He is the patron saint of Kinglassie in Fife, and is venerated in Kyntire ( Benedictines, Husenbeth ).

Kinglassie primary school is a small school housing approximately 150 pupils.

* Fife mining museum, formed 1992, is located in Kinglassie at the back of the Kinglassie Miners Welfare Institute but has recently closed.

Every year children in the Cardenden and Kinglassie districts play for the John Thomson Trophy to help ensure his name is perpetuated.

The village of Kinglassie lies to the north of the Lochty Burn, 3 miles ( 5 km ) southwest of Glenrothes in Fife and 3 miles southeast of Perth and Kinross district. Kinglassie ( Pronounced Kin-glassie ) village has been populated for thousands of years, in 830 AD the village was known as Kinglace, the ancient Picts used to live in this area.

In the year 1231 the village was known as Kinglassin and was in the Lochoreshire area, however that changed in 1235 when Constantine II of Lochore renounced his claim to the lands in favour of the Abbey of Dunfermline, from this time on Kinglassie ceased to be part of Lochoreshire., but little of antiquity remains, except for the Dogton Stone with its Celtic Cross situated in a field a mile ( 1. 5 km ) to the south.

For many years, Kinglassie was a weaving village but in the 19th and 20th centuries it developed as a mining town.

Glastian of Kinglassie B ( AC ) ( also known as Glastian of MacGlastian ) was born in County Fife, Scotland.

* Jimmy Bonthrone, footballer and manager: born Kinglassie, Fife 16 June 1929 ; played for East Fife 1947-58, Dundee 1958-60 ; manager, East Fife 1963-69, Aberdeen 1971-75 ; general manager, East Fife 1980-94 ; married ( two sons ); died Kirkcaldy, Fife 7 June 2008.

* Willie Fernie ( born 22 November 1928 in Kinglassie, Fife.

He died at Kinglassie ( Kinglace ), Scotland, in 830.

The Kinglassie Pit started in 1908 and closed in 1967.

A housing development of nearly 150 houses has been in place for a number of years in Kinglassie.

Image: Blythe's Folly. jpg | Blythe's Folly, atop Redwells Hill to the North of Kinglassie.

Image: Blythe's tower and Kinglassie 2007. JPG | Kinglassie from the South with Blythe's Tower atop Redwells hill to the North.

* The Kinglassie & District Pipe Band was reformed in 1982.

The villages of Kinglassie, Milton of Balgonie and Star of Markinch are located slightly further away and are physically separated from Glenrothes by farmland.

Saint Columba ( 7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD )— also known as Colum Cille, or Chille ( Old Irish, meaning " dove of the church "), Colm Cille ( Irish ), Calum Cille ( Scottish Gaelic ), Colum Keeilley ( Manx Gaelic ) and Kolban or Kolbjørn ( Old Norse )— was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period.

An early rendition of the name of the town was Kilcudbrit, derived from the Scottish Gaelic " Cille Chuithbeirt " ( Chapel of Cuthbert ), the Anglo-Saxon saint whose mortal remains were kept here for seven years between exhumation at Lindisfarne and re-interment at Chester-le-Street.

The town's official Gaelic name Cille Phàdraig Ùr reflects the name of the parish.

There is no evidence that the village itself ( rather than the parish ) was ever called " New Kilpatrick " by locals ( by the mid 19th century the houses near to the church had come to be called New Kirk ) but nevertheless, the name appears over the village on old maps ( see image below ) and the town's official Gaelic name is Cille Phàdraig Ùr.

Kilchoan ( Cille Chòmhghain in Gaelic ) is a village on the Scottish peninsula of Ardnamurchan, in Lochaber, Highland.

Bearsden and Milngavie ( Cille Phàdraig Ùr agus Muileann Dhaibhidh in Scottish Gaelic ) was formerly ( 1975-96 ) one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, north of the City of Glasgow.

