The Scotsman Who Was The Last King of Ireland
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- So who was the Scotsman that was the last high king of Ireland? Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey tells the tale or Robert the Bruce, his brother Edward and their invasion of Ireland in opposition to Edward II of England during the Scottish wars of Independence
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"to fight each other, as God intended"-
This kind of analysis is EXACTLY why you rule, Mr. Fummey!
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Wrong end of the stick. Obviously a lot still to be learned 😉.
I'm Irish and went to College in Edinburgh many moons ago. I always found a deep connection between my Celtic cousins. Any trip down the west coast of Scotland and you could be forgiven for mistaking it with the Gaelic speaking west coast of Ireland.......brothers in arms........
The place names say it all - Oban, Kilmartin, Kilberry, Kilmory, Tralee Bay etc etc.
I'm a McAlister and a Galvin. Got a little German in me as well. My ancestors were good looking and smart! Lol
Im Irish and would love for you to do some videos around Irish history.
2nd that!
@@seanmcmanus8906 3rd
4th..
Absolutely
Why sure you all hated the Scots and their Presbyterian ways, the Irish persecuted the Scots and committed heinous crimes against them.
I live 5 miles from Faughart my dad used to take me to his grave as a kid. Another great video keep them up.
"To fight each other as God intended." 🤣😂
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The amount of work that goes in to these videos is amazing. Fascinating history and really well told.
5:03 "To fight each other, as God intended..." 😂😂😂
A United Kingdom of Scotland, Ireland and Wales (or even a Disunited Confederation of the same) would certainly have changed England's fortunes.
Without the Scots and Irish soldiers, who would have claimed the Empire for our Saxe-Coburg-Saalfelden aristocracy?
Without Welsh Coal, the Industrial Revolution might have been more or an Industrial Revolt; and without Tom Jones, we'd not know that It's not unusual to be loved by anyone.
I looked up John de Bermingham, to see if he was from my home town, and now I've heard about the Braganstown Massacre. That's some Game of Thrones' level bloodshed and inversion of expectations.
I'm English, but I've been to Largs; probably where the Vikingar! Leisure Centre and Visitor Attraction stands today. It was cold and wet, and I was very drunk. Oh, to be young again, and to make better decisions.
True dat
The following excerpt is the translated word of John de Maupas on his account of Irish peer and earl of Louth John de Bermingham following the battle of Faughart in which the Irish (Hiberni in Latin) fought against the Scots (Scotti in Latin) after the Scots conquered Ireland (Hibernia in Latin) following their success in conquering the English after Bannockburn - a defeat that took England at least 20 years to recover from.
Robert I king of Scots sought to conquer Ireland and install his brother, Edward Bruce as high king of Ireland (which would be a Scottish take over of Ireland similar to what James VI King of Scots would do centuries later in 1603 with England). So when James VI of Scots took England in 1603, he also took Ireland as well, because Ireland was owned by the kingdom of England as a 'Papal possession' - which began with the Laudibiliter between Pope Adrian IV and Henry II of England - which further back was made possible due to Dermod MacMurrough the Hiberni (Irish) King of Leinster who wanted English help from Henry II to regain lost lands back from other rival Hiberni (Irish) petty kingdoms, therefore Ireland was effectively later owned by the Scottish royal house with a Scottish monarch having dominion over Irish land as well as English land and the early British colonies overseas by extension.
At this time following Bannockburn however, the real Irish of the time (Hiberni), did not see the Scots as much different from the English, they were also seen as colonisers, more so infact because what is now Ireland at that time was a Papal possession owned by the Kingdom of England, and so the Anglo settlers who were said to become more Irish than the Irish (Hiberni) themselves were allied with the Irish in their efforts against the Scots of the north on both islands.
Here >> people.loyno.edu/~history/journal/1988-9/nolan.htm
@@plasticpaddy985 More "Irish than Irish"? That'll be those Oirish you see around London. 🤭
@@euansmith3699 In Ireland we call them English Plastic Paddies.
A model of clarity and brevity Euan...clearly sober when you posted this...E
Scottish and moved to Ireland 20 years ago. Still missing my homeland.
