Kai AshDèan dìochuimhne air do dhachaigh.
(Dealbh: "Lochaber No More", le John Watson Nicol, 1883)
#SeachdainNaGàidhlig #Gàidhlig #Abairt #ScottishGaelic #NaFuadaichean #HighlandClearances #fògarraich
novaTopFlexHype for the Future 74C: The Scottish Highlands
Introduction The Scottish Highlands, though historically most infamous for the Highland Clearances, have also resulted in the significant tradition of the Highland Games, for which the Highland Games of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, represent the first Highland Games abroad thanks to the Scots diaspora in the region of what is now Atlantic Canada. Though Lowland Scots have also been involved to lesser extents in settling the territories associated with Canada, the Scottish Highlands continue to […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/hype-for-the-future-74c-the-scottish-highlands/
Assoc for Scottish Literature“While the clearances in Sutherland were at their height in the second decade of the 19th century, around 1815, the clearances of the late 1840s and early 1850s – in places like South Uist and Barra – were far worse in terms of sheer brutality.”
—James Hunter, Director of the Centre for History at the University of the Highlands & Islands, selects five books on the history of the Highland Clearances
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/james-hunter-on-the-highland-clearances/
#Scottish #history #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #19thcentury #HighlandClearances
FlikeNoirI read a contemporary letter, calling out the Marquis of Breadalbane for his depopulating tendencies in Glen Quaich by Amulree, over footage of driving through that area on one of our day trips 🏞️
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdrckyuE/
#HighlandClearances #ScottishHistory #ClearanceLords #ScottishScenery
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Seonaidh 🏴Leabhar air leth. Tiamhaidh, brèagha.
An excellent book. Poignant but beautiful.
#WorldBookDay #HighlandClearances #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Scotland #Highlands
Glen Quaich 🐑
https://youtu.be/7_o-gJnJbKc?si=ABnbNQSEI_mWYuSm
This made for a difficult wee read for obvious reasons 😢
#HighlandClearances #ClearanceLordsRevealed
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Glen Quaich
Clach air an càrn.
Càrn mòr Chùil Lodair.
The great memorial cairn at Culloden Battlefield.
#Scotland #Highlands #Culloden #HighlandClearances #Jacobite #Inverness #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #MastoDaoine #ThursdayThoughts
Undiscovered ScotlandCroick Church in Sutherland, which has reminders of the tragic story that brought word of the Highland Clearances to a much wider audience via an article in The Times on 2 June 1845; and which offers an intriguing mystery. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/bonarbridge/croickchurch/index.html
#Scotland #CroickChurch #Sutherland #HighlandClearances #Church #UndiscoveredScotland
Tin Peaks
Gleann Afraig
#FotoMontag #PhotoMonday #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #Cleachdi #Scotland #Highlands #GlenAffric #HighlandClearances
Esther Payne 
Question for Scottish folks:
Who remembers Reading the Desperate Journey by Kathleen Fiddler in the 1980s in Primary School?
It's for a thing.
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