International Clan Gathering at Stirling in 2014
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:05 am
I have had this email meesage from The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
Please let me know what you think?Some of you may have seen the press release from Stirling Council in respect of their plans for an International Clan Gathering at Stirling in 2014 as part of the Homecoming 2014 extravaganza.
The confirmed dates are Friday 11 July - Sunday 13 July 2014 based around Kings Park in Stirling.
The outline plan is as follows:
Early evening Friday 11 July 2014 - March from Kings Park to Stirling Castle Esplanade. Possible fireworks display or something of that nature.
Saturday 12 July 2014 - Clan Gathering in Kings Park (similar to 2009)
Sunday 13 July 2014 - Highland Games in an area 'close to' Kings Park.
Whilst that is the outline plan it is subject to some discussion. Though it would appear Stirling Council are fairly entrenched in how things are to be.
The numbers could be much bigger than 2009 given the marketing and promotional lessons that have been learned and the overseas legacy of 2009. Current estimates are for about 10,000. In 2009 it was 32,000 on day 1 and 15,000 on day 2. Bannockburn and Sir William Wallace, etc, have greater cache than Robert Burns (which is what 2009 was about). There were about 100 MacGregors in 2009. We believe the figure will top 175 in 2014.