The Gathering 2014 – Upcoming Event News

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There will indeed be a Homecoming Event in Stirling in 2014.
Also the seven hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314.
Also the five hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Hornshole 1514.
Also the Commonwealth Games 2014 being held in Glasgow.
Celebrations all over Scotland, start planning your visit.

I must admit that alarm bells were ringing in my head when you mentioned Panalba as this is the website run by Jamie Sempill who is still out of favour here in Scotland after reneging on the agreements to pay the Scottish performers and tradesmen who made the Edinburgh Gathering 2009 so enjoyable for our overseas visitors, and I had read that he was keen for there to be another clan gathering in Stirling in 2014 but that Stirling Council wanted to distance themselves from the idea of a clan gathering after the bad taste left among Scots by the 2009 event in Edinburgh.

I took a look at Panalba website today and it does mention that there will be a 2014 Clan Convention organised by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
Many of you will recall the previous Clan Convention organised by them to co-incide with the 2009 Edinburgh Gathering. Panalba also mentions other events such as a proposed Bannockburn re-enactment and the new heritage centre at Bannockburn and the recent developments at Stirling Castle, and then goes on to say

These recent announcements have also created a change of plan with Panalba.com

One can only wait and see!