’s why we’re offering three months of number of world class guest instructors from the 1840s onward. garden until his death. Nearby is one of online access to recordings of our summer teaching a wider variety of classes, and many piping and drumming classes to each of our more sessions of one-on-one tutoring. After summer students. Even if you’re with us every the session, class videos may be viewed as day of the weeklong program, you may want many times as the student wants during to audit classes you weren’t able to schedule. the 3-month access period. The fee for the For example, you chose to attend the Personal weeklong session is $375.00 USD. Refer new Repertoire class with Andrew Carlisle, rather students and you’ll receive $50 off the price than a Piobaireachd class? Later, you can take of the workshop for each new student who Advanced Piobaireachd with Bruce Gandy, in attends. Bring at least four members of you your own home, at your chosen time. pipe band, and each member will receive $50 off the price of the school. There is World-renowned instructors simply no other piping school that can best Beginning pipers can work through the our line-up of world-renowned instructors. Greenbank Gardens. basics during the summer program then Why not try Balmoral this summer? view the videos of intermediate and For details: www.balmoralschoolofpiping.org

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