Don't miss the midges...or as my Lochaber and Glencoe cousins were wont to say...beasties...best wishes from the wirral...E
Edward colonized Ireland a century before!! Damn he had a long life! Yes been to Ireland for my cousin's wedding we're Welsh and he married into a lovely Irish family who made us really welcome and still do! To my shame I still haven't been to Scotland but soon!
I’m an American studying in Ireland and I’ve had the privilege to visit Scotland! A great friend of mine hails from the Kingdom of Fife and I was able to spent a week there. Love your content! Keep up the amazing work!
A much overlooked part of SCOTTISH and IRISH history..always a blast Bruce..GGTTHB.
I'm a Scot who spent time working in Ireland and found I was treated like a favourite visiting cousin by all I met. Definitely 2 linked nations
Yes lots of Scots in Ireland.
You can see them flying the Saltire ,marching about ,playing flutes and banging them big drums.
Singing their songs .
Definitely 2 linked nations.
@@billycaspersghost7528 As an Irishman, the idea of Irish/Scottish solidarity is a myth. The Scots unionised with the English during the act of Union in 1707. They went to war with the Irish and thri monarch (James VI of Scots) planted themselves in Northen Ireland after he took over the kingdom of England in 1603. They were hard-line Presybretarians and the ethnic component to the invasions is often overlooked (yes can you believe that? Scots seeing themselves as ethnically different from Irish!). Scotland certainly is not linked to Ireland, but we are geographically close, but Scotland is even closer to England, sharing a direct land border and their nation is part of the same island. Still we all have our own nationality and seperate identities, histories, origins and cultures etc. It's said Scotland is like the Japan of Europe, and if Korea is like the England of Europe, Ireland is like the China of Europe in terms of history and outward expansionist trends etc.
It's an idea that still to this day among some in Northern Ireland who look to Britain (especially Scotland) for help to crush any nationalist movements within the area. For some reason when I speak to protestant N. Irish/Scottish not all but quite a few try to profess their genetic admixture with England and whereever else in the world like it even matters against their native nationality??
If you were to say walk down a protestant street in some areas of Scotland with an Irish flag you can be sure to find yourself in a lot of trouble. I mean real big trouble. The Scots are far more extreme in their conviction for what is called the UK. The attachment to this idea is a lot greater on average than say your run of the mill Jack the lad from England. Ireland being intensely opposed to Britain this doesn’t make for good sentiment among Scots who see the Kingdom of Great Britain as a Scottish creation, which in a way they technically are correct at the very least in that.
It’s only until the Irish go on holiday to our so-called brothers in arms to find out they are despised by half the population. It's actually the Catholic Scots whose family were actually Irish immigrants during the famine who were always opposed to Britain rather than the actual Scottish majority who they saw as some ethnic quasi Germanic Celt and have an affinity towards Ireland. By the way, the Scots exterminated many a number of them during the clearances. In a sense they are more sectarian than the Northern Irish.
So to wrap it up, no, the Scots and the Irish do not see eye to eye and no we don’t have this brotherly love depending, of course, on what kind of a Scot you're implying ;). But ultimately its a myth. People took Brave Heart too seriously, especially the Yanks :).
Also on the last point, I don’t have a problem with Scots or English. I think its a load of rubbish.
But I will say that Ireland/Britain has a lot of texture and very deep complex aspects to it and I don’t want to make it so black and white. Please also refer to a comment made by Alistair Thompson which will give some context on this. I’m not trying to deflect I have a secret dislike for Scots I really have no issue with Britains of any region. What the dispute has devolved into today between Protestant and Catholics is beyond reproach but here is what Alistair said which should be noted for everyone as an example of the depth it goes:
The push and pull factors varied, because it wasn’t really one migration at all, but several. Some of the Scots who came to Ulster were planters who arrived because the king, James VI and I wanted them to put roots down in Ireland, some were Gallowglasses who were actively recruited by the Irish, some were brought over in a couple of private plantations which were organised by Scottish gentry who had bought land from impoverished Irish nobility and some were actually refugees from a famine in Scotland in the 1690s.
