Was Edward Longshanks REALLY Hammer of the Scots?

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @ScotlandHistoryTours
    @ScotlandHistoryTours  2 месяца назад +13

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    • @AndriyValdensius-wi8gw
      @AndriyValdensius-wi8gw 2 месяца назад

      Longshanks died with fantastic debts. England was essentially bust.

    • @theresawrightman3097
      @theresawrightman3097 2 месяца назад

      Hello my Husband just did an DNA Test he is A Robertson of the Robertson Clan?you two might be cousins?

    • @Highlandersbrave
      @Highlandersbrave Месяц назад

      Cromwell was worse

  • @thekierongiles
    @thekierongiles 2 месяца назад +39

    Another fascinating history of Scotland ,i just love the delivery . If more history teachers gave lectures and presentations like this , i am totally convinced more people would take an interest in history.

    • @KarlRoyale
      @KarlRoyale 2 месяца назад +3

      yes indeed, and there would be a bunch more students saying; "wait, what did he say?" 🤗😁

    • @TheDopekitty
      @TheDopekitty 2 месяца назад +4

      Absolutely! I had a history teacher in high school who you could tell loved her subject because she made classes fun and interesting!

  • @nancyfarmer1269
    @nancyfarmer1269 2 месяца назад +15

    Sir, your videos are top shelf. I've learned so much about Scotland's history by watching yours. The topics you bring to us are filled with facts you can't get elsewhere, your comical remarks add a giggle or smile, and the scenery in all is so beautiful in the countryside, the cities, and quaint villages. Thank you for bringing these to us who follow along for the tour. ❤

  • @GoBlueGirl78
    @GoBlueGirl78 2 месяца назад +11

    Thanks for all your great storytelling, Bruce!

  • @EKcyclist
    @EKcyclist 2 месяца назад +30

    Longshanks’ greed and arrogance defeated him. Your videos are top class, Bruce.

    • @johnhorse5551
      @johnhorse5551 Месяц назад +1

      Rochester Castle in Kent never gave in too him no one left to surrender

    • @harrymacdonald858
      @harrymacdonald858 23 дня назад

      Edward Longshanks, Hammer O' The jew $$ 1290 A.D. KICK UM OUT O' inglandshAye ! er.

  • @andysneddon3615
    @andysneddon3615 2 месяца назад +10

    Great as ever Bruce !!
    So much unsaid in our history!!

    • @harrymacdonald858
      @harrymacdonald858 23 дня назад

      Edward Longshanks, Hammer O' The jew $$ 1290 A.D. KICK UM OUT O' inglandshAye ! er.

  • @michaelmacewen
    @michaelmacewen 2 месяца назад +8

    Great stories about Scotland's past and history. Always look forward to your next.

  • @tmmccormick86
    @tmmccormick86 2 месяца назад +36

    I would argue that the moniker “Hammer of the Scots” is still applicable; a hammer doesn’t crush a sword at the forge- it hardens one.

    • @lorneclose7312
      @lorneclose7312 2 месяца назад +9

      Actually the hammer in the forge shapes the sword and Edwards actions shaped Scotland into a sword that he would never truly be able to break

    • @tmmccormick86
      @tmmccormick86 2 месяца назад +5

      @ that’s more or less what I was getting at; Edward’s repeated interference and incursions hardened resistance to English rule and provided opportunities for improvement among the military class

    • @lorneclose7312
      @lorneclose7312 2 месяца назад +6

      Yeah I get that. Im a bladesmith and couldn't help correcting the error

    • @tmmccormick86
      @tmmccormick86 2 месяца назад +3

      @ I only know the rudiments 😅 thank you for the correction!

    • @kel117
      @kel117 2 месяца назад +2

      Haha, i like that one. Essentially Edward I forged the "sword" that defeated his son in 1314. :)

  • @michaelstamper5604
    @michaelstamper5604 2 месяца назад +10

    Another masterwork, Mr. F.
    I do love all these old kings with a "Ozymandias Complex" for want of a better name for it. They yoke together as many lands as they can and award themselves some grand title, only for the whole thing to fall apart almost before their mortal remains are settled in their graves. Handshakes beat hammers every time imo.

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 2 месяца назад

      I've never heard the term before, but it's an apt application of it. Look upon my works and despair, indeed.

  • @nancyM1313-Boo
    @nancyM1313-Boo 2 месяца назад +7

    Yes, Brucie very interested when you tell us your Informative & Entertaining Scottish History.
    Cheers👑⚘

  • @bobsteele9581
    @bobsteele9581 2 месяца назад +9

    Another fascinating video Bruce 👍

  • @TheDopekitty
    @TheDopekitty 2 месяца назад +3

    Thanks! You're great fun to learn from.

