Tag: scots-irish

The Royal Claim of Clan Gregor: From Siol Alpine to the Pictish Kings of Moray and Ireland

Tracing Clan Gregor from the kings of Scotland to the High Kings of Ireland   1. Introduction: “Royal Is My Race” The MacGregor declaration Siol Alpine and the problem of proof Framing the question of origins 2. Scots and Picts: One Royal Tradition? Dal Riata and Pictland Political vs ancestral identity The MacAlpin narrative 3. […]

“Spread of the Culdean Church” free Chapter from “History of the Scottish Nation” or The History of The Celtic Church (All Three Volumes): History of Civilization From Pre-historic Times To Medieval Times.

Free Chapter Preview: CHAPTER XXVIII SPREAD OF CULDEAN CHURCH from “History of the Scottish Nation or The History of The Celtic Church (All Three Volumes): History of Civilization From Pre-historic Times To Medieval Times.” The Culdees in France—France strewed with Culdee Institutions Culdees in Rhineland—They Christianise Gerrmany—Willibrod in Germany—Killean—Culdees in Iceland—Bird’s-eye view of Culdee Church in […]