Some of the planters who took part in the official plantation with the king’s consent were less than willing to go to Ireland, because they were border reivers who were transported as convicts to Ireland in much the same way as convicts were later transported to the American colonies and after American independence, to Australia.
Many of the Scots in Ulster were Presbyterian (although some were Catholic, in particular those who started as the hired Gallowglasses). The Presbyterians in particular chafed under the Penal Laws after their support for William of Orange, so many of them voluntarily emigrated to the American colonies in the 1700s where they often became frontiersmen in the Appalachians for example and the artificially constructed “Scots Irish” identity in America almost to a man supported America’s war of independence, so great was their distaste for British rule.
You probably already know all about those who stayed in Ulster and were involved with the United Irishmen only a generation later. If only more “Ulster Scots” acknowledged the full history of their very complicated relationship with Britain. Some do of course (especially the Catholic nationalist ones like your Alasdair McDonnells and your John Humes). In my experience though, they are few and far between.
All too easy to pretend that all the Ulster Protestants have always been loyal British subjects and all the Irish Catholics have always been rebels. The full history is an awful lot more complicated, with Catholic loyalists and Protestant rebels galore.
@@steveburnside3242 I know.
@@billycaspersghost7528 Know what?
@@steveburnside3242 All the stuff you said.
Also, I don't think you're Irish .
Yank maybe.
Could be wrong.
Oh, FTP by the way.
Aye I lived nearly all over Ireland Bruce, ended up in Athlone. To hell or Connaught as Cromwell used to say.
I remember going to Carrickfergus Castle and learning about the bit where the defenders had to resort to cannibalism during Edward Bruce’s siege always thought it was something that they’d hide from kids but obviously they knew some of us were reading Horrible Histories
They told us , they kept scottish prisoners in the dungeons , so i went home and asked
"When were we at war with scotland " 🤔🤔
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B. I'm neither Scottish nor Irish Bruce , but I will go eventually when the pandemic is over God willing
Class video Bruce, as always. You covered a lot of great history. I particularly liked when you were sorting out your pack lunch when discussing the famine. Out of interest, what microphone do you use for your videos? Your audio is always really good even when your outside with the wind etc. Cheers.
I recently got a Sanken COS 11D. It sit's under my shirt on a sticky and has improved things enormously
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Great, thanks for getting back to me, I appreciate it. Hope the gigs go well
My parents born in 1903 & 1911 (RIP) are Irish, I was born in the US - been to Ireland, Scotland, Wales; England & N. Ireland. Very comfortable when visiting the 'old sod. I love your postings - Thank You!
I live barely more than a mile or two from Edward Bruce's grave. According to historical accounts that I heard, Edward's passing wasn't greatly regretted through most of island of Ireland that he and his forces laid waste to. Those were tough times back then and armies, whether Edward Bruce's or their Norman/Irish/English enemies, tended to mete out cruelty to the people they met on their way. Irish peasants naturally didn't take kindly to marching armies stealing their produce for their own sustenance or their burning of towns and villages they might pass through. Had he been less cruel and less impetuous Edward Bruce's death might have been mourned more than it was, but he made his choices and so it was that he was largely forgotten to Irish history,
+what about the Scottish peasants left behind in scotia by a bunch of scotish norman crackheads, DeBruce was not successful in Ireland, he was defeated by his own kin, the Normans in Ireland , thankfully
in Ireland we were still under the norman yolk until 1916, you Scots are still under the Norman yolk until you kick them out, even now you scots are still ruled by the Normans = anglo saxons, norman De Bruce
Just another horrible footnote in Irish history. I believe the Irish sent Edwards's head back to the king of England with words to the effect "I think this belongs to you."
@@deborahh2195 The irish? That would be debatable since he was defeated by a combioned English/Norman army, albeit with Irish allies. One thing is certain, Edward Bruce did nothing to endear himself to his supposed Irish subjects.
I'm not scottish and as far as I know n9 scottish ancestry. Only know Scotland is the home of my heart. 🏴🏴
We will be in Scotland this upcoming June. Will be in Perth during our visit.
