I am an American of Irish ancestry, of the McCarthy clan, 58 yrs old.... I grew up as a kid listening to the Beatles etc...and played in rock and roll bands as a teen youth....and I just LOVE THIS MUSIC SO SO MUCH ....I feel it in my heart ...I cry whenever I hear the Corries sing these old songs....(so many of the Scot's songs are so sad)......so beautiful, it touches me right into my heart.... perhaps I had some ancient connections of my ancestral past to the Scots....because I sure do identify with these songs...The way the Corries sing them is truly magical too...It would be so GREAT if a couple young guys in Scotland, who were good singers too, were to take up the guitar and learn all these old songs , and continue this wonderful traditional sound to keep it alive....and not let it fade into the mists of time....
@@ATLmodK the irish never taught anyhin.....other way round. it,s gallic in scotland no gaelic. gallic comin from the gaulish region of europe. the tale of the "gael" written by medieval irish monks. never been taught in scottish schools and never will be......anybody can research it'. gallic most likely spread from scotland to ireland.
I lived in Dublin for most of the 70’s. I married my husband because I loved him more than I loved Ireland, but it was a toss up. Nearly 50 years later, my heart still longs for Dublin. I wish I could have both.
Comment full of cowards get a life in the 60s to 90s ok , the world is changing not for us auld folk , younger god help them , love Scotland but it’s changing, as any other country
My ancestors were Irish. They fled Co. Fermanagh in 1840 for Australia. Even though I am 4th generation Australian, the old country is like a mother, calling me home. My heart and soul belong in Ireland.
John Atkinson The magical Pied Pipers of folk music! The main street was that of Pitlochry, though. They marched through there to get to Killiekrankie but all you see of Killiekrankie is the town sign in the video. The clip is great, just the same. Part of it appears on the DVD of the BBC series from 1987 and the YT video of Ronnie's TV tribute to Roy.
I keep coming back to the old songs.. but if you live on another continent.. and cant afford to go back.. the emotion and memories will slowly kill you.. be careful
scotland is everything. scotland is all It is all we believe in.Scotlands is the land of all the people, from all over the world, who still believe in Honour, glory, humanity, tradition, joy of music, poetry, romanticism, true love. Scotland is Scotland. The finest land in the world along with Tuscany (not Italy). Scotland is what I miss everyday when Iam not there, in Islay or Inverness or Kyle of Lochalsh or Portree or Ballater or wherever. Scotland is where all the pure hearts belong.
Pease tell this truth to today's neo-Marxist Scottish so-called "poets" who look to Paris and Moscow for their socialist utopias and who generally believe that Scotland is just another "systemically racist" society that needs vanish into the European Union.
This video is good in so many ways, as it spotlights the Corries' special talents. First the pipes and Ronnie's wistful voice sets a melancholy mood that is reinforced by Roy's gentle echoes. Then, underscored by the guitars, the pace picks up and Roy's lyrical and lilting tone, joined by Ronnie's subtle harmony, warms the listener's heart. A breeze is blowing and all is well with the world.
September 12, 2024. My dad loved these songs. St Patrick's Day was celebrated by listening to Andy Stewart, Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers and bagpipe music. Listening for you dad, and the memories.
This music breaks my heart. My ancestors were likely driven from their beloved country and settled in Nova Scotia. I hear the pain and the love for their dear country. Their voices harmonize to touch my soul. Cabbie from Boston
Immigrated to Australia 20 years ago. With the passing of family members, I had no real plans to return. That was until listening to the Corries and watching the video footage.
My grandad a Scottish immigrant to South Africa introduced me to the corries when I was very young playing many of their songs himself on the guitar this brought back so many memories
Played for our Regiment by the Scots Guards as we passed through Edinburgh towards home in Canada after our deployment in the Golan Heights. Still touching.
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I'm completely English and grew up as a fat little kid with an English accent just North of Glasgow: it didn't make me popular, but it taught me me never to judge people on anything but their capacity for compassion. I also absorbed a love of language, an anarchic passion for life, a sense of social justice and - possibly - a certain sentimentalism. I should probably judge all places equally, but Scotland will always be deep in my soul and the source of much of the best in me. I grew up listening to The Corries and all I have to say is; "Don't be Scunners" ;-)
i m English with a scottish aunt in dundee , i must admit my love and bond for the scots has been tarnished by the west lothian question and devolution , my heart loves the scots ,we have more in common and have on balance been a joint force for good , my head can t get scottish independance quick enough to free my beloved England from the scottish fascist nazi SNP out of our domestic politics
@@stevenupton7825 There is nothing fascist or Nazi about the SNP they are not an authentic nationalist party rather a marxist globalist party (You have a long way to go to understanding this world). You are right to view the Scots as kindred folk as for all the native peoples of the British Isles are all essentially one extended family.
