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Nadine Lee
PM Cites Clan Cameron Heritage in Referendum Speech
David Cameron answers questions from the media in East London after his speech on the importance of Scotland to the UK. UK Prime Minister David Cameron has referenced his clan heritage in an appeal...
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Clan Event Fund Recipients Announced
Recipients of the Scottish Government's Clan Event Fund were announced today, with over £26,000 in funding awarded to clan events as part of 2014 Homecoming Scotland celebrations. Enterprise and Tour...
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This Week in History: Isabel MacDuff and Robert the Bru...
Bruce is crowned for the second time in two days by Isabel MacDuff, Countess of Buchan. Colour litho by Williams, Morris Meredith (1881-1973). With attention focused on the approaching 700th annive...
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West Lochaber have a lot going on in 2014
Meet the People :: See the Places :: Settle the Heart Howling Events, a west Lochaber coalition of heritage organisations has announced its programme of events for the forthcoming Year of Homecoming ...
Topics: Lochaber, MacDonald
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New Feature: Clans2014 Forum
One lump or two? We have just added a brand new feature to the Clans 2014 site; A Discussion Forum. After a brief and fairly painless registration you can come to the forum and discuss topics suc...
Topics: 2014
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Calling all pipers and drummers
"THE FRONT RANK" - Pipefest 2005, Holyrood Park Edinburgh - 21 August 2005Photographed by Colin Dickson[/caption] Pipefest are gathering 10,000 Pipers and drummers from around the World. Pipers and...
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Bannockburn: Apparently its just because we hate the En...
Sorry! turns out we all hate you apparently. Normally I try to keep this blog reasonably clear of political opinion (no really I do). It has been suggested many times that the big issue with the Ba...
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The Gauntlets are Off! - Sir Malcolm Wades into Bannock...
Strange forces seem to work on the internet, last year only hours after we had launched this site the news broke that the Stirling gathering was on the rocks. Yesterday a matter of minutes after I pub...
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2014: A year of Homecoming (if you like golf or athleti...
Bertie Vogts new head of Visit Scotland? noooooooooo!!! Last year Stirling Council didn't so much drop the ball on the gathering, more like they picked it up on the halfway line, dribbled past thei...
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The Second Battle of Bannockburn
I was alerted today that an article had appeared in the Times. As someone who tends to avoid lining the Murdoch's pockets I had missed it. However I've grudgingly given them a pound via my local newsa...