Ruaidrí mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair was the last "IRISH" HIGH KING, no half bread Scots illegitimate claim could or would ever be accepted, stay away from our history.
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Here because of a DNA test May the MostHigh be gracious and allow me too learn from the faults of my ancestors history 😅
I'm American, but my ancestors are predominantly Irish and Scottish.
I'm Scottish, Bruce. I've never set foot on the island of Ireland, though I've been on the Scottish side of the Causeway 😄 I do want to go, but the last time I was choosing a Euro city break it came down to Dublin v Berlin and I chose Berlin because I realised it was soon going to be a bit more difficult to get there (Brexit) and it appeared that it woud be quite a bit cheaper with better beer (sorry Guinness) and the whole dark fascination with WW2, the cold war era, the wall and everything. But I definitely will go to Ireland one day soon.
Pick anywhere in Ireland except Dublin
I live in Ireland. It s a good place. But apparently Berlin s a real party town
thanks again, Bruce for another great video. yes, I have been to Scotland. however, it was in 1973 and I must say I enjoyed my time there. perhaps, some day, I may return.
Bruce ,why don't you do a video about Charles Darwin plagerising his ideas from a Perthshire man called Patrick Matthews
That's actually on my list.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours yet another nugget of information...Brill. .
Before you go praising celtic ties Bruce invaded not liberated from the North.
Only Scottish by heart; lived there for over a decade, had to leave as the jobs ran out for me. Know I will be visiting again (too many friends there), but doubt I'll ever live there again. That time has passed.
Im watching the new Netflix series called "" Vikings Valhalla "" apperntly it's full of inaccurate history but that's nothing new sadly.. 🤔 ✌️
Entertainment industry never lets historical accuracy get in the way of telling a story their way.
I have been to both Scotland and Ireland. Both are beautiful places and I met some great people. Not a fan of Dublin but I think it's just too busy for me. I liked Inverness and Southern Ireland most of all. Can't wait to return.
l've been in ireland 33 years, and still have the same accent as you bruce. all the best. william. ireland.
Brilliant video. I first went to County Cork in Ireland to visit my father's family when I was a toddler and I need to go back to County Cork at some point.
I like Ireland better and in Scotland they let Bruce down and still have England ruling then shame oh u Scots and I was born in lasmahago Scotland
Hi, went to Dublin, Cork on to the South West and traveled up the west side and accross to the giants causeway and down to Belfast.
Been, to Scotland afew times Saw a good bit of the country lovely country and people greetings from southern ireland
Happy New Year Bruce to you and yours. I love all of your videos which are so informative and fun at the same time, which helps me, at 79, to retain the knowledge you share. I so enjoyed the reveal of the DNA journeys, what a laugh and surprise for your family. My grandmother used to say, “We’re all Jock Tamson’s bairnies,” how true that is. We are all so much more than the sum of the parts, my belief. My results from Ancestry were 67% Scottish, 32% Irish 1% Norwegian which just about backed up my 20 year hobby spent on my family tree, but I wonder just how accurate this can be, seeing as many of the folk in the British Isles, as we know it today, were from Brittany, Normandy, Saxony and Scandinavia etc., so fascinating. Getting uppity about who we are gets us, as a human gene pool, nowhere. We are part of a rich diverse world, where respect, kindness and love should be our number one priority. You are a great teacher, doing a superb job, ignore the ignorant!
I am a Riley (changed about 1900 from Reilly). Our home County is Cavan, part of the 9 Counties of old Ulster. My great great grandfather moved to the Nortn East of England arounx 1900. The past 22 years I have lived in Scotland with a Scottish wife and son. Been to Ireland a few times and always loved it. Hoping to go to Sligo in the Summer (mad on Yeats).
Clearly you have good taste...as a Derry native I,m a bit biased towards Seumas Heaney's work..
@ Jim Thistle
Unfortunately both of the spellings are anglicized phonetic spellings of your ancient name of
Ó Raghalligh. ( male)
Ní Raghallaigh ( unmarried female)
All the names / spellings of places and people in Ireland have been angilized and don’t have meaning but when the slime is removed and the original name is uncovered and used it has deep meaning .