What a great pair of folk singers must the best that has came out of Scotland to hear them live singing there songs was a great pleasure for me and all that heard them thank you to the CORRIES
As a supporter of independence I would like to see a Scotland that is welcoming and tolerant of all who live here .It is time to put the past away and look to the here and now and to the future .
Charlie didnt crack. It was, as usual, a squabble among the Chieftain's at Derby! Charlie wanted to keep going, they said no and went up to Culloden. Where once again, another squabble over who would get the side of honor in the rank's which ruined any advantage to be had. This is why those men stood there for an hour until one of the Chieftain's officer's had had enough and charged. And I'm positive Charlie was forced to leave by his loyal staff.
I was a proud Scot prior to finding the Corries , iam no less proud , but alot better informed , these are history lessons we never got at school. Sadly missed and as yet their place in musical story telling has still to be filled. Prosperity to Scotland and No Union.
There are plenty of musicians still playing this type of music (myself included). Please try and get your local publicans to book more of this style - there are enough places catering to the BS music that seems to be in vogue nowadays.
that's great news to me....I hope this music never dies out....I just made a comment here that I was hoping that a couple of talented young guys in Scotland who can sing well, and play guitar, could learn all the old Corries songs, and play them...... to keep it alive....
And your dear land too. The blood is strong. That same blood that was spilled on the battlefields of the world runs deep in your veins. Alba gu brath. If you seek it, drink of the music. Find it in the Gaelic language.
Matthew Widdowson You mean the Duke of Bavaria? From what I've heard he's not a bad guy, but I don't know him all that well, so I can't say I necessarily respect him massively, although of course I wish him good health seeing as he seems like a fairly decent human being.
Francis II. When his nephew, Joseph, becomes king, he will be the first legitimate king of England and Scotland born in England or Scotland since James III. Hopefully, Scotland will be free of England when he is crowned on the Stone of Destiny. God Save the King Over the Water.
some pride in heritage and some true and sensible nationalism and just mebbe the world would be a better place these days honour codes and national pride here seem to be seen as sentimental weakness sorry I was raised to believe never do a dishonest thing never hurt a woman or child and never disrespect an enemy pity many today have forgotten that simple creed we are not what once we were
The Queen has Stewart blood in her in direct line from James Vl of Scotland. This mean's Harry or Willy could reinstate the Stewart House! We may have two new Charlie's!! May god guide them to the true path of the holy Jacobite cause!
came before us, because they are not our achievements, and neither do I believe we are responsible for any wrong-doings of those who came before us. That does not mean wrong-doings should not be put right, but blame should not be apportioned where blame does not belong. I do not believe that the sins of the father are passed on. Guilt is not inheritable. Therefore I think it rather pointless to blame descendants of wrong-doers for the actions of their ancestors. Not to mention the fact that we
I agree with a (Multi-Party) system. But the country need's some of the colorfulness a house of royal's can provide. A cultural figurehead! ...As for Charlie, he tried to get back, he begged for finances to get the men and guns to return. And he couldnt have been so bad if Lochiel liked him!
This is a song about love, pure, true and sublime love, about Scottish men's love to prionnsa Teàrlach who was one of the noblest and most loyal people in the whole world, so how dare someone not to follow Teàrlach's example? And I myself would follow him and fight for that fair and free land called Alba. God save the Prince!
Like wow! They're amazing! And how did they get up on that crag at the beginning? I learnt this song in music lessons with Miss Howard when I was 12 and was a pupil at Christs College Finchley. Miss Howard was strange but I'm eternally grateful to her for teaching us this song.
@Battlepanda911 My family were English Jacobites who fled to Ireland. This song has meaning for me, too. Not only are the Scots labouring under forgeign rule, it's the =wrong- freaking rule!