  • @Crusty_Camper
    @Crusty_Camper 2 месяца назад +6

    I live not far from the place where Edward died and the reason he was in that particular place was because there is a tidal route across the swamp, sand and mud that runs from what is now The Esk Boathouse across to the Lochmaben Stone. That's also why the Battle of Sark took place there too - it was where the tidal route meets the Scottish coast. You can see the Scottish shore from Edwards monument. So close and yet so far.....

  • @thebloodyshambles
    @thebloodyshambles Месяц назад

    Love this, looking forward to watch all the other videos now. Your an absolute natural sir, great presentation.

  • @williamhoyle36
    @williamhoyle36 2 месяца назад +3

    Love the channel and view you as an old friend. Edward I was the first Edward of his Anglo-Norman dynasty, which is why he gets to be Edward I.

  • @johnmurray2995
    @johnmurray2995 2 месяца назад +9

    Marc Morris's book A Great and Terrible King is very good on how Edward's invasion of Scotland was a dreadful mistake.

  • @alexanderguesthistorical7842
    @alexanderguesthistorical7842 2 месяца назад +2

    That IS ironic. I've been researching that very area about another medieval battle. I wanted to go and see that Edward I memorial. You've done that for me! Thanks!

  • @richardbradley2335
    @richardbradley2335 2 месяца назад +6

    lovely use of Nelson's laugh !!!

  • @billandersonmijas
    @billandersonmijas 2 месяца назад +4

    The heart of the Bruce was taken by Sir James Douglas and ended up initially in Teba in Andalucia. Douglas and his soldiers got into a battle to help protect the castle. There is a monument to Douglas in Teba and they still celebrate Douglas Day every August. Teba has it's own pipe band and the locals wear kilts on Douglas Day.

  • @alansmithee8831
    @alansmithee8831 2 месяца назад +9

    A'reyt Bruce. Smashing!

  • @nancyholcombe8030
    @nancyholcombe8030 2 месяца назад +18

    Thanks for another great video Bruce! Your commentary on turds wasn't lost on me; dysentery took this horrible man! How Edward Longshanks died is proof that greed for power is no way to live a good life! True power comes by how you live. Edward lost his real power trying to conquer what wasn't his to begin with! His family never recovered from his overpowering ego or the lack of money and allies that his ways dissolved. I wish that history was taught in schools the way you teach it. More folks might stay awake to learn its lessons!

  • @amandabowman00aa
    @amandabowman00aa 2 месяца назад +6

    I love it when I hear, let me tell you a story!!!!

  • @glenbeattie3093
    @glenbeattie3093 2 месяца назад +4

    Thanks for another fantastic video :-)

  • @suemackenzie7491
    @suemackenzie7491 2 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for the Saturday morning laugh! And the history lesson. Always great to see these videos.

  • @jeffreyboyd4719
    @jeffreyboyd4719 2 месяца назад +1

    I always enjoy your history lessons! I know my family comes from Scotland. My direct ancestor left Belfast and came to Savannah, Georgia in 1769. I'm a member of the Boyd DNA Project. Along with about 30 others, according to my DNA results, I'm a member of the "Noble line" whatever that means. That's my Scottish connection. Keep up the good work!👍

  • @thebloodyshambles
    @thebloodyshambles Месяц назад

    Recommended to me in my feed, absolutely love it! Thank you!

  • @bodavidson2804
    @bodavidson2804 2 месяца назад +9

    That Nelson haha made me snort my sip of Black Douglas, some went in my eye 😅
    Love your content mate

  • @la_old_salt2241
    @la_old_salt2241 2 месяца назад +1

    Love it Bruce! Thanks for sharing. Hope to see you in the states one day. God bless, Rob

  • @rksnj6797
    @rksnj6797 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video! You have a knack for adding humor into a very informative and interesting video! I love hearing any reference to Roxburgh. The area of Philadelphia, PA, USA where I grew up, Roxborough, was named after Roxburghshire, Scotland where one of the earliest settlers of the area, Andrew Robeson was from. It reminds me of the connection that my old neighborhood has with Scotland.

  • @EliRedman
    @EliRedman Месяц назад

    Great video Bruce. Thank you for setting things straight. LOL that camera angle under the statue.