It’s probably the same for Scotland and Wales which have also been angilized during the many years of colonization .
American with pre-colonial roots in Scotland and Northern Ireland
What about the book the lost monarchy of Scotland is it a good recommendation
Scot with irish roots 🏴🇮🇪
I’ve only been to Scotland because I’m a Campbell.
A LONG TIME AGO Since Scotland Beat Ireland in Rugby 🏉. He never attacked Roach Castle but burned everything from Dundalk to Limerick. Such a pity! as if he had been more civilised the native Irish would have been up for an alliance
I'm not Scottish myself, if anything the furthest from it (English ;) ) but I love history and your passion about your country's history is infectious. Found your videos only a couple days ago, I think it was the Black Watch one, and have binged watched them ever since. You really deserve a big ol' TV contract for a history documentary or something!
Welcome on board
Another well made video that not only tells of Edward Bruce’s failed attempt but also adds background to the not exactly cordial historical relationship between the Scots and the Irish.
Born and lived in Ireland my whole life and have been a huge fan of the channel for a while! Ireland & Scotland, Celtic Brothers forever 💚💙
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Erie - Alba gu brath (Ireland-Scotland forever)
@@mikhailabunidal9146 yep....
@@mikhailabunidal9146 deluded, the Irish hated the Scots, sure you still hate us ulster_scots right until today
@@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251 My Protestant friends in Carlow with English names can’t be Irish then? They must be “Leinster English” 😂
I m Irish Tunisian mixed. Been to Scotland a few times. Love Inverness , Edinburgh, been to Orkney too. Fantastic place altogether . I might have Scottish ancestors (McDonnells in my family tree- there s some Irish septs of the name as well as Scottish ones)
I am a South African of Scottish decent and we visited Scotland twice. Hope to be back.
Is a bear Catholic? On the other side of that coin, Im Irish and still havent gotten around to visiting Scotland.Stocking up on knowledge on Scottish history(which I'm a bit lacking) to make the visit more worthwhile.
Shame on you. Get yourself over
I'm Australian and I have Irish and English ancestors. I don't know for certain about my Scottish ancestry yet but my last name is McMillan.
Yes, I have been to Ireland. Just once. I think it was in 2003. I went there with a friend and we visited Glendalough, the Burren castle, the Dingle peninsula, the parliament of Dublin. It was fantastic! I'm not Scottish. I am French.
Another great vid Bruce! Knew about Edward from a really good documentary I saw here on TH-cam (can't remember the name though). It was a really bloody period of Irish (and Scots) history...
Scottish but my Mum always thought we were from NI due to our surname. However, recently stumbled on the geneology of a guy called Francis Jay Herron who was a Union General in the American Civil War (and Medal of Honour recipient). If his geneology has been worked out correctly it goes back through NI to Dumfries & Galloway and then on to a certain Robert Heron Herroun (1405-90) who came from Angus - where I was born & grew up. So looks like we started in Angus then branched out to NI rather than the other way round.
Been to Ireland (both parts) a number of times in my youth... for the colleens & rugby!!
The best reasons to go I'd say
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Not anymore... the first would get me divorced!! XD
This is one of the big 'what ifs' in Scottish, Irish and I suppose English history and yet so few people know about it . Great choice for a video.
Thanks
I am a Northumbrian/well Geordie I came to Scotland 15 years ago on a visit I just forgot to go home. And I’m still here in Moray. Be aware you English it is dangerous to come into Scotland is a dangerous thing, you might not want to return to England
@David.
Geordie & Lowland = Angle
Yorkshire = Viking
Southern = Sassenach
See Viking video comments last week.
The Normans' successors did not hold on to "English" Edinburgh due to the brother of today's subject.
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Birkhenhead has had the same effect on me....the stunning views of Cammel Lairds contrasting with Hilbre island..
Irish here, never been to Scotland so probably should make my way over at some point!
