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Màiri MacInnes
Mairi MacInnes is a Scotland, Scottish folk singer who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic. Early life MacInnes was born in South Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Gaelic was the exclusive language at home, and she learned English at school. Career In 1982, MacInnes won the gold medal at the Royal National Mod., and went on to win the 1983 Pan Celtic Festival in Killarney, Ireland. She sang vocals on Runrig's ''Heartland (Runrig album), Heartland'' album in 1985 and appeared in the BBC adaptation of ''The Shutter Falls'' in 1986. In 1989 Gaelic dance group Mouth Music (band), Mouth Music added MacInnes to their line up. They toured the USA and Canada and recorded an EBlue Door Green Sea Her debut album, ''Causeway'', was released in 1989. MacInnes has been a presenter on Scottish Gaelic television programs for BBC Scotland, STV (TV channel), STV, and Grampian Television, including ''Brag (TV show), Brag'', ''Dotaman'', ''Siudan'', ''Trang-Trang'', ''Na Daoine ... [...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. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. To the south-east, Scotland has its Anglo-Scottish border, only land border, which is long and shared with England; the country is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the north-east and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. The population in 2022 was 5,439,842. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is the most populous of the cities of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century. In 1603, James VI succeeded to the thrones of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, forming a personal union of the Union of the Crowns, three kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |