If this channel stays steady, it's going to really take off. The content is quality, Bruce is funny & engaging & I think the locations/angles (even the bad weather at times) adds to the mystique of the story telling in a grand way. Thanks for producing this content!
@@ScotlandHistoryTours You really are a Rossist, intentional skipping over everything Ross, his name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles", you really are a Rossist, you really are a Bigot!
I thought it just did! This channel if that's what it's called is actually wonderful. I was a bit put off at finding out that murdering each other was the best answer my ancestors cared to come up with. but we can't go back and change that. The depth to which Bruce goes is very pleasing often answering questions as we think of them.
Never comment on TH-cam, but this channel deserves some positive acknowledgement! Getting me through lockdown. Thank you so much for your work. Amazing.
Why, he is a Rossist Peice of Trash that intentionally glosses over Ross at every turn, his name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles", everything Ross he skips over intentionally! This Guy is a Bigot! And his version of History Reflects that!
I discovered your channel some time ago and have found it most entertaining. I am one of those Yanks of Scottish descent, but one that goes back a looooong time. Anyhow, that is not the important thing. I had thought of an idea for another t-shirt. Ok the front is would say: “In the meantime,” then on the back: “let me tell you a story… “ And there could be a logo or your picture or a caricature. I’d buy that for sure. So, I truly enjoy your vids as they are both informative with just the right amount of “sly wink” to prevent it from becoming too dry. Well done, sir.
My most recent addition. It's not quite what you suggested. Who knows maybe I'll alter it scotland-history-tours.creator-spring.com/listing/let-me-tell-you-a-story-top?product=793
Only recently came across this channel but am very glad that I did. Bruce’s analysis is really high quality and his occasional witty asides are well judged - his enthusiasm for the topics comes across effortlessly. Deserves a far wider audience which hopefully it will receive.
Ardnamurchan too!? WOW. You really go the distance' for your viewers. I am loving going through your theme video mixes. Absolutely great productions, each video. Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS on more and more viewers. Well deserved!
The Brought By Conservatives Network is just a propaganda machine for you know who, and i tell men straight away when they come round asking why i'm not funding them.
@@DJJinxC2006 i hear you but in this day in age the bbc are extreamly left wing. They dont allign with the conservatives anymore. The SNP have become labour. Labour is dead and the torys well they have now won the working class. Strange times.
@@warrioromarzthefirst5949 Thank you for re affirming my belief in BBC. See, any body that can get called Left wing by the Right and Right wing by the Left must be doing something right. Have you tried Fox news ,for balanced impartial journalism?
Well don't listen to this Hack who intentionally skews Scottish History! The Mans name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles"! Every point which there are many a Ross is in the Historical event he glazes over that point, who do you think Johns father married? A Countess Ross, we were pissed because the 1st Stuart King's 2nd Wife was a Queen Ross bearing them 4 Royal Children who the blood line settled on, and they stole the Title the Earl of Ross, and cracked down on US so Ross-shire, the Great Clan Ross! Partnered with the Laird of the Isles, and Made the Laird of the Isles the Earl of Ross! And we made War! This guy is a Bigoted Anti Ross Trash!
I don't comment in TH-cam ever but I just want to say thank you for making this content. I'm an american in Alabama my family are Duncan's and McDonald's that settles western North Carolina in the late 1690s and studying my ancestry brought me here. Now I need to plan a family trip.
I seldom comment on TH-cam, but just have to say that I really enjoy your content. I’ve just used one of my Audible credits to purchase Lancaster and York. Thanks for all you do.
Brilliant as always, your filming and editing is getting really top notch. Your telling of history is so much better than yon twit that the BBC hired who then sanitised our history. Flicks hair in disgust 🤦🏼♀️
Brillant that he lies to you and skews History! His name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles", this dudes a Rossist, intentionally dismissing us from History! he is a piece of Trash!
I'm a decendant of Flora McDonald born 1560 of Glengarry. She was a decendant of the first 7 Lords of the Isles and also ultimately Somerled. Flora married Murdo MacLeod of Skye during the blood feuds of the late 1500's. The crazy thing in your story is I decend from the Earls of Douglas and the Stewart's via the Hamilton Earls. Its so strange to hear historical stories of people who are my ancestors. I'm am American by birth but by blood my paternal DNA is R1b-L1335 S764 West Highland Gael of Clan Maclaren. Thank you for these stories.
