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  • A group of women standing on a pitch wearing shinty kits

    Hì ho rò na Boireannaich – a tha a’ Cluich Camanachd

    15 October 2024, Gaelic, Heritage
  • A group of women standing on a pitch wearing shinty kits

    Hì ho rò the women – A New Paradigm In Shinty

    15 October 2024, Gaelic, Heritage
  • A close-up of a colourful artwork in a Celtic style depicting scenes from myths featuring St Columba

    Illuminating the Legends of Colmcille

    16 August 2024, Gaelic, Supernatural and Folklore
  • A close-up of a colourful artwork in a Celtic style depicting scenes from myths featuring St Columba

    A’ soillseachadh Seann Sgeulachdan Chaluim Cille

    16 August 2024, Gaelic, Supernatural and Folklore
  • A young boy and girl dooking for apples. The crouch over a basin full of water, their faces and hair wet, each with an apple between their teeth.

    Samhainn and the Scottish traditions of Hallowe’en

    27 October 2023, Gaelic, Heritage, Stirling Castle
  • A view of a large mill complex from the banks of a river

    A poem from Aonghas MacNeacail

    31 January 2023, Gaelic, Industrial Heritage
  • A view of a large mill complex from the banks of a river

    Bàrdachd le Aonghas MacNeacail

    31 January 2023, Gaelic, Industrial Heritage
  • A close-up photo of an artist using a stylus to add colour to a reproduction of the Book of Kells

    Recreating the Book of Kells

    03 November 2022, Gaelic
  • stained glass representation of St Columba and his disciples in a boat

    Poet, Priest, Peacemaker: The Legacy of St Columba

    19 March 2021, Gaelic, History
  • Archive black and white image of the ruins of Craigmillar Castle

    Three Ghost Stories for Halloween

    25 October 2019, Gaelic, History
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