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25.01.2022 Now this little fella can do a jig!

19.01.2022 Heed the warning for those you love if not for yourself !

16.01.2022 A Celtic blessing for us all.....

14.01.2022 Sadly we have just been informed that Capercaillie's tour of Australia headed by the amazing Karen Matheson has been cancelled due to the global health crisis. The organisers are arranging for refunds.

14.01.2022 Amazing Grace Sung by Karen Matheson in Scottish Gaelic.

11.01.2022 Vale Sir Sean Connery at 90. The first and best James Bond and a true Scot.

11.01.2022 On the occasion of ANZAC Day in Australia, when we remember those who have served our nation in war.....

11.01.2022 An invitation from our Clan Chief Sir Alexander Matheson Bt to attend the next International Gathering of Clan Matheson to be held at the 65th Annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering O' Scottish Clans in North Carolina USA in 2021....

11.01.2022 Scottish Gaelic singer Karen Matheson and her partner Donald Shaw perform the beautiful Scottish ballad ‘Far an Robh Mi'n Raoir’ (Where l was last night). Karen and Donald were meant to be touring Australia this year...singing in splendid isolation during the time of Covid. Where I was last night No-one in the world knows... where I was last night, Only Mairi Ailein was with me where I was last night; I got a promise from my girl - a mouth that would not speak deception In a nice little wooded glen where I was last night. The birds were singing joyfully where I was last night, and were dancing on top of the branches where I was last night. A fragrant scent of dew and honey from every spot in the grove, The smoke and dirt of the town were not where I was last night. There was no need for sun or moon where I was last night, Above the trees spreading over us where I was last night; With my love who has the thinnest eyebrows I stayed for part of the night amongst the beautiful white daisies where I was last night. There wasn't a thought of wealth or property where I was last night Treasure and gold weren't on my mind where I was last night; And there was never a castle in the world however fine looking and beauteous For which I would leave the birch bower where I was last night. I will remember as long as I live the place where I was last night, And the maid from whom I got a promise where I was last night; Until I am buried in the winding sheet no blemish or falsehood will come To my love for Mairi Ailein and for where I was last night.

09.01.2022 Researchers from the University of Edinburgh and RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) analysed genomic data of 2,544 British and Irish people, specifically focusing on those whose parents lived just 50 miles apart. They found that Scotland is divided into at least six groups of genetically similar individuals, who cluster together geographically: the Borders, the south-west, the north-east, the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. Most Matheson ancestry lies in the Hebrides cluster... https://www.rcsi.com//researchers-connect-irish-and-scotti

08.01.2022 There's no problem with self isolation in the beauty of our ancestral Highlands homeland....

08.01.2022 The purple Heather of Scotland abounds at this time of the year..

08.01.2022 Australia’s own Aussie Scot, Jimmy Barnes singing Scottish ballads during the lockdown...

07.01.2022 It's 75 years ago today that we defeated the Nazi scourge across Europe in WW2. As of today we are well on the way to defeat the Covid-19 scourge of 2020. Keep up the good work....

07.01.2022 Our Vice President and Clan Piper Warren Matheson playing the Clan Matheson tune "The Matheson March".... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swz4EdDM8no

07.01.2022 This brass and enamel plaque belonged to Dr Alexander Matheson. Dr Matheson was born at Bennadrove Farmhouse in 1904 and after the The Nicolson Institute/ Sgoil Mhic Neacail, he attended Aberdeen University, graduating in 1931. He spent two years practicing in South Wales and returned to Stornoway in 1934 to set up his own medical practice at 30 Scotland Street. He married Catherin Agnes Smith in 1936 and they raised a family of three daughters and two sons in Stornoway. In 1937 he moved to 48 Point Street, where the plaque was fixed on the wall beside the entrance to the new premises. He continued in practice until his retirement in 1974. Sandy Matheson CVO, OBE Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, former HM Lord Lieutenant for the Western Isles is his eldest son.

04.01.2022 A breathtaking view of the Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-Shire in the Highlands of Scotland (including the modern Skye bridge linking the Isle of Skye). Ancient Clan Matheson lands for many a century... (Image taken this month)