A great video about a not widely known, but very interesting period of Scottish history. Your point about the Stewart kings being no great friends of Gaelic culture (possibly not James IV) is well made. Too many cannot see past the shortbread tin lid of the '45.
This hack is no great friend of Scottish History, the mans name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles" Ross' are all over Scottish History, and Fools like this Anti Ross Bigot always do their best to drowned us out! This guy is Trash!
@@camel7355 Bob Ross was a Killing Machine! An Unstoppable Force like the Red Reapers of Ross before! Why do you think he painted those Happy Trees? Every really look in to Bob Ross the Descendant of the Once War Masters of Scotland, the Chiefs of the Great Clan Ross, the Earls of Ross, 1st which being Fearchar, the Son of the Priest! And what he did before he needed to paint all those Happy Trees to Forget!
@@camel7355 Show some Damn Respect Whelp! Major General Robert Ross a descendant of the War Masters and Chiefs the Earls of Ross defied the Kings Orders, and Marched on DC! And Burnt the White House to the Ground for you Bloody Low Landers!
I visited Ardtorish last week to pay homage to The Lord of the Isles. I'm McDonald on my mother's side. I wish I'd watched your video before I went but I still found it riveting. Thank you 🏴
Could you please do a video on the battle of dunaverty please 🙏 love hearing the stories of my ancestors, being a direct descendant of the Macdonald's of Glencoe, these videos fill me with pride and joy 💪 my hope is constant in the 👍
Same here Alan ! Mine is Mac also but my Aunts and Uncles say my grandpa changed his from Mc to MacDonald before he went into the Korean War.... Do you have something similar 🤔 🍻🏴
"A wise philosopher once said,"What goes round, comes round, or is that a train driver in a Glasgow underground?" I'M 31 YEARS OLD! I SHOULD NOT FIND THAT AS FUNNY AS I DID!
John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles, was this person's particular name... he seems to Hate Ross' and Glosses over us at every Chance he can get! Its unbelievable...
Keep making these videos... Really enjoying them When you come to New Zealand you need to take a drive around the lower south Island, Central Otago, Otago as whole. Watching the background as your driving reminds me again of how similar New Zealand is to Scotland
My mom is a Campbell. My grandfather name is Angus Alexander Campbell! My grandmother is a baxter and in a nutshell she has no other background except Scottish lol back to 1600 crazy 😜
OK - So here is a tangled puzzle for ye: my name is Eman Dejnozka, Bohemian, Moravian, Wallachian blood on my paternal side, but more to your interest, Reynolds on my maternal side. It is to my understanding that the MacReynold survivors of a bloody battle where Edward, the Long Dong played Herod after his victory upon the survivors and butchered all the children of the Scots and stole Leah Fael, the 320 pound sandstone block that Jacob used as a pillow and my family are sworn by blood and life to protect. (It may interest you that my best living friend, Gavin Douglas, a direct paternal lineage holder of the mighty Douglas Clan, claims that Long Dong only stole the cover to a midden and Leah Fael was hidden beneath the floor in Scone Abby.) Anyway, I named my eldest daughter, Rhonda Leah Fael Dejnozka, to honor the Stone of Destiny which gives vision of the future to any who would touch her. My mother’s ancestors fled Scotland for America changing their name to “Reynolds” and made whisky to fuel the American Revolution. Gavin tells me the Douglas and MacReynold clans were allied in battle way back then.
Hope to see you in person in summer of 2021 - my husband (he's Czech) really enjoys your videos & we'll be living in Czechia and spending long periods in Scotland! Can't wait to go on your tours 😁
Your videos are a very approachable introduction to Scottish history. The funniest thing about the Waf off the Roses was that more Yorkshiremen fought for the House of Lancaster than did for the House of York.
Thanks Bruce. It is good to know that bygones can be bygones ….as a rule…for most of us. Wouldn’t it be great if we could all do that? Maybe we can, after all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and all of us!
@@ScotlandHistoryTours dont get me wrong brer you pull it off. The more i watch of yer content the more im warming to it haha. If ye dinnae mind me asking whats yer heritage ? Half n half or ?
