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Podcast: East Coast DNA
Episode: Antigonish Highland Games Feature (June 2024)
Description:
Dan Cochrane chats with East Coast DNA about the Antigonish Highland Games, to be held July 7-14, 2024
The Antigonish Highland Society was founded in 1861, about 75 years after the Gaels first began arriving on nearby shores. At its first meeting, the new Society elected Dr. Alexander MacDonald as its president and approved the Society’s objectives of perpetuating the language, music and traditions of the Highland Scot and assisting their fellow Gaels in times of need. The Society celebrated St. Andrew’s Day that year and two years later held its first Highland Games on Apple Tree Island in the east...