Kirsteen MacDonald

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

Kirsteen MacDonald
Kirsteen NicDhòmhnaill
Born28 November 1992
Inverness, Scotland
OccupationWeather presenter
Employer(s)BBC Scotland, BBC Alba
TelevisionReporting Scotland

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 regularly presents the weather for BBC's Reporting Scotland and An Là.

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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