Love Audible books! I’ve had the service for two years. I use it to lull myself to sleep with the hope of some sleep learning. Of course getting the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit read by Andy Serkis (Golum) isn’t quite non-fiction. Do understand that after the first month your “free” audio book credit will cost $14.95 subscription fee. Still well worth what I’ve gotten though! I love Bruce and this series!
I swear id meet someone who looks like you at a spa in Hawaii and not a pub in Inverness, yer unique and I dig the channel a lot, keep up the videos they're great
Well, we know how to fight. We also know how to fight.. Most of our history is about fighting. It's not that we can't do anything else. It's just that we can't do anything else.
I don't care about over-simplfication, especially if I havn't heard about something at all. thank-you. Lorraine P.S that green map of Scotland was really useful. could you use it more widely.
And the moral is; dont trust the English to have your back....or kings & nobles...or fellow Scots for that matter...um...Machiavelli would have felt right at home with that lot. Thank god we are all so civilised now and have such trust-worthy rulers!😁 🤔 😲 😭
Always interesting to hear stories about relatives (2nd cousin 18 times removed). Can't say we came out of that mess in much better condition, what with my 16th and 15th great-grandfathers both being hanged in the aftermath, but my 14th GGF, Alexander, got away so at least the line didn't end there and then. That does seem to be the point where MacDonnell became the accepted spelling, though (at least until coming to America in the early 18th century, when the current spelling became generally accepted). Only the first John of the Isles is a direct ancestor, as we come from John Mor, who may have wanted the title, but didn't inherit it, becoming 1st of Dunnyveg instead. We seemed to have a habit of being the brother of the one who gets the cool title, though we did keep Dunnyveg for a while and two generations of a three-generation baronetcy. Even there, the first baronet was a younger sibling, while his older brother got to be 1st Earl of Antrim. Genealogy is fun, but frustrating, particular when you get back 20 or more generation and realise that even if you've found the direct paternal line, there are still a few million more grandparents you haven't found, or however many hundreds or thousands were the same person in all the collateral lines.
I don't have my notes handy, but your ancestors names are ringing all kinds of similar bells to mine. (Dunnyveg definitely does) My Revolutionary war era McDonald ancestor spelled his name McDaniel and as I recall the name morphed several times along the way back to the Lord of the Isles. I also have an ancestor "hanged for high treason" and I've wondered about the politics around that. Maybe the same one?
@@lyno5211 Always possible. The hanged ones in my direct line were both called Sean Mac Domhnaill (or John MacDonnell), father and son (and two other brothers) went to the gallows in 1499, having annoyed James IV. The moral of that story being, I suppose, don't annoy your cousins too much, particularly if one of them happens to be King of Scots. Their brother Alexander was the one who escaped to Ireland and became 5th of Dunnyveg. Dunnyveg hasn't had a chief since the 17th century, and consequently has never had an official tartan. The title of Lord of the Isles is currently one of those associated with the heir to the throne, so it's currently held by Prince Charles (who, being descended from Robert II, is also a very distant cousin).
I thought it looks like North Carolina and Tennessee. My husband tricked me into moving to Tennessee by telling me its sunnier there. It rains every single day. When to sun does show itself you have to sneak up on it or else it starts raining again! Winter is misserable too.
Scots history Complicated?? I hear many of the same names recurring in ever more complex scenarios and up to all kinds of tricks I heard the name Bothwell in there . There was guy of that name who somehow managed to mess up the Mary Queen of Scots thing and then get his dried corpse (kippered?) put on show in Denmark.
Bruce, I'm confused if that's a suprise. If the Highlanders keep raiding the people in the lowlands, that makes them enemies does it not? They don't even speak the same language. Yet it's all contained in the UK satellite called Scotland. So that being the case I'm from the Country called Earth. I'm sorry. but this is totally confusing.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours I rooted it out. From what I found it was a place where a family(clan) had a home be it a manor etc. that was where they stayed. At least that’s what I got from it. For example the seat of clan Sutherland is Dunrobin Castle. A principle place of residence. I got an image in my head of a small residence with 100’s of clan members hangin out there ya know on the porch ,out the windows, lol.
