Scot-Irish - The Other Irish

Patty Inglish's Hub, Orange on St. Patrick's Day, got me to thinking about the other Irish - the Scot-Irish of Northern Ireland and a comment I once read, which I think it was made by the Irish politician/journalist Conor Cruise O'Brien, about the...

Hermitage - The Most Evil Castle in Britain?

Hermitage Castle in the Scottish Borders - is this the most evil castle in the UK? There must be a few contenders for this title, but Hermitage must at least be in the top 5!

Origins of the Names 'New York' and 'Albany' - United States Place Names History

The Hundred Years War & the War of the Roses

The 100 Years War was essentially a series of separate wars, lasting from 1337-1453 between France and England for the French throne, which was vacant after the last of the Capetian dynasty died without a definitive heir. The instigators of the long...

Famous Scottish Writers - Part Two

The list of famous Scottish authors continues with bios of Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, Sir Walter Scott, and more.

Scottish Culture, History, Traditions, St. Andrew’s Day, and Everything Scottish

All things Scottish! Celebrations: St. Andrew’s Day, Hogmanay, National Tartan Day. The Flying Scotsman, the Loch Ness Monster, Scottish Highland Cows, Haggis. Edinburgh Military Tattoo, New Scotland Yard, Knights of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots. Dalavish, Loch Awe, Old Town Stirling, Hebrides Islands, Scottish borders, Connonish Gold Mine, places to visit in Scotland, the Scottish Castle Trail, Scottish Malt Whiskey Trail, Linlithgow. Scottish humor, Scottish dialects and accents, Scotti

16th Century England

  King Henry VIII was a Tudor.  The Tudors were a Welsh family, descended from Owain ap Maredudd ap Tydwr, a silver-tongued gentleman who caught the eye of the widow of Henry V, Catherine of France. The name Tydwr morphed into Theodore and then...

Reasons to Love Scotland

St. Andrew's Cross Anyone who has ever been lucky enough to visit Scotland knows why it is a gem. There is no one thing to love...there are a million things to love! So first and foremost we must pay tribute to the Scots. Most others countries...

longshanks

longshanks-King Edward 1st, 17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307, also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Son of King Henry 3rd, Edward became involved in a rebellion...

William Wallace

There can be little doubt that it was the Braveheart movie which brought the name of William Wallace to the fore internationally. This page looks at the facts behind the fiction, who William Wallace really was and how he so influenced events of his time in Scotland and beyond.