  • @PixieDustedTara
    @PixieDustedTara 2 месяца назад +3

    More great history Bruce! Thanks

  • @tiffanyannhowe1712
    @tiffanyannhowe1712 2 месяца назад +3

    Thanks for the story Mr Bruce! 🖤

  • @walterbrockman5194
    @walterbrockman5194 2 месяца назад +3

    Thanks Bruce for the interesting History lesson, maybe explaining why even after 1746 Scots and Scotland maintain an identity

  • @SnopDogIsACelt
    @SnopDogIsACelt 2 месяца назад +6

    Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Lived rent free in his head ☺

  • @NewbFixer
    @NewbFixer Месяц назад

    good show fella. Proud of ye mate!

  • @ingmarlandamorante
    @ingmarlandamorante 2 месяца назад +2

    Great video!! Thank you!!

  • @Wee_Langside
    @Wee_Langside 2 месяца назад +33

    Like the Romans, Ecgfrith, Aethelstane and others before and after him Longshanks found Scotland a bit of a difficult proposition to conquer

    • @tallshort1849
      @tallshort1849 2 месяца назад +1

      Aethelstan didn't need to conquer Scotland the Scottish kings (Vikings) bent the knee and he was technically the only English one out of the ones listed.

    • @Wee_Langside
      @Wee_Langside 2 месяца назад +3

      @tallshort1849 Battle os Athelstaneford proves he felt it necessary to try. Ecgfrith was Anglo-Saxon. The fact that they weren't all English is irrelevant to the point.

    • @tallshort1849
      @tallshort1849 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Wee_Langsideafter Braunbourgh he didn't need to fight anyone

    • @Wee_Langside
      @Wee_Langside 2 месяца назад

      @tallshort1849 Do you mean Brunanburh in 937AD? Different King from Athelstane at Athelstaneford in 832AD. Apart from that I'm not sure what you have in mind.

    • @tallshort1849
      @tallshort1849 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Wee_Langsideapologies I thought you were referring to King Athelstan

  • @TheLibraryChamber
    @TheLibraryChamber 2 месяца назад +1

    My great-grandparents were from Lanark (I'm American). As always, well done!

  • @KyIeMcCIeIIan
    @KyIeMcCIeIIan 2 месяца назад +6

    I often find in death people are given titles they didn't deserve or glories they sought after but didn't achieve. In death, we are harmless and that emboldens men to pity the memory of the dead by bolstering their deeds with fiction or excess to content the discomfort in our hearts. It's why poets don't get famous until after they die.

    • @derekmcnulty2559
      @derekmcnulty2559 Месяц назад

      Often? Plse share a few examples. Other than poets. In recent years Sgt Yorks deeds have been called into question. Many of Billy Bishop's victories are unconfirmed. Are we talking stuff like that?

  • @georgestewart1325
    @georgestewart1325 2 месяца назад +1

    Fantastic listened and learned from every word.

  • @thegoldridge
    @thegoldridge 2 месяца назад

    Thanks

  • @slowpoke6743
    @slowpoke6743 2 месяца назад +5

    Thanks from a Kiirkpatrick.
    I Mak Siccar!!🦢🗡🩸🛡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @crustyolcoot6646
    @crustyolcoot6646 2 месяца назад +1

    Loved it Dude. The Tack Hammer himself.

  • @Jonnyxs
    @Jonnyxs 2 месяца назад +1

    Good to see you big man👊🏼

  • @davidmorley2063
    @davidmorley2063 2 месяца назад +8

    Edward the Elder, Edwards the Martyr and Edward the Confessor all came before Longshanks (Although the first two were not kings of all England. It was post 1066 ethnic cleansing that made Longshanks Edward the First.

  • @danliberty734
    @danliberty734 2 месяца назад +7

    Edward the “First,” Hammered by the Scots.

  • @Wesley-o2u
    @Wesley-o2u Месяц назад +1

    If I did my research correctly my family was fighting in Scotland around that time. I'm not quite sure of all the details except from following my family tree from Cantwell, Fox, Martin, Mooney, Battonberg and more. It seems longshanks got hammered by the scots and your words stand strong. Thank you for your wisdom friend.

  • @donaldsangster4892
    @donaldsangster4892 2 месяца назад +1

    So well put Bruce ❤ never a hammer big enough x

  • @ThunderingWargamer
    @ThunderingWargamer 2 месяца назад +1

    I recently listened to Fiona Watson book Under the Hammer on audiobook. Fascinating.

  • @bristolsonic
    @bristolsonic 2 месяца назад +10

    Hammer of the Scots....My Arse.

