Monthly Archives: January 2015

Burns Night Supper

Tonight I attended a Burns Night Supper with my friends Kathleen and Edmund Irvine at their home on the occasion of Maria moving to England. It was attended by the wider family circle and friends. I presented a copy of the … Continue reading

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The Dalaradia Burns Supper

Tonight, as Patron of the Dalaradia Historical group , I attended, with my colleague in Pretani Associates, Helen Brooker, the Second Annual Dalaradia Burns Supper at Whiteabbey Masonic Centre, Newtownabbey..The Dalaradia Burns Supper is unique in that it focuses on … Continue reading

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Chairman’s Report….Dalaradia Field Trip….Day 3

# E  With our weekend drawing to a close we proceeded to our last event , a visit to the award winning St Mungo Museum  in Glasgow, named of course after the patron saint of the city . Of particular interest … Continue reading

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Chairman’s Report….Dalaradia Field Trip….Day 2

# C       We continued or trip next day by hiring a minibus and driver who proved to have great local knowledge and was  most helpful , our first stop off was at Dumbarton Castle , centre of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde … Continue reading

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Dalaradia Study Tour of Dumbarton Rock

At least as far back as the Iron Age, Dumbarton Rock, which the Dalaradia Historical group are visiting today with Pretani Associates, has been the site of a strategically important settlement. Its early residents were known to have traded with the Romans. … Continue reading

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Chairman’s Report….Dalaradia Field Trip….Day 1

# A    Workshop and presentation given by our host, Anne Dundas at  Reidvale Housing Association . A community- led social economy project which first saved and then refurbished this part of Duke Street . Commencing in 1975 by refurbing a … Continue reading

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The Bible in Plain Scots

Map highlighting the areas where the different Scots language/ dialects are spoken. Today is a historic day when, on behalf of the Ullans Academy, the Dalaradia Historical group and Pretani Associates bring the first ever Bible in Plain Scots to … Continue reading

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