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22 de ene. de 2023 · Left, Donald Meek, retired professor of Scottish and Gaelic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Malcolm McLaurin was charged with introducing a new system of crops, technologies and crofting to Tiree on behalf of the 5th Duke of Argyll. John Campbell, The 5th Duke of Argyll.
Saturday 4 January 2014. Transport to and from Tiree. FROM ROWING TO RO-RO AND FlyBe: AN OVERVIEW OF TRANSPORT TO AND FROM TIREE. Donald E. Meek. There was a time when individual islands of the Hebrides were self-sustaining units which seldom required to look far beyond their own shores.
Brought up within a Baptist family in Tiree, Professor Meek has always been keenly interested in religious texts, and especially the Gaelic Bible. In addition to articles about the language and styles of the Gaelic Bible, he undertook a computer-assisted orthographic revision of the standard edition, published in 1992, and he edited a diglot ...
16 de feb. de 2019 · Donald Meek launches into his CRSC talk on Wednesday 13 February. Born in Tiree, one of the Hebridean islands served by McCallum Orme & Co, he was brought up in the traditions they upheld, and as an emeritus Professor of Celtic Studies, he is amply qualified to share his knowledge of their history.
was, In Professor Donald Meek's words, 'the first steps to change' - to bnng Tiree's history and culture into the light. The papers delivered then were subsequently published in 2014 and aptly named The Secret Island. Towards a History of Tiree. Naturally, a number of its contributors were native islanders, such as Meck himself and Dr, John ...
18 de nov. de 2022 · Donald E. Meek, a native of the Inner Hebridean island of Tiree, was Professor of Scottish and Gaelic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He was previously Professor of Celtic at the University of Aberdeen from 1993 to 2001. He has written many articles and has edited numerous books, among them Tuath is Tighearna: Tenants and ...
A collection of verse in English composed by Donald Meek, Caoles, about his life on Tiree from the 1950s to the present. Signed by Donald for An Iodhlann. | Tags: air travel, emmigration and emmigrants, ferries, horses, land transport, oban, poetry and poems, schools, ships, tractors, weather |.