  • @smoky2stroke
    @smoky2stroke 2 месяца назад +2

    Superb!

  • @thejamesieboy
    @thejamesieboy 2 месяца назад +54

    I have always said that Longshanks was never the Hammer of the Scots, as he had never actually conquered us. It was just wishful thinking

    • @joany531
      @joany531 2 месяца назад +9

      He was rather pissed off that he didn't manage it

    • @ThomasOneill-ru6et
      @ThomasOneill-ru6et 2 месяца назад

      Erm he did batter control and rule us. We won at Stirling cos he was not there. We never had a shot at independance until he died. Do not kid yourself. He ruled us.

    • @Somerled_1
      @Somerled_1 2 месяца назад +4

      He must have been hell bent on conquering Scotland if he told his son to drag his bones up there after his death. He was rolling in his grave as they were literally rolling his grave to Bannockburn.

    • @maxdavis7722
      @maxdavis7722 2 месяца назад +2

      I thought he did for a year or two in 1296?

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 Месяц назад +2

      Hammers sometimes miss their nails

  • @websterlf
    @websterlf 2 месяца назад +3

    A hammer is not exclusively for crushing... In the hands of a skilled smith it shapes, forms and hardens...

  • @dewithistle910
    @dewithistle910 2 месяца назад +4

    Another great vid, Bruce! 👍🏼 Personally I think the whole ‘Hammer of the Scots’ is derogatory to us, and I hate hearing it!
    Btw, I’m glad you moved outside the Greyhound Inn cos when you were inside, Foreigners ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ was distracting me! 😂

  • @rossstewart9475
    @rossstewart9475 2 месяца назад +2

    I always wondered how much flattery there was to be had in the nomer malleus.
    Since first learning of that affectation and given that none knows for *sure* why his tomb is so extraordinarily plain, I've often wondered if it was in fact something of a slight; After all to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

  • @neilross6227
    @neilross6227 2 месяца назад +1

    thanks again for the info and story....

  • @Barbreck1
    @Barbreck1 2 месяца назад

    Damn you, Bruce! I just spat a mouthful of tea and a half-chawd shortie finger onto my phone screen after that hammer/arse metaphor!!! Baaastaaaaarrrrdddd.....!!!

  • @CraigLYoung
    @CraigLYoung 2 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @SpiritofScotland-v7e
    @SpiritofScotland-v7e 2 месяца назад +2

    Brilliant!

  • @Bobby071161
    @Bobby071161 2 месяца назад +1

    Another excellent video 👏👏👏👏

  • @BlueHooloovoo
    @BlueHooloovoo 2 месяца назад +12

    Like Richard the Lionheart it appears that Edward I was overly mythologized in the centuries after his death. Thank you for setting the record straight. All the best to you.

    • @Somerled_1
      @Somerled_1 2 месяца назад +1

      Richard the Lionheart was a rockstar of his day. According to all sources he was a living legend. Even Saladin respected him.

    • @BlueHooloovoo
      @BlueHooloovoo 2 месяца назад

      @Libbyyyyyyyyyy He was a great military leader in the Crusades. He wasn't a good king. In total, he spent only six months in England during his reign.

  • @davidarchibald50
    @davidarchibald50 2 месяца назад

    Aye Bruce. Perhaps the inscription on Teddy's tomb should read: "Bonus res hic jacet" (here lies a man's good business). Arohanui mate

  • @Non.Nobis.Domine
    @Non.Nobis.Domine 2 месяца назад +1

    Most enjoyable. Cheers

  • @melissalambert7615
    @melissalambert7615 2 месяца назад

    All great info and still love the bits of humor. Hammer my arse.... Not being Scottish or even from UK, I need maps of locations sometimes. I know it's more work for you but do appreciate it. Hello from rainy Oregon US.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  2 месяца назад

      There is normally a location intdicator at the statt. There was one in this video

  • @user-mn1vz5ew7o
    @user-mn1vz5ew7o 2 месяца назад +2

    Hey Bruce. Thanks for all your work. Can you please do a video on the sacking of Dundee and of the loss of the plundered loot of the local areas of Dundee and to which proceeded to sink in the River Tay in a storm after the attack which might I say cost the lives of many people of this City at the hands of the powers of England. You would bring this little bit of Scottish history to life with your narration and humour 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 all be it not a humorous event but you have the knack of bringing humour to Scottish history even though it is mostly tragic 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😉

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  2 месяца назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/LvcJsKNe81s/видео.html

    • @user-mn1vz5ew7o
      @user-mn1vz5ew7o 2 месяца назад

      @ thank you 🤩.
      There is a beautiful yet haunting painting depicting this event in the Dundee city chambers.