Get it done min
Rory o connor was the last high king of ireland
Just last week I asked for a video about scots in Ireland. And voila! What nice timing
American here. Grandfather born in Elgin. Visited for a 2 week road trip/family reunion in 1999. Still have close contact with family in Oban and Edinburgh.
Irish to my core, but a big fan of this channel.
Seconded...
Ah Jesus ur truly talk about NORTHERN IRELAND HISTORY WITH BRUCE BROTHERS LOLOL NO SURRENDER!!! FREEDOM !!!
I am from Faughart, it is not pronounced Fow-hart, it is Fa-heart!
I'm not from there
BTW found some of your comedy and your comedy is a rare treat for us culture deprived Americans
Thanks
American. Of Scots and Irish descent. Been to Scotland (well, Edinburgh anyway), want to tramp the highlands. Had a chance to go to Ireland in '77, but it was still in the troubles, so passed on it. Would love to go now though.
To be fair I think they'd be too busy shooting each other rather than you
Loved it Thankyou!!☕️🍪🤗
So glad!
"~ THE DECLARATION OF ARBROATH ~
(English Translation from the original Latin, 1320 A.D.)°
[In The Declaration itself, the original Latin clauses are without numbering]
1. "To the most Holy Father and Lord in Christ, the Lord John, by divine providence Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Roman and Universal Church, his humble and devout sons Duncan, Earl of Fife,° Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, Lord of Man and of Annandale, Patrick Dunbar, Earl of March, Malise, Earl of Strathearn, Malcolm, Earl of Caithness and Orkney,° and William, Earl of Sutherland; Walter, Steward of Scotland,° William Soules, Butler of Scotland, James, Lord of Douglas, Roger Mowbray, David, Lord of Brechin, David Graham, Ingram Umfraville, John Menteith, guardian of the earldom of Menteith,° Alexander Fraser, Gilbert Hay, Constable of Scotland, Robert Keith, Marischal of Scotland, Henry St Clair, John Graham, David Lindsay, William Oliphant, Patrick Graham, John Fenton, William Abernethy, David Wemyss, William Mushet, Fergus of Ardrossan,° Eustace Maxwell, William Ramsay, William Mowat, Alan Murray, Donald Campbell, John Cameron, Reginald Cheyne, Alexander Seton, Andrew Leslie, and Alexander Straiton, and the other barons° and freeholders° and the whole community° of the realm of Scotland send all manner of filial reverence, with devout kisses of his blessed feet." Brill 844 [Sgt. Brill, USAF (Ret), Thailand]
Pan-Celtic British isles......Wow!!!!! You just love insulting us Irish....Safe haim to your British Isle X
I'm from Bangor just across the Lough from Carrickfergus. Great to see the castle, many times running around it on a trip when I was little. Both amused/depressed that inevitably when you start doing something that touches on Irish history the comments section starts bitching politically in all the most predictable ways. Best of luck when/if you do the Ulster Plantation! All the videos are great, terrific channel.
Mrs Ross a fellow native of Limavady had the presence of mind to write down a tune that went world wide with the Irish Diaspora of all faiths or none...now what was it called again..??? ...only kidding..I miss white pudding and veg roll...best wishes from the warring tribes of the Wirralians....the red tribe is happy tonight....E
@john murray Aye we recorded that plantation vid this weekend. Putting on the tin hat as we speak
I'm apparently 18-ish % Scottish and less Irish...and more English...have been longing to go to Scotland...and Ireland...according to my grandmother, we are Scots-Irish ...her stories were many.
I absolutely love your show Bruce, I’d say you have a Wee bit of the story teller in ya. I’m Irish and Scottish, best of both worlds, my parents immigrated to New Jersey years ago where I live today. Thanks for filling me in on the Celtic history I should know which sadly many Americans ignore….Keep on rocking…
Don't forget Bruce many Scots 🏴were involved in the Ulster plantation back in the 17th century, many lrish emigrated to Scotland in the 19th & 20th centuries with involvement in the setting up and support of one of Scotland's duopolistic football clubs🇳🇬, also l believe a Scottish engineer was involved in some maritime🌊 projects here in lreland, Probably not the only engineer!? 🤔
Not forgotten
I'm so glad I'm not a politician. I've been to Ireland once, but only to stop off a Shannon airport for fuel. We were on a short legged 707 that was on charter. It was supposed to go direct from London to Dulles, but it stopped at Shannon and at Bangor Maine. We did get off the plane, and I remember the grass was as green as expected. One of these days I should go back for a longer visit. I'm from the USA, with Anglo-Scottish-Swabian-Irish-Welsh roots. And Ancestry.com sometimes says 1% Finnish.
