Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
The Inverness Burns Club
NOTABLE EVENTS:
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Our 2025 Annual Supper was held on Friday 24th January in Inverness Golf Club. Click here for bios of our guest speakers. More details are below.
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Click Here for photos of our 2025 Anniversary Supper.
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A Civic Dinner was held at the Inverness Town House on Saturday 14th September 2024 to celebrate our 75th Anniversary (see below).
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About The Inverness Burns Club
The Inverness Burns Club was formed in 1949 as a club which was
“…..made up of people interested in the works of Robert Burns and in Scottish literature.” and ”….in the Burgh of Inverness”
Inverness (from the Gaelic : Inbhir Nis meaning “Mouth of the Ness”) is regarded as the capital of the Highlands and is the administrative centre of the Highland Council. Inverness gained “City” status in 2001 when the Royal Burgh of Inverness became the City of Inverness.
The 18th century Battle of Culloden which inspired Burns to song and poem took place on nearby Drumossie Moor.
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Events
1. Our 2024 AGM was held on Tuesday 11th April 2024 at Inverness Golf Club. One of the main items of business was the election of office bearers.
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2. Our 2025 Anniversary Supper was held at Inverness Golf Club on Friday 24th January. The price for members was £45 (which included the membership subscription of £10). However, non-members could also attend for £47. The usual entertainment was provided, including guest speakers, music, a piper to pipe in the haggis, which was addressed by Club President Trevor Nicol. Tickets were obtained by contacting our Hon Treasurer Fiona Larg on: fiona.larg@outlook.com
News
Meet our Officers
Meet our Officers
KING Charles III paraphrased Robert Burns during an address to the Scottish Parliament on 12th September 2022.
Following a special Motion of Condolence at Holyrood, where the leaders of the parties shared their memories of the Queen, the King used the Burns poem Epitaph on my own Friend to illustrate his mother’s life of service.
He said: “If I might paraphrase the words of the great Robert Burns, my dear mother was ‘the friend of man, the friend of truth, the friend of age and guide of youth. Few hearts like her’s with virtue warmed, few heads with knowledge so informed.'”
Civic Dinner
Civic Dinner top table guests
On Saturday 14th Sept 2024, the Highland Council hosted a Civic Dinner at Inverness Town House to mark the 75th anniversary of Inverness Burns Club. Around 40 members enjoyed a lovely meal rounded-off with a sing song of some of Burns's best known ballads led by Ian Douglas and Sheila Bruce. Deputy Provost Jackie Hendry welcomed the Club to the Town House, and this was followed by a short speech of appreciation by Club President Trevor Nicol. Trevor told the assembly of the links Burns had with Inverness, including his famous visit in 1787 and the granting of the Freedom of the Burgh to his sons in 1845.
Instituted 1949 Federation No. 691
About the visit of Burns to Inverness
The Inverness Connection with Robert Burns
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In a letter of 7th February 1787 to David Erskine, Earl of Buchan, Burns stated his wish to travel around Scotland: “Your Lordship touches the darling chord of my heart when you advise me to fire my Muse at Scottish story and Scottish scenes. I wish for nothing more than to make a leisurely Pilgrimage through my native country; to sit and muse on those oce hard-contended fields where Caledonia, rejoicing, saw her bloody lion borne through broken ranks to victory and fame; and catching the inspiration, to pour the deathless Names in Song.”
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