▁independence ▁by ▁issu ing ▁a ▁comm emor ative ▁label ▁on ▁ 5 0 ▁cases ▁of ▁C ly nel ish ▁M alt ▁Wh is ky ▁- ▁" The ▁Spirit ▁of ▁Free ▁Em bo " ▁ ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁remains ▁were ▁exc av ated ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁other ▁bur ial s ▁having ▁previously ▁been ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁The ▁school ▁in ▁Em bo ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁William ▁F ow ler ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 9 . ▁ ▁Nancy ▁Dor ian ' s ▁research ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁East ▁S uther land ▁G ael ic ▁dialect ▁showed ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁of ▁the ▁village ' s ▁total ▁population ▁of ▁fewer ▁than ▁ 3 0 0 ▁still ▁act ively ▁spoke ▁G ael ic , ▁and ▁that ▁many ▁more ▁had ▁a ▁" sm atter ing " ▁or ▁were ▁perfect ▁pass ive ▁b iling uals . ▁This ▁percentage ▁even ▁briefly ▁increased ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁with ▁" return ers " ▁to ▁the ▁village . ▁Until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁at ▁least , ▁Em bo ▁was ▁a ▁b iling ual ▁G ael ic ▁and ▁English ▁speaking ▁community . ▁B ror a ▁and ▁Gol sp ie ▁had ▁much ▁smaller ▁percent ages ▁of ▁G ael ic ▁speak ers ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁ ▁As ▁with ▁the ▁entire ▁region ▁of ▁East ▁S uther land , ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9