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Mary MacPherson

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Mary MacPherson (Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (Great or Big Mary of the Songs); c.1821 – 1898) was a Scottish poet and singer-song writer from the Isle of Skye who worked in Scottish Gaelic. [1]

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Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair

Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (lit. Alexander, son of the Reverend Alexander) (c. 1698–1770) was a Scottish poet, lexicographer, political writer and memoirist, respected as perhaps the finest Gaelic language poet of the 18th century.

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Alexander Mackenzie (historian)

Alexander Mackenzie, (1838 – 22 January 1898) was a Scottish historian, author, magazine editor and politician.

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Alexander Nicolson

Alexander Nicolson (1827–1893) was a Scottish lawyer and man of letters, known as a Gaelic scholar and sheriff-substitute of Kirkcudbright and Greenock, and as a pioneer of mountain climbing in Scotland.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Cèilidh

A cèilidh or céilí is a traditional Scottish or Irish social gathering.

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Charles Fraser-Mackintosh

Charles Fraser-Mackintosh (Scottish Gaelic: Teàrlach Friseal Mac An Tòisich) (1828 – 25 January 1901) was a Scottish lawyer, land developer, author and Liberal and Crofters Party politician.

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Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886

The Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 (Achd na Croitearachd 1886) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created legal definitions of crofting parish and crofter, granted security of land tenure to crofters and produced the first Crofters Commission, a land court which ruled on disputes between landlords and crofters.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Highland Land League

The first Highland Land League (Dionnasg an Fhearainn) emerged as a distinct political force in Scotland during the 1880s, with its power base in the country's Highlands and Islands.

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Inverness

Inverness (from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness", Inerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands.

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John Murdoch (editor)

John Murdoch (Gaelic;Iain MacMhuirich) (15 January 1818 – 29 January 1903) was a Scottish newspaper owner and editor and land reform campaigner who played a significant part in the campaign for crofters rights in the late 19th century.

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John Stuart Blackie

Prof John Stuart Blackie FRSE (28 July 1809 – 2 March 1895) was a Scottish scholar and man of letters.

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Mary Mackellar

Mary Mackellar (Màiri NicEalair) (née Cameron; 1 October 1834 – 7 September 1890) was a prominent Highland Scottish poet, Scottish Gaelic-English translator and campaigner for the Gaelic language and culture of the 19th century.

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Napier Commission

The Napier Commission, officially the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands was a royal commission and public inquiry into the condition of crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

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Portree

Portree (Port Rìgh) is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Royal National Mòd

The Royal National Mòd (Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail) is the most important of several major Mòds that are held annually, mostly in Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Skye

Skye, or the Isle of Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Sorley MacLean

Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain, sometimes MacGilleathain in earlier publications; 26 October 1911 – 24 November 1996) was one of the most significant Scottish poets of the 20th century.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Redirects here:

Màiri Mhòr nan Oran, Màiri Mhòr nan Òran.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_MacPherson

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