The birlinn (Scottish Gaelic: bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West...
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Birlinn Limited is an independent publishing house based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1992 by managing director Hugh Andrew. Birlinn...
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Months Without Sundays: The Scots Guards in Afghanistan, was published by Birlinn in November 2011. Benitz has one son with actress Olga Kurylenko, born...
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Dromon Junk K'un-lun po Lepa Mtepe Uru Post-classical Balinger Benawa Birlinn Bomb vessel Cog Hulk Jong Knarr Koch Kondura Longship Malangbang Shitik...
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Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-254-9 Thompson, William P.L. (2008) The New History of Orkney. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-696-0...
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2012. Orr, Aileen (1 November 2010). Wojtek the Bear – Polish War Hero. Birlinn Publishers. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-84158-845-2. "The story of Wojtek – the soldier...
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Study. London. David & Charles. Miller, J. (2004) Inverness. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-296-2 "New Towns". Bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original...
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Wickham-Jones, Caroline (2007) Orkney: A Historical Guide. Edinburgh. Birlinn. p. 40. "Megalithic Temples of Malta". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 July 2012....
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ISBN 978-81-8324-158-8. Duff, Andrew (2015), Sikkim: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom, Birlinn, ISBN 978-0-85790-245-0 Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian...
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part of Irish warfare. The Viking longship also influenced the Gaelic birlinn and longa fada, which were used extensively until the 17th century. Norse–Gaelic...
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mountain and flood : the geology and landforms of Scotland. Edinburgh: Birlinn. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-84158-357-0. Aber, James S. (2012). "Morton Gneiss,...
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(2008) [1887]. The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom. Edinburgh: Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-652-6. Townsend, Brian (2000). Scotch Missed: The Lost...
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1902, 2005) The Gaelic Otherworld. Edited by Ronald Black. Edinburgh, Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1-84158-207-7 p. 345 Danaher, Kevin (1972) The Year in Ireland:...
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pp. 15–59 Fisher, Andrew (2002), William Wallace (2nd ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn, ISBN 978-1-84158-593-2 Lübecker Nachrichten, 21. September 2010: The document...
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William J. (2004) [1926]. The Celtic Placenames of Scotland. Edinburgh: Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-323-5. Zimmer, Stefan (2006) [2004]. "Some Names and Epithets...
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additions. grid reference NH757445 Scotland Before History – Stuart Piggott, Birlinn Limited (1995), ISBN 0-85224-348-0 Scotland's Hidden History – Ian Armit...
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football club. Cosh, Mary (2003). Edinburgh: The Golden Age. Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited. p. 542. ISBN 978-1-78027-258-0. OCLC 908403124. Monuments and...
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(2014). Picts, Scots and Gaels — Early Historic Scotland. Edinburgh: Birlinn. ISBN 9781780271910. Dan Snow (presenter) (7 June 2009). "A New Civilization"...
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Dromon Junk K'un-lun po Lepa Mtepe Uru Post-classical Balinger Benawa Birlinn Bomb vessel Cog Hulk Jong Knarr Koch Kondura Longship Malangbang Shitik...
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Life of John Lorne Campbell, Birlinn Limited. Page 48. Margaret Fay Shaw (1999), From the Alleghenies to the Hebrides, Birlinn Limited. Page 1. Wilson, Brian...
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(2006). Hand, Heart and Soul: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland. Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-419-5. Danahay, Martin. "Arts and Crafts as a Transatlantic...
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Historical Guide. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-596-3 Watson, W. J. (1994) The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-323-5. First...
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Medieval ships (section Birlinn)
From a document of 1624, a galley proper would have 18 to 24 oars, a birlinn 12 to 18 oars and a lymphad fewer still. Horse transports in the Middle...
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University of Nottingham Foreman, Carol (2007) Glasgow Street Names. Birlinn. p. 58. ISBN 1841585882 Wikiquote has quotations related to Goblin. Wikisource...
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Dromon Junk K'un-lun po Lepa Mtepe Uru Post-classical Balinger Benawa Birlinn Bomb vessel Cog Hulk Jong Knarr Koch Kondura Longship Malangbang Shitik...
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(2022), The Wars of the Bruces: Scotland, England and Ireland 1306 -1328, Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, pp. 43, 45, 47, 61, 209, 272 ISBN 9781780276618 Watson...
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Dromon Junk K'un-lun po Lepa Mtepe Uru Post-classical Balinger Benawa Birlinn Bomb vessel Cog Hulk Jong Knarr Koch Kondura Longship Malangbang Shitik...
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9715949 Campbell, Steuart (2002), The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence, Birlinn Campbell, John Francis (1860), Popular Tales of the West Highlands, vol...
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Pennant, A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides (1772), New Ed. (Birlinn Ltd, 1998) ISBN 1-874744-88-2 Fanshawe, Lady Ann (1651). Recipe book of...
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Clearances People, Landlords and Rural Turmoil (2013 ed.). Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited. ISBN 978-1-78027-165-1. "Highland profile – key facts and figures"...
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