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The Glenkens
The Glenkens (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Gleann Cain'') is located midway along the western section of the Southern Upland way in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Galloway, Scotland. The Glenkens is made up of the parishes of Carsphairn, Dalry, Kells, Parton and Balmaclellan Balmaclellan ( Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile MhicIllFhaolain'', meaning town of the MacLellans) is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, .... The name comes from the River Ken which runs through the valley before flowing into the River Dee and then down to the sea. References {{Scottish provinces, major Geography of Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway articles missing geocoordinate data ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirk Side, With Glenkens In The Background - Geograph
Mirk is an American musical group from Albany, New York, founded in 2009. Their music has been characterized as a cross between the genres of pop, soul, rock, R&B, and hip-hop. Besides writing and performing their own music, Mirk has also been credited with producing music for Jay-Z, Petey Pablo, Eamon, Ciara, Young Jeezy, and Rob Cas among others; several have been certified "Platinum" and "Gold" by the RIAA. As of Spring 2012, only months after releasing their second album, ''Grind'', the band has returned to the studio to continue writing new music. They also continue their heavy live-performance schedule, playing between 50-75+ shows a year across the United States. History Formation and ''"Love"'' album (2009-2010) Mirk's (formerly ''Mirk and the New Familiars'', the group shortened their name to ''Mirk'' in October 2010) debut album, ''"Love"'', was all written, recorded, mixed and originally performed by lead vocalist and producer, Joshua "Mirk" Mirksy. After sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language revival, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galloway
Galloway ( ; sco, Gallowa; la, Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. A native or inhabitant of Galloway is called a Gallovidian. The place name Galloway is derived from the Gaelic ' ("amongst the '"). The , literally meaning "Stranger-'"; the specific identity of whom the term was applied to is unknown, but the predominant view is that it referred to an ethnic and/or cultural identity such as the Strathclyde Britons or another related but distinct population. A popular theory is that it refers to a population of mixed Scandinavian and Gaelic ethnicity that may have inhabited Galloway in the Middle Ages. Galloway is bounded by sea to the west and south, the Galloway Hills to the north, and the River Nith to the east; the border between Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire is marked by the River Cree. The definition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 Subdivisions of Scotland, administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow, Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland (council area), Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsphairn
Carsphairn ( gd, An Còrsa Feàrna) is a village in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located about halfway between Dalmellington and St John's Town of Dalry, on the A713 road. Carsphairn annual sheep show is held in the village. Cairnsmore of Carsphairn is to the north east of the village in the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills. To the west is the ridge of the Rhinns of Kells in the Galloway Hills. The village has many features ranging from an ancient stone circle to a nuclear listening post (now disused), and includes local amenities such as a shop, tearoom, a primary school and a village hall. Carsphairn Church, Church of Scotland was built in 1815 on site of an earlier church. Additions and alterations in the 1930s include the apse and porch. The Knockengorroch World Ceilidh takes place here annuall History Carsphairn was made an independent parish around 1627, prior to which it had been a part of the Parish of St John's Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's Town Of Dalry
St John's Town of Dalry ( gd, Clachan Eòin), usually referred to simply as Dalry ( / 'dal-RYE'), is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. Location St Johns Town is located close to the Southern Upland Way, and the nearby Galloway Hills, including the peaks of Corserine and Cairnsmore of Carsphairn. It is also sited on a bend of the Water of Ken, about from the northern edge of Loch Ken. The village is from Castle Douglas along the A713 road, at the southern terminus of the A702 road (to Edinburgh). It's also located on an old pilgrimage route to Whithorn and St Ninian's Cave and named after the Knights of St John. History The village was the centre of the 1666 Pentland Rising The Church of Scotland, Parish Church built in 1831 by William McCandlish is approached via an avenue of lime trees said to have been planted in 1828. Detached, at side of the Kirk is the Gordon Aisle of 1546, the burial place of the Gordo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kells, Dumfries And Galloway
Kells parish, in the Kirkcudbrightshire, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, is located 14 miles (N. W. by N.) from Castle Douglas, Castle-Douglas, and 19 miles (N. by W.) from Kirkcudbright. It contains, with the burgh of New Galloway, 1121 inhabitants. History and description This place is supposed by some to derive its name from its elevated situation, of which, in the Gaelic language, the word is descriptive; others deduce it from the British Cell, on account of the extensive woods formerly existing here, and of which considerable remains are still found imbedded in the various mosses. The parish, which is one of the largest in the county, is bounded on the west and south by the river River Dee, Galloway, Dee, which separates it from the parishes of Minnigaff, Girthon, and Balmaghie; and on the east by the river Water of Ken, Ken, which divides it from St John's Town of Dalry, Dalry, Balmaclellan, and Parton, Dumfries and Galloway, Parton. It is about sixteen miles in length and eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parton, Dumfries And Galloway
Parton is a hamlet situated on the banks of the River Dee in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Notable buildings Parton Row is the name of the cottages rebuilt in 1901 by the laird, Benjamin Rigby Murray, of Parton House. One was used as a library and reading room. The clock tower was added to an existing byre but later converted to a communal laundry. In later years the building nearest the hall was the village shop and post office and was the home of Sam Callander (1922 - 2012), who devoted much of his life to promoting the memory of James Clerk Maxwell. Murray also built the village hall in 1908 with the motto over the entrance ''Floreat Partona'' ('let Parton flourish'). The motto alludes to the village song: Parton railway station was part of the Portpatrick line, but closed in 1965. The station building was converted as a private house. Parton Kirk Parton Kirk is by Walter Newall and was built in 1832–33. Of the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balmaclellan
Balmaclellan ( Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile MhicIllFhaolain'', meaning town of the MacLellans) is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, the larger and more prosperous New Galloway lies below the Rhinns of Kells. Location and people Balmaclellan is one of four parishes in the northern district of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. It contains , of which about are cultivated. It includes areas of water, extensive plains of moss and about of tree plantation, but most of the land is used for sheep or cattle pasture. Many of the cattle are of the Galloway breed. The climate is temperate. Average monthly temperatures range from in January, and in July–August, with of rain yearly. In 1887, John Bartholomew's "Gazetteer of the British Isles" Described the inhabitants as "... of a mixed Gaelic and Germanic origin, and speak Braid Scots, a Northumbrian dialect of English. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Dumfries And Galloway
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. One such concept, the first law of geography, proposed by Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