Based around a 16th-century castle and parish church dedicated to Saint Peter, which gave the area its former name of Kilpeter (" Cille Pheadair " in Scottish Gaelic ), the present old village of Houston dates back to the 18th century and was designated a conservation area in 1968.

The Columba Project or Iomairt Cholm Cille, formerly known as the Columba Initiative is a program for Gaelic speakers in Scotland and Ireland to meet each other more often, and in so doing to learn more of the language, heritage and lifestyles of one another.

It was named after Colm Cille ( St Columba, 521 – 597 AD ), whose monasteries shaped and spanned the Gaelic world of Ireland and Scotland.

There are certainly names on the island from both languages, including " Tarbet " ( tairbeart, an isthmus ), " St Colme's Hole " ( Colm Cille ) and " Ardchattan " from Gaelic, and " Kirkhaven " which may refer a Norse original " Kirkshavn ".

Kirkconnel ( Gaelic: Cille Chonaill ) is a small parish and town in Dumfries and Galloway, southwestern Scotland.

In between lies Strathmore, a derivation of the Gaelic for the Great Valley, which is a fertile agricultural area noted for the growing of potatoes, soft fruit and the raising of Angus cattle.

Alexandria ( Cathair Alastair in Gaelic ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Achduart ( Gaelic: Achadh Dhubhaird ) is a small hamlet in Coigach, in Wester Ross in northwestern Scotland, now within the Highland council area.

Part of the Gaelic lexicon, this spelling suggests a Germanic ( Saxon ) origin, as the ' w ' is most likely pronounced as a ' v '.

In Irish it is Bealtaine (), in Scottish Gaelic Bealltainn () and in Manx Gaelic Boaltinn or Boaldyn.

The practice of bedecking the May Bush / Dos Bhealtaine with flowers, ribbons, garlands and coloured egg shells is found among the Gaelic diaspora, most notably in Newfoundland, and in some Easter traditions on the East Coast of the United States.

The lighting of a community Beltane fire from which each hearth fire is then relit is observed today in some parts of the Gaelic diaspora, though in most of these cases it is a cultural revival rather than an unbroken survival of the ancient tradition.

Although the holiday may use features of the Gaelic Beltane, such as the bonfire, it is more alike the Germanic May Day festival, both in its significance ( focusing on fertility ) and its rituals ( such as maypole dancing ).

In Irish Gaelic, the month of May is known as Mí Bhealtaine or Bealtaine, and the festival as Lá Bealtaine (' day of Bealtaine ' or, ' May Day ').

In Scottish Gaelic, the month is known as either ( An ) Cèitean or a ' Mhàigh, and the festival is known as Latha Bealltainn or simply Bealltainn.

Beltane was formerly spelt Bealtuinn in Scottish Gaelic ; in Manx it is spelt Boaltinn or Boaldyn.

In modern Scottish Gaelic, Latha Buidhe Bealltainn or Là Buidhe Bealltainn (' the yellow day of Bealltain ') is used to describe the first day of May.

Cape Breton Island (-formerly Île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn, Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: Cape Breton ) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America.

To this day Gaelic is still the first language of a number of elderly Cape Bretoners.

English is now the primary spoken language, though Mi ' kmaq, Gaelic and French are still heard.

The scenery of the island is rivalled in northeastern North America only by Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island tourism marketing places a heavy emphasis on its Scottish Gaelic heritage through events such as the Celtic Colours Festival, held each October, as well as promotions through the Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts.

The Scottish Gaelic form is and has the additional meanings of " pulpit " and " churn ".

The situation of the Gaelic kingdoms of Dál Riata in western Scotland is uncertain.

As a result, significant portions of the three provinces are influenced by Celtic heritages, with Scottish Gaelic having been widely spoken, particularly in Cape Breton, although it is less prevalent today.

An alternative derivation is from the Gaelic Domhnain which merely means " land " and leads to the meaning " people of the land ", Latinised as Dumnonii.