If it wasn't for the Anglo Saxons say for example Edinburgh would not be called Edinburgh, because there would be no Scots language. All have their part to play on the stage that is life. Hatred will get us nowhere. I say this as somebody who is proud to be Scottish & I want all Scots to be proud Scots. But I do not want hatred to fill our hearts & corrupt our souls.
nach e an t-Eilean Muileach direach Muile? Ach cò-dhiù, tha an t-òran seo uabhasach math - beannachd air Teàrlach Òg agus a àthair. Alba gu sìorraidh agus saor alba... CEARTAS AIRSON A' GHÀIDHLIG
I used to know about the highland clearances, dreadful as they were but... I came to Australia 20 years ago and soon found out that some of our forebears driven from their homes, came here and behaved at times worse than the English troops of yore with the indigenous nations.
Not only that, but many dreadful things done to Scots in Scotland were in fact perpetrated by fellow Scots. The massacre at Glencoe was carried out by Scottish troops, the Killing Times were mostly carried out by Scottish troops & don't presume the Highland clansmen weren't averse to commit the ocassional war crime either. There were Scots on both sides at Culloden. Many of the landlords responsible for the Clearances were in fact Scots. People use the English as a scapegoat far too often.
Still listening in 2024 May their music go on for ever 4:48
August 2024...still goes on...heart music.....
❤ Yes Beautiful
I had this all my life, which is why I've had to move here. Best thing I ever did. The Highlands are the closest thing to heaven on this earth for me.
Amen 🙏
Certainly beautiful
I am an American of Irish ancestry, of the McCarthy clan, 58 yrs old.... I grew up as a kid listening to the Beatles etc...and played in rock and roll bands as a teen youth....and I just LOVE THIS MUSIC SO SO MUCH ....I feel it in my heart ...I cry whenever I hear the Corries sing these old songs....(so many of the Scot's songs are so sad)......so beautiful, it touches me right into my heart.... perhaps I had some ancient connections of my ancestral past to the Scots....because I sure do identify with these songs...The way the Corries sing them is truly magical too...It would be so GREAT if a couple young guys in Scotland, who were good singers too, were to take up the guitar and learn all these old songs , and continue this wonderful traditional sound to keep it alive....and not let it fade into the mists of time....
I agree, such musical traditions are great
I too am American of Irish descent and find both Scottish and Irish folk songs about lost causes, so sad and they touch my Irish heart
Scots and the ire come from the same roots.
@@thegraydirewolf9325 the Irish taught the Scots Gaelic, they would be the only people who would understand each other speaking the ancient languages
@@ATLmodK the irish never taught anyhin.....other way round. it,s gallic in scotland no gaelic. gallic comin from the gaulish region of europe. the tale of the "gael" written by medieval irish monks. never been taught in scottish schools and never will be......anybody can research it'. gallic most likely spread from scotland to ireland.
I lived in Dublin for most of the 70’s. I married my husband because I loved him more than I loved Ireland, but it was a toss up. Nearly 50 years later, my heart still longs for Dublin. I wish I could have both.
I just have such an overwhelming urge..desire to be in Scotland. So strong! Does anyone else feel this way?
I. have felt a tug on my heart all my life long, for Scotland, something's awaiting me there, hope I make the journey, from Eire, before I die!
@@maryryan1278 swap you 😂
No thanks. It full cowards now.
It is, besides Norway, the most overtly gorgeous country that's safe (relatively). If you want non-safe it's Afghanistan
Comment full of cowards get a life in the 60s to 90s ok , the world is changing not for us auld folk , younger god help them , love Scotland but it’s changing, as any other country
My ancestors were Irish. They fled Co. Fermanagh in 1840 for Australia. Even though I am 4th generation Australian, the old country is like a mother, calling me home. My heart and soul belong in Ireland.
The best Folk Singers ever to be heard from Scotland. Sadly they are no more...R.I.P.
Ronnie at least is still alive and well, even if no longer singing professionally.
The hairs on the back of my neck still stick up when I see the clip of them walking down the main street of killiicrankie
John Atkinson The magical Pied Pipers of folk music! The main street was that of Pitlochry, though. They marched through there to get to Killiekrankie but all you see of Killiekrankie is the town sign in the video. The clip is great, just the same. Part of it appears on the DVD of the BBC series from 1987 and the YT video of Ronnie's TV tribute to Roy.
Arkybark Ilove the CORRIES too bad there is nothing like them around today
wha's Like "em..damned few..
I keep coming back to the old songs.. but if you live on another continent.. and cant afford to go back.. the emotion and memories will slowly kill you.. be careful
The melancholy and nostalgic sadness...a Scottish curse or blessing?
Never a curse
When my family and I were vacationing on Mull, my spouse said, "Just think how strange you'd get to be if you lived on Mull."
I REALLY CRY WHEN I HEAR THIS.....sobbing like a child.....it just does that to me......
