Celebrating ‘The Queen of Gaelic Song’: Oban’s Jessie MacLachlan
Memory of Queen Victoria’s favourite Gaelic singer is restored
Memory of Queen Victoria’s favourite Gaelic singer is restored
Dig organisers say the enthusiastic response and generosity of donations so far has been overwhelming but please keep it coming
Distress is being caused to the relatives of people buried at Kilnaughton Cemetery on Islay because rabbits are getting back in through cut meshing and digging under graves.
They had hoped to lay a relative to rest next to his family on the island last week, but had no idea the cemetery was at capacity
Argyll and Bute Council has warned that any memorials thought by council staff to be unsafe will be laid flat on the ground, inscription side up, at the next inspection.
Hot weather and a rise in recent funerals are being blamed on the overgrown state of some of the district’s cemeteries