The Glasgow Highland Games are a regional Highland games and Scottish heritage celebration held annually in and near Glasgow, Kentucky. The main festival...
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Highland games (Scottish Gaelic: geamannan Gàidhealach) is a competitive strength sport with events held in spring and summer in Scotland and several other...
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documentary retelling of ancient history. After a 2011 show at the Glasgow Highland Games in Glasgow, Kentucky, band member Jamesie Johnston was stabbed in the...
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annual Scottish Highland Games. In 2007, Barren County was named the number one rural place to live by The Progressive Farmer magazine. Glasgow is located...
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The Cowal Highland Gathering (also known as the Cowal Games) is an annual Highland games held in the Scottish town of Dunoon on the Argyll and Bute, over...
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Barren County, Kentucky (category Glasgow, Kentucky, micropolitan area)
seat, which is named for Glasgow, Scotland, and is celebrated annually with the Glasgow Highland Games, one of three highland games held each year in Kentucky...
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Kentucky Bourbon Festival. Glasgow mimics Glasgow, Scotland by hosting the Glasgow Highland Games, its own version of the Highland Games, and Sturgis hosts "Little...
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Festivals in Scotland (section Highland Games)
Cowal Highland Gathering Crieff Highland Games Dinnie Stones The Gathering 2009 Highlander Challenge World Championships Inverness Highland Games Edinburgh...
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centuries, in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games. It was created from the Gaelic folk dance repertoire, but formalised...
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Gregor Edmunds (category Scottish Highland games competitors)
Scottish Highland Games competitor and strongman. Gregor is a winner of the World Highland Games Championships, world record holder in Highland games throwing...
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Kentucky Scottish Weekend (category Highland games in the United States)
of three regional Highland games in Kentucky. The others are the Glasgow Highland Games in Glasgow and the West Kentucky Highland Festival in Murray...
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Bill Anderson (strongman) (redirect from Bill Anderson (Highland games))
heavyweight sportsman. He won the World Highland Games Championships in 1981 and the Scottish Highland Games Championships 16 times. He has also held...
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official international match took place in Glasgow in 1872. Glasgow was the host city for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and was named European Capital of Sport...
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lot of yard sales during the event, even if on other streets. The Glasgow Highland Games at Barren River Lake State Resort Park, well south of the US 68...
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dispute this claim.) Glasgow mimics Glasgow, Scotland by hosting the Glasgow Highland Games, its own version of the Highland Games, and Sturgis hosts "Little...
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The World Highland Games Championships is a well-recognized event in both strength athletics and Highland Games. The championships were organized by David...
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Lesmahagow (section Highland Games)
needed] The Highland Games are held annually in June with Pipe Bands competing in Grades 1 through 4. There are also events for Highland dancing, weight...
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2010 games. The shortlist of anthems also included "Scotland the Brave", "Loch Lomond" and "Highland Cathedral". 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow bid for...
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Riverside Museum (redirect from Glasgow Museum of Transport)
Riverside Museum (replacing the preceding Glasgow Museum of Transport) is a museum in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, housed in a building designed...
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Fort William, Scotland (redirect from Fort William, Highland)
West Highland Way, a long-distance route which runs 95 miles (153 kilometres) through the Scottish Highlands to Milngavie, on the outskirts of Glasgow, and...
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The Glasgow Subway is an underground light metro system in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground rail transit...
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David P. Webster (category Highland games)
author, historian, and sports promoter living in Glasgow. Webster was the organiser of the Highland Games around the world for over 50 years. David Pirie...
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Carmunnock (category Villages in Glasgow (council area))
There is also a newsagent/village shop. The village hosts its own Highland Games. The only religious body in Carmunnock is the Church of Scotland's Carmunnock...
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Kieron Achara (category Glasgow Rocks players)
recognised by Stirling Highland Games as a famous born son of Stirling and offered him the honorary position as their 2019 Games Chieftain. Achara is the...
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Rooney had been suspended due to his involvement in an alleged incident in Glasgow the previous week. On 27 September 2024, Police Scotland confirmed that...
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Tartan (redirect from Highland clan tartan)
Uilleam (2009). "Highland rogues and roots of Highland romanticism". In MacLachlan, Christopher (ed.). Crossing the Highland Line. Glasgow: Association for...
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Sport in Scotland (section Highland games)
the pedal bicycle), and water polo (first set of rules, games and internationals). Highland games, the largest and most widespread multi-sport festivals...
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four divisions. There are also several regional leagues (most notably the Highland Football League and since 2013 the Lowland Football League). From 2014–15...
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Ross County F.C. (category Football in Highland (council area))
2018–19 season. Prior to the 1994–95 season Ross County played in the Highland Football League, a competition they won three times. They have also won...
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Scottish clan (redirect from Highland clans)
of a clan convene to celebrate their shared heritage, participate in Highland Games, and discuss clan business. These events serve as a focal point for...
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