Let me send you to my shop. There's a translation when you click through to the sales page, even if you don't buy anything 😁😎 www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/shop
@@ScotlandHistoryTours cheers fella. You're videos are fantastic, very well made and best of all the audio is great so I can listen when it's noisy around me. I'm glad I stumbled across your channel. Have a great day!
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If this channel stays steady, it's going to really take off. The content is quality, Bruce is funny & engaging & I think the locations/angles (even the bad weather at times) adds to the mystique of the story telling in a grand way. Thanks for producing this content!
Always a pleasure😎
@@ScotlandHistoryTours You really are a Rossist, intentional skipping over everything Ross, his name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles", you really are a Rossist, you really are a Bigot!
I thought it just did! This channel if that's what it's called is actually wonderful. I was a bit put off at finding out that murdering each other was the best answer my ancestors cared to come up with. but we can't go back and change that.
The depth to which Bruce goes is very pleasing often answering questions as we think of them.
Never comment on TH-cam, but this channel deserves some positive acknowledgement! Getting me through lockdown. Thank you so much for your work. Amazing.
Elaine, that's so great to hear. Thanks for taking the time to comment, and thanks for the coffee too
I could not agree more!IBruce is a member of True history Of Scotland a private FB group page.He is amazing!
Why, he is a Rossist Peice of Trash that intentionally glosses over Ross at every turn, his name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles", everything Ross he skips over intentionally! This Guy is a Bigot! And his version of History Reflects that!
Why do you say never comment? Because of backlash or data collection?
Every country needs a person like you that is willing to share their countries history. Great stuff man, hope you keep it going!
That is quite a recommendation. I appreciate that
I could not agree more. Keep an eye out for Cyprus History Tours
I discovered your channel some time ago and have found it most entertaining. I am one of those Yanks of Scottish descent, but one that goes back a looooong time.
Anyhow, that is not the important thing. I had thought of an idea for another t-shirt. Ok the front is would say: “In the meantime,” then on the back: “let me tell you a story… “ And there could be a logo or your picture or a caricature. I’d buy that for sure.
So, I truly enjoy your vids as they are both informative with just the right amount of “sly wink” to prevent it from becoming too dry. Well done, sir.
My most recent addition. It's not quite what you suggested. Who knows maybe I'll alter it scotland-history-tours.creator-spring.com/listing/let-me-tell-you-a-story-top?product=793
Good morning Scotland. This is better than watching PBS!
🤣Don't tell PBS. I know they've been worried about me for some time
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Well, you're far more entertaining. They should put you to work.
Why so you can hear his intentionally skewed version of history, the mans name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles"!
Only recently came across this channel but am very glad that I did. Bruce’s analysis is really high quality and his occasional witty asides are well judged - his enthusiasm for the topics comes across effortlessly. Deserves a far wider audience which hopefully it will receive.
Thanks John, you're very kind. The Channel is growing bit by bit
Ardnamurchan too!? WOW. You really go the distance' for your viewers. I am loving going through your theme video mixes. Absolutely great productions, each video. Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS on more and more viewers. Well deserved!
This is a lot better than that poorly researched anti Scottish BBC crap
Hoi! I can do poorly researched crap as well you know.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours im glad i subbed to you brer. You kept me going the last few night shifts.
The Brought By Conservatives Network is just a propaganda machine for you know who, and i tell men straight away when they come round asking why i'm not funding them.
@@DJJinxC2006 i hear you but in this day in age the bbc are extreamly left wing. They dont allign with the conservatives anymore. The SNP have become labour. Labour is dead and the torys well they have now won the working class. Strange times.
@@warrioromarzthefirst5949 Thank you for re affirming my belief in BBC.
See, any body that can get called Left wing by the Right and Right wing by the Left must be doing something right.
Have you tried Fox news ,for balanced impartial journalism?
Thank you for all of the hard work you put into all of your content
My pleasure!
Nothing but high Praise for this channel... All of the videos are high quality, informative and entertaining... Keep up the good work
I appreciate that Adam
As an Appalachian, I understood "head stoved in and throwed outta windey" perfectly.
