Kirsteen MacDonald (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Kirsteen NicDhòmhnaill) is a Scottish broadcaster.
Kirsteen MacDonald | |
Birth Date: | 28 November 1982 |
Birth Place: | Inverness, Scotland |
Occupation: | Weather presenter |
Employer: | BBC Scotland,BBC Alba |
Television: | Reporting 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]