I'm Irish from Irish border and grew up in Dundalk! Great grandparents from Tyrone! Marching from Tyrone camped in dowdels hill (dundalk) and fought in the battle of the boyne. Been to Edinburgh before O like very much.
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Within my lineage of Scots (on both sides ) are Also the additions of French, Welch & Irish. Love your channel. 🕊💓🕊👌 thank you 😘
Love that!
Glass -Scotland fought with Robert Bruce in the 1300’s. Blessings from 🇺🇸🇺🇸Atlanta, Ga
The gael never had kings...the ri's and ard ri werent kings...
High king is a mistranslation of Ard ri...a ri especially ard ri is more akin to president not a king....
Also edward de bruce was never ard ri...to become ard ri you need to be voted by a majority of the ri's...
Ireland was unified, it just was decentralised governence...ri's and ard ri's were voted into their positions...same as taoiseachs and tanaiste's....
Look at it this way
The ri was equivalent to a president
The taoiseach and tanaiste equivalent to the speaker of the house
The brehons were the judiciary...
These were the original three seperations of powers long before England or Europe had them....ireland had it for thousands of years...
Also each tuatha was akin to a state...essentially ireland was a unified in a type of federation much like the usa...
The version of ireand you describe is the English establishment narrative and its absolutely wrong...
I have the distinct privilege of being boyh Scottish and Irish. My Mum's Scottish and ma Da's parents are Irish from Donegal. Grew up in Glasgow til I was 8 years old and then we moved over to Donegal. There's quite a big connection between Donegal and Glasgow actually
Craig Ferguson has the same Donegall and Scottish lineage...naturalized US citizen now....
@@eamonnclabby7067 there we go, another son of Donegal
@@Gallboynarossan I had some cousins, Duffy in Donegall...
@@eamonnclabby7067 aye plenty of Duffy's about the place, do you know what part of Donegal?
@@Gallboynarossan Inishowen I believe...
LoughNeagh views are somuch appreciated along with cutting humor. Grandad came over 1903 from those parts. Grandson knows sword dancing. How I despise parliaments.
American of Scottish ancestry firmly planning to visit Scotland as soon as I can.
Whoa! My direct ancestor is John de Bermingham. I didn't know any of this. Around the time of the reformation another ancestor Margaret Bermingham from Meath. She was married to a Ball. Mayor's of Dublin. Ergo Ballsbridge. Who followed the CEO of England. She refused and spent 2 years in the cells of Dublin Castle. She and her son in law ? Taylor are statues outside the Pro Cathedral in Dublin and she is now Blessed one rung below Saint. There is lots more. The other side of my family are Scottish Methodists. Anyway your mirror is Thomas Sheridan Utube. Mayo is the centre of tribal Pagan Eire. You're welcome any time. Joy X
Hiya Bruce, im a native to Fife (Kelty) , I met my to be wife in a school we were both working in.... a wee while later we moved to her home town of Coleraine on the north coast...(incidentally 2 US president were born here, and my wife's great uncle in 1891)
I'll buy you a coffee if you'd like... lol
Robert the Bruce was a Gaelic speaker, his mother was a noble woman from the House of Fergus Of Galloway.
Whilst walking close to my home ,I saw a sign for Bruce's castle , this is close to Peterborough England ,apparently the Bruce family owned lands close to here , Norman's huh
We in Letham ( Angus ) are twinned with Monasterboice ( Louth) because St Buithe ( Irish ) in the 7th Century AD Christianized the heathen Picts around Letham and the local Pictish chief gave Buithe land at what is now Kirkbuddo ( Caer Buithe) for a chapel. After a spell consolidating his position Buithe went back to his native Ireland and established a monastery and centre of learning at Monasterboice ( Muinister Buithe) So yes, we in Angus visit Ireland from time to time to celebrate out link.