6:35 your coolness levels just made a quantum leap in my perspective 😎👍🇦🇺
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No idea how this came up on my TH-cam as I know nothing about Scottish history but I listened to the whole thing so good job man
I think TH-cam tries to work out what you might be interested in based on your viewing habits. Feel free to delve deeper into Scottish history😎
Well don't listen to this Hack who intentionally skews Scottish History! The Mans name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles"! Every point which there are many a Ross is in the Historical event he glazes over that point, who do you think Johns father married? A Countess Ross, we were pissed because the 1st Stuart King's 2nd Wife was a Queen Ross bearing them 4 Royal Children who the blood line settled on, and they stole the Title the Earl of Ross, and cracked down on US so Ross-shire, the Great Clan Ross! Partnered with the Laird of the Isles, and Made the Laird of the Isles the Earl of Ross! And we made War! This guy is a Bigoted Anti Ross Trash!
@@randyross5630 He's a grifter.
I don't comment in TH-cam ever but I just want to say thank you for making this content. I'm an american in Alabama my family are Duncan's and McDonald's that settles western North Carolina in the late 1690s and studying my ancestry brought me here. Now I need to plan a family trip.
You're welcome
Its like being lectured by Billy Connelly's knowledgeable younger brother.
😂😂😂
I seldom comment on TH-cam, but just have to say that I really enjoy your content. I’ve just used one of my Audible credits to purchase Lancaster and York. Thanks for all you do.
Brilliant as always, your filming and editing is getting really top notch. Your telling of history is so much better than yon twit that the BBC hired who then sanitised our history.
Flicks hair in disgust 🤦🏼♀️
😂😍You tell it like it is June
Brillant that he lies to you and skews History! His name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles", this dudes a Rossist, intentionally dismissing us from History! he is a piece of Trash!
Was that a typo when you called him a twit?
I think he's a twat.
I love that you are out in a snow storm ⛄️
Here's the video I ended up making that day th-cam.com/video/skrW9M32LXc/w-d-xo.html
You do such a great job with Scottish history.
Thanks
I'm a decendant of Flora McDonald born 1560 of Glengarry. She was a decendant of the first 7 Lords of the Isles and also ultimately Somerled. Flora married Murdo MacLeod of Skye during the blood feuds of the late 1500's. The crazy thing in your story is I decend from the Earls of Douglas and the Stewart's via the Hamilton Earls. Its so strange to hear historical stories of people who are my ancestors. I'm am American by birth but by blood my paternal DNA is R1b-L1335 S764 West Highland Gael of Clan Maclaren. Thank you for these stories.
You're welcome
A great video about a not widely known, but very interesting period of Scottish history. Your point about the Stewart kings being no great friends of Gaelic culture (possibly not James IV) is well made. Too many cannot see past the shortbread tin lid of the '45.
Thing is I could've done wi some shortbread on that trip🤔
This hack is no great friend of Scottish History, the mans name was "John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles" Ross' are all over Scottish History, and Fools like this Anti Ross Bigot always do their best to drowned us out! This guy is Trash!
@@randyross5630
Bob Ross seemed like a good guy...
@@camel7355 Bob Ross was a Killing Machine! An Unstoppable Force like the Red Reapers of Ross before! Why do you think he painted those Happy Trees? Every really look in to Bob Ross the Descendant of the Once War Masters of Scotland, the Chiefs of the Great Clan Ross, the Earls of Ross, 1st which being Fearchar, the Son of the Priest! And what he did before he needed to paint all those Happy Trees to Forget!
@@camel7355 Show some Damn Respect Whelp! Major General Robert Ross a descendant of the War Masters and Chiefs the Earls of Ross defied the Kings Orders, and Marched on DC! And Burnt the White House to the Ground for you Bloody Low Landers!
I visited Ardtorish last week to pay homage to The Lord of the Isles. I'm McDonald on my mother's side. I wish I'd watched your video before I went but I still found it riveting. Thank you 🏴
Excellent, always something new to
learn.
Your know it's true 👍
Love your style and thanks for all your obvious hard work.
Did you see the extra on the patreon page for that one. The road along the coast was scary
@@ScotlandHistoryTours No, I didn't see it. Will go there un a few. Thank you!
The "What goes around, comes around" Glaswegian Tube driver joke really made me laugh.😆 Talking about "going in circles" ✌🏻.
