West Highland Museum is hosting its “Camanachd: Geama Aosda nan Gleann Abrach” (Shinty: Ancient Game of the Lochaber Glens) exhibition this autumn. In this second of a series of blogs, shinty expert and broadcaster Dr Hugh Dan MacLennnan explores the history of Fort William Shinty Club. Formed in February 1893, Fort William Shinty Club has […]
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West Highland Museum is hosting its “Camanachd: Geama Aosda nan Gleann Abrach” (Shinty: Ancient Game of the Lochaber Glens) exhibition this autumn. In this first of a series of blogs, local historian Kenny Mackintosh explores the history of the Lochaber Camanachd Club. Lochaber Camanachd The present club play at Spean Bridge and are currently
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West Highland Museum has secured funding from Museum Galleries Scotland to continue its community engagement in Lochaber. The Beyond Our Walls project (BOW) will develop and build on new ways to reach people of all ages living in Lochaber, and broaden the museum’s audiences to include those who rarely visit the museum at the moment.
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This weekend the first Clan Cameron Gathering since 2009 will take place at Achnacarry between 1st and 4th August 2024. Clan Cameron Association define their gatherings as follows: The Chief of Clan Cameron “calls” his clansfolk to gather (or in the past, muster for military action). In centuries past this was done by sending runners
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