Galloway
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Galloway is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway.
Loch Trool, Galloway Forest Park
The main rivers and several towns
Torhousekie stone circle
Cairnholy chambered cairn.
Galwegian Gaelic
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Galwegian Gaelic is an extinct dialect of Scottish Gaelic formerly spoken in southwest Scotland. It was spoken by the people of Galloway and Carrick until the early modern period. Other than numerous
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…seem to have settled here in the 10th century. Galloway remained a Gàidhealtachd area for much longer than other regions of the Scottish Lowlands and a distinct local dialect of the Scottish Gaelic language survived into at least the 18th century. A hardy breed of black, hornless cattle named Galloway cattle is native to the…
The seal of Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway. His arms are held up by wildmen, representing his conquest of the Galwegians. Archibald was a Lowland Scot whose family were of Flemish origin; he later became 3rd Earl of Douglas.