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The Church of Scotland congregation of St Columba in Glasgow dates back to 1770. It was established to cater for the spiritual needs of the large number of Gaelic speakers from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland settling in Glasgow in search of employment.
Greyfriars Kirk (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais nam Manach Liath) is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, located in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is surrounded by Greyfriars Kirkyard. Greyfriars traces its origin to the south-west parish of Edinburgh, founded in 1598. Initially, this congregation met in the western portion of St Giles'.
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
Kilmallie (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Mhàilidh) is a civil parish in Lochaber, in the west highlands of Scotland.It is centered on the village of Caol, near Fort William and extends to Banavie and Corpach.
Today, no civil parish in Scotland has a proportion of Gaelic speakers greater than 65% (the highest value is in Barvas, Lewis, with 64.1%). In addition, no civil parish on mainland Scotland has a proportion of Gaelic speakers greater than 20% (the highest is in Ardnamurchan, Highland, with 19.3%). Out of a total of 871 civil parishes in ...
Kilchoman (/ k ɪ l ˈ x ɒ m ə n,-ˈ h ɒ m-/ kil-(K)HOM-ən; Scottish Gaelic: Cill Chomain [kʲʰiːʎ ˈxɔmɛɲ]) is a small settlement and large parish on the Scottish island of Islay, within the unitary council of Argyll and Bute.
At the 2011 census, the population of the civil parish was 1,606. 17.4% had some knowledge of Gaelic. [4] In 1891 84.0% were Gaelic speaking. [5] Of the islands, Ulva had a population of 11 and Gometra 2. The town of Tobermory had a population of 954 in 2011 and Dervaig about 100-150. [4] The area of the parish is 74,267 acres (116.0 sq mi; 300 ...
Loudoun (Scottish Gaelic: Lughdan) is a parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland and lies between five and ten miles east of Kilmarnock.The parish roughly encompasses the northern half of the Upper-Irvine Valley and borders Galston Parish (which encompasses the remainder of The Valley) at the River Irvine.