Hugs. You are not alone.
You and me both, brother
scotland is everything. scotland is all It is all we believe in.Scotlands is the land of all the people, from all over the world, who still believe in Honour, glory, humanity, tradition, joy of music, poetry, romanticism, true love.
Scotland is Scotland. The finest land in the world along with Tuscany (not Italy). Scotland is what I miss everyday when Iam not there, in Islay or Inverness or Kyle of Lochalsh or Portree or Ballater or wherever. Scotland is where all the pure hearts belong.
Pease tell this truth to today's neo-Marxist Scottish so-called "poets" who look to Paris and Moscow for their socialist utopias and who generally believe that Scotland is just another "systemically racist" society that needs vanish into the European Union.
I'm Israeli born in South Africa, l come from mixed cultures yet this music moves me in a way that is hard to explain
Celtic blood runs in many veins..
@@magzsara9892Just not in that jew's veins
This video is good in so many ways, as it spotlights the Corries' special talents. First the pipes and Ronnie's wistful voice sets a melancholy mood that is reinforced by Roy's gentle echoes. Then, underscored by the guitars, the pace picks up and Roy's lyrical and lilting tone, joined by Ronnie's subtle harmony, warms the listener's heart. A breeze is blowing and all is well with the world.
September 12, 2024. My dad loved these songs. St Patrick's Day was celebrated by listening to Andy Stewart, Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers and bagpipe music. Listening for you dad, and the memories.
This music breaks my heart. My ancestors were likely driven from their beloved country and settled in Nova Scotia. I hear the pain and the love for their dear country. Their voices harmonize to touch my soul. Cabbie from Boston
You might like the movie, "How Green Was My Valley."
That was about Wales!
Nova Scotia is a beautiful place.
Cape breton island Nova Scotia they still play the celtic music and teach gaelic
its all the same
Remember our family journey to England and Scotland we loved it and we love the Corries who are in Heaven now!
Ronnie is still alive 🎉❤
Immigrated to Australia 20 years ago. With the passing of family members, I had no real plans to return. That was until listening to the Corries and watching the video footage.
I've never been to Scotland ... and when I do, I Know I'll be Home!
My grandad a Scottish immigrant to South Africa introduced me to the corries when I was very young playing many of their songs himself on the guitar this brought back so many memories
Land o,the shining river,Land o my heart forever, Scotland the brave !
Love this song from an expatriot from Glasgow
God bless Charlie. There ain't no snakes in Scotland
Played for our Regiment by the Scots Guards as we passed through Edinburgh towards home in Canada after our deployment in the Golan Heights. Still touching.
From us all at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Greenock Branch. Hurry Back to us. We love you. ….. We hope you have a safe and restful flight. XXX
Truly a beautiful Scottish ballad. Left me warm and fuzzy. Aye!
thanks for posting these. nice to hear singers with a tender touch in this day when so much out there is just loud noise.
I wasn't even 10 years old when you recorded this. But notwithstanding my age I love the music and the way you play it
Am greeting again (crying, for the non Scots), miss Roy terribly.
John Lambert: Did you know Roy well? I ask because I noticed you said, "Miss you, my friend" to him in the comments about "Nicky's Theme."
My mom is Irish and our family tree goes as far back to Ireland and the 1 revolution war
Scotland and me ? Love at first sight, love forever.
Joy of my heart.... Indeed
I just went through me first breakup, and now I wish I could find peace but I shall never know that feeling again.
I'm completely English and grew up as a fat little kid with an English accent just North of Glasgow: it didn't make me popular, but it taught me me never to judge people on anything but their capacity for compassion. I also absorbed a love of language, an anarchic passion for life, a sense of social justice and - possibly - a certain sentimentalism. I should probably judge all places equally, but Scotland will always be deep in my soul and the source of much of the best in me. I grew up listening to The Corries and all I have to say is; "Don't be Scunners" ;-)
Aye an yer still ah fat gezzer
i m English with a scottish aunt in dundee , i must admit my love and bond for the scots has been tarnished by the west lothian question and devolution , my heart loves the scots ,we have more in common and have on balance been a joint force for good , my head can t get scottish independance quick enough to free my beloved England from the scottish fascist nazi SNP out of our domestic politics
@@stevenupton7825 There is nothing fascist or Nazi about the SNP they are not an authentic nationalist party rather a marxist globalist party (You have a long way to go to understanding this world). You are right to view the Scots as kindred folk as for all the native peoples of the British Isles are all essentially one extended family.