  • @williambuchanan77
    @williambuchanan77 2 месяца назад +5

    As soon as we gain our independence he'll spin in his grave. We have the talent and drive in Scotland to put a colony on Mars, but we need a booming economy before we can afford it. Just think how Longshanks would react to that, the Scots beating the English to Mars and making it work. What a way to flip the English tyrants of old 😂

  • @taniakaratau5654
    @taniakaratau5654 2 месяца назад +1

    Woohoo🎉🥳 You're coming back to Dunedin NZ!! ❤

  • @MrJamBluejam
    @MrJamBluejam 2 месяца назад +1

    English kings always had a thing about being entitled to the entire island. Was reading about AEthelstan the other day who, as soon as he'd united all the Anglo-Saxons under one king, immediately set about trying to conquer Wales.

  • @woodsonpayne8378
    @woodsonpayne8378 Месяц назад

    I can listen to this man prattle aboot all day, Hen. Like a poet, who took a tell'in and boiled his trainers before he ate them and every word rolls doon the highlands and off 'is tongue like a chocolate turd on fire. Aye, History of Scotland, canne go wrong there, lads.

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you.

  • @ianpattison841
    @ianpattison841 2 месяца назад +3

    Excellent once again, thanks

  • @chanabhaji2726
    @chanabhaji2726 2 месяца назад

    Good to see you visit Avalon.
    I'm pretty sure the Duke of Cumberland gets a mention on that monument, for why or what sadly I can't remember.

  • @Allastrology
    @Allastrology 2 месяца назад

    Its a good thing I was not aware of the hammer of the Scotts...this way I got the accurate history here first. Thank you Bruce!!!

  • @SCOTTISHSOULFOOD1
    @SCOTTISHSOULFOOD1 2 месяца назад +2

    Like the Romans before him he discovered up here you can conquer land but not the will of the people

  • @briankane6547
    @briankane6547 2 месяца назад +3

    "~ ~ ~ Go back My Lord, there's TWO of them!!!"

    • @christopherlawley1842
      @christopherlawley1842 2 месяца назад

      Aye, there's nae just one: there's two! -The Hieland Man, Matt McGinn.

  • @allymac1314
    @allymac1314 2 месяца назад +18

    Many moons ago (pre-Braveheart) a pal got us kicked out of Westminster Abbey for relieving himself on Longshanks' tomb. That was a fun day.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  2 месяца назад +4

      🤣

    • @Anthem_79
      @Anthem_79 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@ScotlandHistoryTours You think it's funny that someone pissed on a tomb, would you find it funny if someone was caught pissing on a scottish tomb?

    • @Hiltok
      @Hiltok 2 месяца назад +4

      @@Anthem_79 If it was the tomb of someone as disreputable and despicable at Edward I, I reckon I'd be OK with it. For a measure of Longshank's character, check up on how he treated the jews of England who were literally in his care. Some don't deserve sanctity. I like Bruce's telling of history precisely because he peels away the gloss of imagined glory.

    • @TheSascatch
      @TheSascatch 2 месяца назад

      ⁠@@Anthem_79oh get over yourself you soft turnip. You’re going to get all bent over someone pissing on the grave of someone who was a tyrant and an oppressor? Says a lot about you 😂😂

    • @Anthem_79
      @Anthem_79 2 месяца назад

      @Hiltok what kind of crap justification is that? So you get to choose who's tomb you piss up depending on how disreputable they were. Nobody should be pissing on any tombs. And I don't need to check up on how long shanks treated the Jews, I already know. As for Bruce, his telling of history is always anti English nationalistic crap.

  • @annfahy2589
    @annfahy2589 2 месяца назад

    Loasa history,and brilliantly told👏👏

  • @christopherbrady9033
    @christopherbrady9033 2 месяца назад

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔥Brilliant

  • @liamchristenson9091
    @liamchristenson9091 Месяц назад

    Another fantastic video but holy hell what a bad park of your car 😂

  • @radianman
    @radianman 2 месяца назад +1

    I always thought of Edward I as tyrant and, by our standards, a war criminal, so I was a bit disappointed to find both he and Edward II as ancestors in my family tree. 😞 On the other hand, I also found Robert the Bruce. 😏

  • @nedkellysghost1086
    @nedkellysghost1086 2 месяца назад

    "Hammer, my arse." 😅 C'mon, Brucey, we didn't know you were doing carry-on movies 😂😂😂

  • @grahamfleming8139
    @grahamfleming8139 2 месяца назад +2

    His line died out Bruce's went on to rule the world.
    😅

  • @dogcalledholden
    @dogcalledholden 2 месяца назад +2

    I live in Canberra, Australia. I clicked on the link, and was sent to oblivion. Mind you, some argue that being sent to Australia was the equivalent of being sent to oblivion. Certainly a fair few came here to never leave again. Frankly, I love the place.
    Now, to the point in question. How do I get to see YOU, here, in Canberra, and WHEN and where?

