The lovely story below was written by Robert Holden and appeared in the Ileach of 16 July. Robert: I have worn several ‘business’ hats in my Islay life. Nothing like as many as my friend Seumas (I always called him Mr) MacSporran who sported fourteen while living on Gigha – and all at the same [...]
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I’ve visited Colonsay for the first time in early May this year with my family when I made a day trip from the Isle of Islay. We arrived around 11 am at Scalasaig with the Hebridean Isles ferry from Calmac. This ferry sails from Kennacraig to Oban via Port Askaig and Colonsay on Wednesday’s only. [...]
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Posted in Argyll, Books, islay, jura on Oct 10th, 2009
The eighth International Conference on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster was held at the Columba Centre (Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle), Isle of Islay in July 2006. Although papers from the entire field of Scottish and Ulster language study were included, a special focus was on the areas of Islay, Jura and coastal mainland Argyll. [...]
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Posted in Festival, islay on Sep 23rd, 2009
For the second year in a row the Small Islands Film Festival will be held on Islay, at the Columba Centre in Bowmore (image right), on the 2nd and 3rd of October. This year, the year of homecoming, the Small Islands Film Festival will focus on the theme of ‘home’ and ‘homecoming’. They will present [...]
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