@@mirthbaron1525 well put
What a great pair of folk singers must the best that has came out of Scotland to hear them live singing there songs was a great pleasure for me and all that heard them thank you to the CORRIES
GOD BLESS SCOTLAND AND THE SCOTS
Beautiful ❤️⛄⛄
Yes , I do too, always have. My people have been gone from there for over a century, but still I am drawn there.
This is making me so homesick. I need a wee holiday.
As a supporter of independence I would like to see a Scotland that is welcoming and tolerant of all who live here .It is time to put the past away and look to the here and now and to the future .
There is nothing worse than Extreme pro English or Extreme pro scot . We are brothers - My father is scottish , My mother is welsh and i am English
As long as you put out the Africans you'll be alright
Scotlands loss was the worlds gain,il'll never forget my highland ancestors. God love them all.
Here's to him across the water! Slainthe.
All of the nostalgia...
If love and loyalty could win wars, Bonnie Charlie would be sitting on the throne of Britain today. Alas that they could not.
I mean... he wouldn’t be sitting on the throne today because he’d most certainly be dead... but his descendants might? 🤔🤔🤔
@@hoodiecollier5542 Take my word for it CHAIRLIE WILL COME BACK . SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
@@northscot9862 He's Charles Edward Stewart :P Not Fionn Mac Cumhail :P
I first heard Scottish pipers play this beautiful tune as they marched to glory in the movie Gunga Din.
This song is a JOY OF MY HEART.
Sumptuous accompanying video to two splendid songs! Many thanks for posting, firefly!
Perfection. We miss them still.
Divine - and moving - singing!
Really love this. Beautiful.
My grand mother always said There will always be an England with Scotland at its back. True if not for the Scots, long gone.
I follow John Knox
I have to admit, too, that this version is achingly beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing it.
aye, even here at the bottom of the world from Dunedin to Invercargill, The Scottish part of my Island
Love NZ and the beautiful South Island. Ate and drank at the Scottish Pub in Dunedin.
My dad loved the Corries.
I first heard this song in the movie 'Gunga Din' which occurred just before the final climatic battle scene. It is moving beyond words.
I also recall this from Gunga Din. Excellent film.
Charlie didnt crack. It was, as usual, a squabble among the Chieftain's at Derby! Charlie wanted to keep going, they said no and went up to Culloden. Where once again, another squabble over who would get the side of honor in the rank's which ruined any advantage to be had. This is why those men stood there for an hour until one of the Chieftain's officer's had had enough and charged. And I'm positive Charlie was forced to leave by his loyal staff.
I was a proud Scot prior to finding the Corries , iam no less proud , but alot better informed , these are history lessons we never got at school.
Sadly missed and as yet their place in musical story telling has still to be filled.
Prosperity to Scotland and No Union.
There are plenty of musicians still playing this type of music (myself included). Please try and get your local publicans to book more of this style - there are enough places catering to the BS music that seems to be in vogue nowadays.
that's great news to me....I hope this music never dies out....I just made a comment here that I was hoping that a couple of talented young guys in Scotland who can sing well, and play guitar, could learn all the old Corries songs, and play them...... to keep it alive....
yes, love this version!
Lovely :-)
Let's not forget the second song. Who couldn't love Mull?
My grandma was named Mary Flora McDonald.
Good old scouse name.
lovely stuff. where are the Corries when ye need them in yer pub!
Best place in the world by far.
I went to the museum of immigration in Halifax and found my granny came a week after the Titanic and went to Manitoba
Saor ta Alba!
And your dear land too. The blood is strong. That same blood that was spilled on the battlefields of the world runs deep in your veins. Alba gu brath. If you seek it, drink of the music. Find it in the Gaelic language.
Fantastic
Massive Respect and health to the King over the Water
Matthew Widdowson You mean the Duke of Bavaria? From what I've heard he's not a bad guy, but I don't know him all that well, so I can't say I necessarily respect him massively, although of course I wish him good health seeing as he seems like a fairly decent human being.
Francis II. When his nephew, Joseph, becomes king, he will be the first legitimate king of England and Scotland born in England or Scotland since James III. Hopefully, Scotland will be free of England when he is crowned on the Stone of Destiny. God Save the King Over the Water.
Yes, he's a genuine man and I'd even go as far to say he's pretty inspirational.
Whit???
A dead cause and a discredited one too. Thank God for Hanover.