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Could you please do a video on the battle of dunaverty please 🙏 love hearing the stories of my ancestors, being a direct descendant of the Macdonald's of Glencoe, these videos fill me with pride and joy 💪 my hope is constant in the 👍
I make no promises, but can you send me an email at requests@scotlandhistorytours.co.uk so that I have all the requests in the same place. Thanks Alan
Same here Alan ! Mine is Mac also but my Aunts and Uncles say my grandpa changed his from Mc to MacDonald before he went into the Korean War.... Do you have something similar 🤔 🍻🏴
from the MacDonald's of Glencoe as well!!!!!
"A wise philosopher once said,"What goes round, comes round, or is that a train driver in a Glasgow underground?"
I'M 31 YEARS OLD! I SHOULD NOT FIND THAT AS FUNNY AS I DID!
❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Great presentation! Really informative and interesting with a touch of humour! I love it and also love Audible
Bruce.
I have sponsored you because I want your stories to continue to be coming to me
Wohoooo! 😎Yes, David, I saw you join. Did you get my welcome email?
Lord of the Isles definitely, what an epic title, way better than “King”
John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles, was this person's particular name... he seems to Hate Ross' and Glosses over us at every Chance he can get! Its unbelievable...
Never get fed up of watching these documentarys!
Guid lad Phil
I love this guy!
Aye he's grand eh?😜
My 3x great grandmother was Elizabeth Macdonald from Islay.
There is no Joy without Clan Donald!!!! Your videos are fantastic!
Glad you like them!
Keep making these videos... Really enjoying them
When you come to New Zealand you need to take a drive around the lower south Island, Central Otago, Otago as whole. Watching the background as your driving reminds me again of how similar New Zealand is to Scotland
My mom is a Campbell. My grandfather name is Angus Alexander Campbell! My grandmother is a baxter and in a nutshell she has no other background except Scottish lol back to 1600 crazy 😜
You are a,true historian
Love the way you start !!
Let me tell you a story
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OK - So here is a tangled puzzle for ye: my name is Eman Dejnozka, Bohemian, Moravian, Wallachian blood on my paternal side, but more to your interest, Reynolds on my maternal side. It is to my understanding that the MacReynold survivors of a bloody battle where Edward, the Long Dong played Herod after his victory upon the survivors and butchered all the children of the Scots and stole Leah Fael, the 320 pound sandstone block that Jacob used as a pillow and my family are sworn by blood and life to protect. (It may interest you that my best living friend, Gavin Douglas, a direct paternal lineage holder of the mighty Douglas Clan, claims that Long Dong only stole the cover to a midden and Leah Fael was hidden beneath the floor in Scone Abby.) Anyway, I named my eldest daughter, Rhonda Leah Fael Dejnozka, to honor the Stone of Destiny which gives vision of the future to any who would touch her. My mother’s ancestors fled Scotland for America changing their name to “Reynolds” and made whisky to fuel the American Revolution.
Gavin tells me the Douglas and MacReynold clans were allied in battle way back then.
Your videos are brilliant mate keep it up 👍
Hope to see you in person in summer of 2021 - my husband (he's Czech) really enjoys your videos & we'll be living in Czechia and spending long periods in Scotland! Can't wait to go on your tours 😁
Sounds great!
Love seeing you filming in my home of glencoe, if you're ever wanting company there or in Perth give me a bell
Aye its bonnie is it no? Good to see it quiet. It's become so clogged of late
@@ScotlandHistoryTours such is the double edged sword of tourism
Brilliant.👍😉
Thanks! 😃
Your videos are a very approachable introduction to Scottish history.
The funniest thing about the Waf off the Roses was that more Yorkshiremen fought for the House of Lancaster than did for the House of York.
Now that's interesting
Ah, that's because the Lancastrians had their power base in the north. The Yorkists, despite their name, had their base in the south of England.
How is it, I start with watching one video of yours and before I know it i've watch four.
😂I'm just glad you did Grahame
As a Macdonald, I have to side with my many greats grandad, John, Lord of the Isles
You're so fun!!!
You know it's true😁🤣😎
Thanks Bruce. It is good to know that bygones can be bygones ….as a rule…for most of us. Wouldn’t it be great if we could all do that? Maybe we can, after all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and all of us!
Superb content brer. The hair still gets me everytime tho.
Aye, a wheen o' white folks say that
@@ScotlandHistoryTours dont get me wrong brer you pull it off. The more i watch of yer content the more im warming to it haha.