I am Scottish! I have learned so much from your stories. I want to visit!! Someday. I don't know where to go first.
EVERYWHERE !
The "de Bruce Brothers".
Any relation to the famous "Piranha Brothers" ?
(Excellent again. Bringing clarity and sense to the history of Ireland ..... sort of.)
The Genesis of Scotland was Marillion.
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Now that was actually funny
Never thought of that....
Bruce i would love for you to do a video on Henry Sinclair and his impressive life including his 1398 trip to the new world specifically Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut there is quite a bit of physical proof he was here including a spectacular carving of a knight that's degraded over the years and it's over the suspected burial of a person that the state of Massachusetts erected a historical sign connecting Henry Sinclair to the Westford knight and he was also the builder of a circular church tower in Rhode Island a magnificent stone tower called Newport tower that some historians recently found carvings and astrological alignments within the tower that are pretty miraculous if not intentionally done. But in New England it's widely accepted that aside from Leif Erikson that Henry Sinclair beat old Christopher Columbus to the New world making I believe 3-4 trips. Some say Christopher Columbus was married to the great niece of Henry Sinclair aced may have made a map I don't know about all that but I do know the Newport tower was recorded as being here when colonists arrived and the Westford Knight was found somewhat recently but there is lichen that had corned in the lines of some of the carving some taking tens of years to replicate if it were a fake and it's so weathered and eroded also giving proof of its old age.
That sounds like an interesting proposition...E
I was born in Perth, brought up in Donegal Ireland , Tapadh Leat.! March 10/2022
Only Scottish by patrinomial accident. 7th generation Canadian. But I hitchhiked around Eire in August of '91. I visited the UK first.
Since you asked, Bruce, I regard myself as 100% Scots. Exploring my family history however, it seems a few branches of my family tree came from Ireland around the time of the famine to work in mines and as labourers. They seem to have been protestant though, and emigration of those folk to Scotland is not something I've read about anywhere. Maybe most of their compatriots settled in Govan 😄
Been to Ireland for a job interview (failed!), a wee holiday and a couple of football games. Want to go back and see where some of my grand-parents folks came from.
Loved it m8 👍
My mom was a Caudill. I just recently discovered they were a powerful nobility or maybe the last king of Scotland or Ireland idk.. 1789 maybe... I grew up in s.e. Kentucky.
I'm a confused Yorkshire man, farther from Hexham, mother from Dublin, and love visiting Scotland
Aye I’m a Scot but with a lot of Irish blood and my cousins live in Dundalk. So I’m interested in your stories.
I'm British but in July I'm going yo Glasgow and I have to say I'm really looking forward to it
They're British in Glasgow too Brian
@@ScotlandHistoryTours I know it will be my first time coming to Scotland I'm really looking forward to it
@@brianconnaughton1734 try Irn Bru...
To your question. Yes if my health and expenses hold. I’ll need to work the legs out some. I’d rather do the tours than stay in major cities. And I’d like some real Haggis for supper.
I know this is a family friendly channel Bruce, but have you considered covering the night life🌃 areas of the big cities in the past including Red light🔴 zones, criminality🔫 in the 19th and 20th centuries and the prisons involved, the psychiatric 😬services of the same era?
I truly enjoy and look forward to each of your videos, always both informative and entertaining. Thank you Bruce!
Very welcome
2021 £1bn per week extra for the Health Service formerly known as National.
Ye hud me worried Bruce ah thought we wurney getting a video this week, yet again ye hud me learning.
Aye damned upload speeds in Belfast hotels
@@ScotlandHistoryTours ach as long as yer well mucker that's the main hing
Enjoyable vid. I know it didn't come to fruition until after our amalgamation with England in 1707 but it's interesting to see how far Scotland's colonial ambitions went.
You are a most excellent storyteller.... Bless you sir!
Australian descended from irish convicts and Scottish free settlers I plan to visit both one day