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  19 дней назад

      Canberra show ticket link went live today at www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx

    • @dogcalledholden
      @dogcalledholden 19 дней назад

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you,

    • @dogcalledholden
      @dogcalledholden 19 дней назад

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours bought and paid for

  • @eamonnmc1
    @eamonnmc1 2 месяца назад +1

    You drink great stuff!! 7:17 Like what you do. In Chicago but from Co Roscommon Ireland

  • @murrayscott9546
    @murrayscott9546 2 месяца назад

    I'd like to know which garden table you're settled at - your back-yard orra cozy pub ?

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  2 месяца назад +1

      Was the fact that I was in a pub and the pub sign in the background not enough? 🤔

    • @murrayscott9546
      @murrayscott9546 2 месяца назад

      @ScotlandHistoryTours my powers of observation were a little fuzzy, at the time

  • @blairleishman5697
    @blairleishman5697 2 месяца назад

    How ye doing Mr f. You were my biology teacher at larbert High 😂 hope yer well👍

  • @jamesconnolly3827
    @jamesconnolly3827 2 месяца назад +5

    Once again excellent thanks. Alba saor agus Alba gu bràth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Hrossey
    @Hrossey 2 месяца назад

    It should be “Cuckolder Of John Bailiol” Ken that way when you just know Longshanks pumped his misses, and made him watch?
    The original P Diddy 😂❤

  • @marklunsford5063
    @marklunsford5063 2 месяца назад +1

    Damn Tight!

  • @ClarenceCochran-ne7du
    @ClarenceCochran-ne7du 2 месяца назад +11

    Edward's real legacy, was that he dang near bankrupted England, Ireland, Wakes and his French Duchies in his vindicative quest to conquer Scotland once and for all.

  • @WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT
    @WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT 2 месяца назад

    He was really Edward the Third - being preceded by King Alfred's son - Edward the Elder, then Edward the Younger (AKA "The Martyr" - don't ask) plus Edward the Confessor

  • @terrykennedy-lares8840
    @terrykennedy-lares8840 2 месяца назад

    When are you coming to the US? We could use your humor and knowledge at our Highland Games here in Minnesota.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  2 месяца назад

      Sorry, but visa requirements don't justify travelling to the US. Canada, Australia and New Zealand are more welcoming

  • @justanotheragamuffin
    @justanotheragamuffin 2 месяца назад +2

    After a lifetime of striving to achieve his supremacy, poor Edward couldn't even get his last wishes fulfilled! Sounds about right, aye

  • @Claymore64
    @Claymore64 2 месяца назад +2

    Absolutely superb, Bruce. Really appreciate this one. A fine deconstruction of a beloved English bag of shite!

  • @Somerled_1
    @Somerled_1 2 месяца назад

    I'm actually the descendent of Edward the First's Groom of Emptying the Shitpail. He was nearly promoted to master of the piss bucket but old Longshanks bought the farm.

  • @dhandley8893
    @dhandley8893 2 месяца назад

    Ooh Bruce, I've missed you.

  • @Barlofontain
    @Barlofontain 2 месяца назад +1

    In 2005, on the 700th anniversary of the execution of William Wallace I went to Westminster Abbey to tell Longshanks that we were still here, then after a look over my shoulder, I spat on his tomb
    Get it up ye, Eddie

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 2 месяца назад +1

    Aye, right!

  • @peterkelly1665
    @peterkelly1665 2 месяца назад

    Great story telling very informative almost as good as the documentary "Braveheart" yep old joke but really this story would be a better film

  • @douglasspencer745
    @douglasspencer745 2 месяца назад +2

    First one to comment 😂 even better from south of the border, another great story, will it be through the round or square window 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @PYDPIPER
      @PYDPIPER 2 месяца назад

      You lot wouldn't stand a chance if all the Countries you plundered turned against you ... p.s. the jack isn't your Countries fleg ;)

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  2 месяца назад

      😜