If ye dinnae mind me asking whats yer heritage ? Half n half or ?
😍❤ Alison weir book 📖
Isn't that what we all learned at school? Complicated history over-simplified. But your versions are more insightful
Ah thanks
I went to a school called Douglas Gardens when I was a kid. The strange part? It's in Oregon, USA. Seems a strange name for an elementary school..
Love Audible books! I’ve had the service for two years. I use it to lull myself to sleep with the hope of some sleep learning. Of course getting the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit read by Andy Serkis (Golum) isn’t quite non-fiction. Do understand that after the first month your “free” audio book credit will cost $14.95 subscription fee. Still well worth what I’ve gotten though! I love Bruce and this series!
Me toooooo!
There is no joy without Clan Donald.
I think the translation today is "this hoodie may seriously interfere with your recording"
Can you mention the years all of this is happening?
I swear id meet someone who looks like you at a spa in Hawaii and not a pub in Inverness, yer unique and I dig the channel a lot, keep up the videos they're great
Funny you should say that, I'm actually doing these videos as a charity fund raiser to send Afro Celtic Perth lads for a week's spa in Hawaii
@@ScotlandHistoryTours that's..... Ridiculously specific and coincidental
Wee Geordie has to swim 13840 miles every week just to get a deep pore clensing facial with back massage. Give generously for Geordie
I'm convinced the background 3:00 is a painting
Id go for supporting Mac Domnull nan Eilian...
Well, we know how to fight. We also know how to fight.. Most of our history is about fighting. It's not that we can't do anything else. It's just that we can't do anything else.
you do a nice job
I do. It was a long drive, but worth it
Mcleod from australia ...best stories 👍...
McLeod from USA. Just discovered these videos and can’t stop watching.
I don't care about over-simplfication, especially if I havn't heard about something at all. thank-you. Lorraine P.S that green map of Scotland was really useful. could you use it more widely.
I am a Morrison so I am already for MacDonald.
And as you keep up your great work you’ll be a you tube star someday soon!
😂 Let's hope so
Yes of course Clan Donald is the greatest and most important clan
Pibroch of Donald dhu is the best marching tune
I will side with the artists & minstrels!
And the moral is; dont trust the English to have your back....or kings & nobles...or fellow Scots for that matter...um...Machiavelli would have felt right at home with that lot. Thank god we are all so civilised now and have such trust-worthy rulers!😁 🤔 😲 😭
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War of the Roses, was that like a gardening competition?
That's the one
I wonder could you do a little video with some Grant clan history?
Can you drop me a line at requests@scotlandhistorytours.co.uk I'm trying to keep all these requests in the same place
I shall need to.send you a couple of coffee at the end of the month
Feel free na man. All contributions gratefully received
Always interesting to hear stories about relatives (2nd cousin 18 times removed). Can't say we came out of that mess in much better condition, what with my 16th and 15th great-grandfathers both being hanged in the aftermath, but my 14th GGF, Alexander, got away so at least the line didn't end there and then. That does seem to be the point where MacDonnell became the accepted spelling, though (at least until coming to America in the early 18th century, when the current spelling became generally accepted). Only the first John of the Isles is a direct ancestor, as we come from John Mor, who may have wanted the title, but didn't inherit it, becoming 1st of Dunnyveg instead. We seemed to have a habit of being the brother of the one who gets the cool title, though we did keep Dunnyveg for a while and two generations of a three-generation baronetcy. Even there, the first baronet was a younger sibling, while his older brother got to be 1st Earl of Antrim. Genealogy is fun, but frustrating, particular when you get back 20 or more generation and realise that even if you've found the direct paternal line, there are still a few million more grandparents you haven't found, or however many hundreds or thousands were the same person in all the collateral lines.
I don't have my notes handy, but your ancestors names are ringing all kinds of similar bells to mine. (Dunnyveg definitely does) My Revolutionary war era McDonald ancestor spelled his name McDaniel and as I recall the name morphed several times along the way back to the Lord of the Isles. I also have an ancestor "hanged for high treason" and I've wondered about the politics around that. Maybe the same one?
