Follow @UrFhasaidh South-western Scotland; Ayrshire, Galloway, Carrick, and Dumfriesshire, are seldom afforded the ink spillage they deserve in the Mediaeval history of Scotland. It is true that in the aftermath of the constitutional crisis precipitated by the untimely demise of the Maid of Norway and the subsequent Plantagenet pressing of its claim to suzerainty over … Continue reading Travels through the Scottish Bruce Heartlands
Tha Sinn a’ dol gu Èirinn An-Diugh
Follow @UrFhasaidh It’s only a big clod of turf; a big rock jutting up out of the North Sea with grass and trees sprouting from it, and sheep and highland cattle wandering to and fro over the face of it. So I remind myself every time I make to leave Scotland yet again. Our Scottish … Continue reading Tha Sinn a’ dol gu Èirinn An-Diugh
People Make Glasgow
Follow @UrFhasaidh Glasgow remains one of my favourite cities in the whole world. It lacks the romance of Paris and the antiquity of Rome, but Glasgow is home. I didn’t grow up in Glasgow, and as a child in Ayrshire I didn’t really experience much of the city or its people, they remained just over … Continue reading People Make Glasgow
Taking Pleasure in Bad Words
Aye, it happened again. This year when I was over in Scotland I listened as a mother corrected her child for using bad language. Now this wasn’t a case of a wee lad voicing expletives, no, not at all. In fact the wean was being well behaved and having fun with his friends. His offense … Continue reading Taking Pleasure in Bad Words
Fare Weal Tae Ayrshire’s Shore
Sailing here from Belfast the other day was a right pain in the backside. The sailing was fine; even though it is winter the water was only a little rocky and the few hours at sea were grand. It was arriving in Loch Ryan that was the nuisance. There had been heavy rain in the … Continue reading Fare Weal Tae Ayrshire’s Shore
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