Category Archives: Events

SUNDAY AFTERNOON LIVE – AT ST BRENDAN’S CHURCH, SKIPNESS

Read more here about this forthcoming fundraising event.

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CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2012 – KATHRYN TICKELL’S “NORTHUMBRIAN VOICES”

We review the respected Northumbrian piper and fiddler’s show, reflecting rural life in the North Tyne valley. Continue reading

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CELTIC CONNECTIONS ANNOUNCES BIG TOP MUSIC EVENT ON SKYE

Glasgow’s annual folk, roots, and world music festival is set to extend its reach far beyond the city boundary Continue reading

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TREE PLANTING PROJECT EXPECTED TO BEAR FRUIT

Community Trust’s “Entire Kintyre Orchard” project will see 1000 fruit trees planted across Kintyre, Gigha, and Islay Continue reading

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LOCAL GROUPS TO BENEFIT FROM RAFT RACE FUNDRAISING

Monetary awards will support tuition, for children and young people, in dinghy sailing and traditional music, and will maintain fabric of parish church Continue reading

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RED ARROWS FLY-PAST AT CLACHAN

RAF aerobatic team honours memory of former comrade who died while training in 1988. Fly-past inspired by local primary schools project on Remembrance. Continue reading

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NEW SECTION – SPORT – LATEST LOCAL GOLF NEWS

We’re pleased to report the latest addition to our Mid-Argyll & Kintyre News website  –  our new Sport section. Click here to read a report, by guest contributor Steve Bleasby, about the Loch Fyne Gallery Ladies Golf Open which was held … Continue reading

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OUR NEW MAGAZINE – THE MAG (JUNE ISSUE)

The June issue of our new magazine  –  The Mag  –  has two articles re the Karen Matheson & Special Guests concert at Crear on 18 May.  The first is a review of the event, and the other is an interview of Karen and the members of … Continue reading

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CRINAN PUFFER 8.5 MILE RACE 2011 (POST-RACE REPORT)

The Crinan Canal (Photo © Mid-Argyll & Kintyre News 2011) A wry look  –  by Richard Barrie On Sunday (17 April), 118 runners competed in the Scottish Sea Farms Crinan Puffer 8.5 mile race organised by Mid Argyll Triathlon & Cycle … Continue reading

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CRINAN PUFFER 8.5 MILE RACE 2011

On Sunday (17 April), Mid Argyll Triathlon & Cycle Club (MATCC) holds its annual Crinan Puffer 8.5 mile (13.5 km) point-to-point running race, named after what is probably Scotland’s best-loved class of small ship. The canal-side route takes competitors through some … Continue reading

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