Never discredited. Nothing more disgraceful and deplorable than the usurpation of the throne of a Catholic king, by Divine Right, by a heretic.
nice songs
❤
thank you
some pride in heritage and some true and sensible nationalism and just mebbe the world would be a better place these days honour codes and national pride here seem to be seen as sentimental weakness sorry I was raised to believe never do a dishonest thing never hurt a woman or child and never disrespect an enemy pity many today have forgotten that simple creed we are not what once we were
The Queen has Stewart blood in her in direct line from James Vl of Scotland. This mean's Harry or Willy could reinstate the Stewart House! We may have two new Charlie's!! May god guide them to the true path of the holy Jacobite cause!
True!!! Argentina has thousands of Irish and Scottish immigrants.
Constanzaps and Welsh
And germany!
😉
This was the first song I ever learned at school. :) :(
I just have to agree. Sometimes I've got the same feeling :)
i ve been to culoden even from an English perspective its very sad
It's about Charles Edward, and about a return of a desire to be free...
came before us, because they are not our achievements, and neither do I believe we are responsible for any wrong-doings of those who came before us. That does not mean wrong-doings should not be put right, but blame should not be apportioned where blame does not belong. I do not believe that the sins of the father are passed on. Guilt is not inheritable. Therefore I think it rather pointless to blame descendants of wrong-doers for the actions of their ancestors. Not to mention the fact that we
I agree with a (Multi-Party) system. But the country need's some of the colorfulness a house of royal's can provide. A cultural figurehead! ...As for Charlie, he tried to get back, he begged for finances to get the men and guns to return. And he couldnt have been so bad if Lochiel liked him!
I honestly have to agree completely with smith 13457 awesome!!!
This is a song about love, pure, true and sublime love, about Scottish men's love to prionnsa Teàrlach who was one of the noblest and most loyal people in the whole world, so how dare someone not to follow Teàrlach's example? And I myself would follow him and fight for that fair and free land called Alba.
God save the Prince!
Like wow! They're amazing! And how did they get up on that crag at the beginning? I learnt this song in music lessons with Miss Howard when I was 12 and was a pupil at Christs College Finchley. Miss Howard was strange but I'm eternally grateful to her for teaching us this song.
telemachus53: It's not the Corries on the crag.
Awhhh.. ☺
@Battlepanda911 My family were English Jacobites who fled to Ireland. This song has meaning for me, too. Not only are the Scots labouring under forgeign rule, it's the =wrong- freaking rule!
Fife is where a live and Scotland is where a will stay...independence is my aim and scotland ppl free is what we strive towards.
If it wasn't for the Anglo Saxons say for example Edinburgh would not be called Edinburgh, because there would be no Scots language. All have their part to play on the stage that is life. Hatred will get us nowhere. I say this as somebody who is proud to be Scottish & I want all Scots to be proud Scots. But I do not want hatred to fill our hearts & corrupt our souls.
Scottish? Yeh right.
nach e an t-Eilean Muileach direach Muile? Ach cò-dhiù, tha an t-òran seo uabhasach math - beannachd air Teàrlach Òg agus a àthair. Alba gu sìorraidh agus saor alba... CEARTAS AIRSON A' GHÀIDHLIG
What an intro.
great
Legendary.
I used to know about the highland clearances, dreadful as they were but... I came to Australia 20 years ago and soon found out that some of our forebears driven from their homes, came here and behaved at times worse than the English troops of yore with the indigenous nations.
I don't know about you Bill but I really believe we have a good chance in 2014, if not.......well the games a bogie in my lifetime!
Onya pal!
Well said!
That's still about fifty weeks longer than William of Orange spent in Ireland
From what I hear, the only intrusion by Saxon's,(Germanic's), was only up to Northumbria. They suffered a bad defeat at the hand's of the Gael's.
They got their arses handed to them on a plate at Nectansmere by the Picts and Gaels.
Not only that, but many dreadful things done to Scots in Scotland were in fact perpetrated by fellow Scots. The massacre at Glencoe was carried out by Scottish troops, the Killing Times were mostly carried out by Scottish troops & don't presume the Highland clansmen weren't averse to commit the ocassional war crime either. There were Scots on both sides at Culloden. Many of the landlords responsible for the Clearances were in fact Scots. People use the English as a scapegoat far too often.
You wouldn’t be English by any chance?🤨🧐
I'm here because "Jack" Churchill was a badass and played this song during battle.
after 2014 the lost sons and daughters will come home. s rioghal mo dhream alba gu brath