1/3 There must be suspicions that the Clan Donald Trust are hoping for a quick sale of their #Armadale Estate on Isle of #Skye to avoid a #community buyout/....
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c871z5gvl8do
Are you visiting #Skye this year? My new Skye and the #InnerHebrides guidebook recommends the island's most interesting nooks and crannies, with lots of good reasons to take your time exploring.
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A panoramic view from the east of the fearsome Black Cuillin on the Isle of Skye. Click on the image to see the full sweep. The view is captured from near the high point of the stony track to Camasunary. More info and larger version: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/pano-cuillin/panorama.html
Looking south from Flodigarry on the Isle of Skye's Trotternish Peninsula towards Staffin Bay and Staffin Island. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/trotternish/index.html
Màiri Mhòr composed “Òran Beinn Lì” after tenants on Skye won back their grazing rights on Ben Lì & a reduction in rent – following “the Battle of the Braes” in 1882, where 50 police officers had fought with local crofters & arrested 5 men & 7 women
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https://thepeoplesvoice.glasgow.ac.uk/song-ben-li-cathy-ann/
“Her cartography of place is a peopled landscape … symbolic of the community & culture that she knew in her youth, & these personal and communal associations have a fervent emphasis in her songs”
—Priscilla Scott on the poetry of Màiri Mhòr nan Òran
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/06/a-sense-of-place-in-the-poetry-of-mairi-mhor-nan-oran/
The 19th-century Gaelic poet & songwriter Màiri Nic a’ Phearsain (Mary MacPherson) – known as Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (Great Mary of the Songs) – was born #OTD, 10 March 1821. Much of her work was political & was especially focused on the struggle for land rights
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An Indian Peacock at Talisker Bay on the Isle Of Skye, somehow seems right at home...
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The remains of Knock Castle on the Isle of Skye, with the Sound of Sleat and Knoydart in the background. The castle was built in the early 1400s on a headland that had been fortified since the Iron Age. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/knockcastle/index.html
The view across the Sound of Sleat in the Western Scottish Highlands, towards the Isle of Skye. Captured this view from the ferry from Armadale as it approached Mallaig, passing the small light marker on the rocky islet of Sgeir Dhearg.
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I have spoken about snowdrops before. I like to visit places in the locality where they flourish in abundance. There is a great swathe of them in the old churchyard. This is a photograph taken in the last week of their annual appearance. They are about to leave the stage. Final bows. “They look much more demure than they actually are. Hardy and pushy, they might present as a tiny corps de ballet but each one is a headstrong principal dancer.” #snowdrops #churchyard #february #skye #joy