Kirsteen MacDonald

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Kirsteen MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: Kirsteen NicDhòmhnaill) is a Scottish broadcaster.

MacDonald was born in Inverness, and educated at the Gaelic-medium unit at the city's Central Primary School, and at Millburn Academy.[1]

She is a weather presenter for BBC Scotland.

Macdonald won the prestigious women's gold medal at the Royal National Mòd in 2006.[2] In 2008, she had an operation to remove her appendix, shortly after her operation she entered the Mòd in Falkirk, where she won the women's traditional medal.[3] MacDonald received the "Gaelic Ambassador of the Year Award" at the 2014 Royal National Mod.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gaelic Awards 2013: BBC host Kirsteen MacDonald hails our language ahead of landmark ceremony". Daily Record. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Celebrating Mod Gold medallists across the years". Stornoway Gazette. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Kirsteen recovers from op to win medal – Press & Journal". Pressandjournal.co.uk. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Kirsteen a' BhBC a' togail a' chiad dhuais aig a' Mhὸd". Scottish Government. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


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