@@lyno5211 Always possible. The hanged ones in my direct line were both called Sean Mac Domhnaill (or John MacDonnell), father and son (and two other brothers) went to the gallows in 1499, having annoyed James IV. The moral of that story being, I suppose, don't annoy your cousins too much, particularly if one of them happens to be King of Scots. Their brother Alexander was the one who escaped to Ireland and became 5th of Dunnyveg. Dunnyveg hasn't had a chief since the 17th century, and consequently has never had an official tartan. The title of Lord of the Isles is currently one of those associated with the heir to the throne, so it's currently held by Prince Charles (who, being descended from Robert II, is also a very distant cousin).
Scottish weather looks like Seattle; when it's good, very good, but when its horrible, it's awful.
I thought it looks like North Carolina and Tennessee. My husband tricked me into moving to Tennessee by telling me its sunnier there. It rains every single day. When to sun does show itself you have to sneak up on it or else it starts raining again! Winter is misserable too.
Pal, Your videos are the dugs baws.
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I wonder what Ian Gillan of the Peninsula or Ritchie Blackmore of the Mountains thought of all this?
Scots history Complicated??
I hear many of the same names recurring in ever more complex scenarios and up to all kinds of tricks
I heard the name Bothwell in there . There was guy of that name who somehow managed to mess up the Mary Queen of Scots thing and then get his dried corpse (kippered?) put on show in Denmark.
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Bruce, I'm confused if that's a suprise.
If the Highlanders keep raiding the people in the lowlands, that makes them enemies does it not? They don't even speak the same language. Yet it's all contained in the UK satellite called Scotland. So that being the case I'm from the Country called Earth.
I'm sorry. but this is totally confusing.
It is. I don’t understand
God Bless the fighting Campbell's.
Ooh, controversial 😜
Backstabbers more like remember glencoe .
Of course I pick the side of the Domhnullaich Kings of the Isles!
Unsurprisingly i am on the side of the Mac Donald’s
Pick a side? Only one choice for me and the wife...Lord of the Isles, as we're MacDonalds, yeah? Bloody Campbells! (Shakes fist)
........because that had worked out really well before! 😀
What could possibly go wrong ? 🤔
Didn't Time Team do a show there. Just asking for a friend.🇺🇸💪🙏
I have no idea. Sorry
Lord of the Isles
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What does it mean when a Scott’s clan had a seat in Argyl?
I don't' understand
@@ScotlandHistoryTours I rooted it out. From what I found it was a place where a family(clan) had a home be it a manor etc. that was where they stayed. At least that’s what I got from it. For example the seat of clan Sutherland is Dunrobin Castle. A principle place of residence. I got an image in my head of a small residence with 100’s of clan members hangin out there ya know on the porch ,out the windows, lol.
If you all pick the right side, you'll get a reward of a large fries at Maccas. I'm sure.
Anyone know someone like this who does about England?
There's absolutely loads. Here's just one th-cam.com/users/thehistorysquad
Sound is a bit weird on this one
I know
My friend what does your hoodie say?
Ah, lots of folk ask that, which is why I've had T-shirts and mugs made in the shop with translations at www.scotlandhsitorytours.co.uk/shop 😜
Correction www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/shop
Was this John of the isles the son of angus og?
Stewart. The Red Lyon.
What is it that you say at the end?
You'll get a translation on the product pages in my merchandise shop at www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/shop See what I did there😜
Black Douglas is my pick
In my thoughts, definitely
love the accent...the rest doesnt matter...lol
black Douglas for me
Am gone wae the Stewart's
Hi! What does your shirt say??
Same as the last time😜😜
The shirt says buy merch and you shall be enlightened
😂😂😂 You don't actually have to buy merch to get the translation, but that would be a great wheeze as a translation right enough
Your sound is off in this video.
Somebody else said that, but when I played it it was find with me. I don't know
What is that at the end of the video that you say? I can never pick it up
Let me send you to my shop. There's a translation when you click through to the sales page, even if you don't buy anything 😁😎 www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/shop
@@ScotlandHistoryTours cheers fella. You're videos are fantastic, very well made and best of all the audio is great so I can listen when it's noisy around me. I'm glad I stumbled across your channel. Have a great day!
@@ScotlandHistoryTours I'm an American, it would be a service to have it pronounced slowly.
It all looks so dysfunctional!