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Good stuff

Wonderful job, thank you!

Brilliantly done, sir!

Ireland - ================================== the dagger in the United Kingdom's back, ================================== held by the Pope and Catholic monarchs. A strong, Catholic Ireland, free to do what European Catholics directed, could never be allowed, if the United Kingdom was to survive A country saddled with a religion whose Catholic hate for Protestant England, and then the United Kingdom, could never be satisfied, hence the frequent stirring of the Irish pot. So whereas both England and Scotland evolved, Ireland remained trapped within a post-medieval mindset, where feuds last centuries. / As a descendent of the Macleods of Macleod, whose ancestors include Irish kings ( allegedly! ), and with ancestors who fought in Ireland for the Irish, against the English, and with two ancestors who were Macleod lairds, who fought as Jacobites in the 1715 and 1745 rebellions, the blood in me respects the desire for freedom, and to protect a culture. Many Macleod ancestors lie buried in Rodel Church - as Celtic and wild a medieval place as could be imagined! Nonetheless, I see that Scotland overall, realised the advantages of ties with England, developing powerful industries, and excellence in education, medicine, engineering, shipbuilding, and so on, which provided employment for a rising population, both local, and those coming from Ireland, giving something dynamic to focus upon. / My great(x6)-grandfather, Roderick Macleod of Cadboll, after exile abroad having survived Culloden, developed the harbour at Invergordon, which has been of such service ever since. / My great(x6)-grandfather, Donald "Old Trojan" Macleod of Berneray, who killed a dragoon at Falkirk Muir to earn his title, and survived Culloden, had his home bombarded by the Royal Navy, plus the homes of his tenants, while landing parties killed stock. He spent a year in a cave on the Toe of Harris, before a government general called Campbell arranged his pardon. A Royal Navy Captain wanted his bombardments to continue, but it is said that Campbell threated to nail his ears to the mast if he carried on! Three of Old Trojan's many children were even senior officers in the British army - two were generals, while some of his children created businesses that employed local people on the islands. The Highlanders adapted and evolved. / I love the romance of Prince Charlie, but in truth the rebellion was doomed from the start. With all the many faults of Westminster, there has been a lot of good too. / This same sense of romance - enticing as it is - is, I feel, a millstone around Ireland's neck, that has always slowed Ireland down. 1922 may have been the start of something new in terms of separate governance, but Ireland was locked in the cold embrace of the Catholic church and De Valera for a frigid half century, until milking the European Union arrived. And now the local population is being deliberately diluted as an act of global policy - just as elsewhere. / This accident of history - the Irish Self-Identity - this romance so often blended with hate, in motion for so many centuries, still draws blood today, and will continue to do so until enough people evolve, and create a New Vision, a new mindset. I cannot help feeling that the challenges laid by Global Marxism will bring about an extraordinary unity between Cornish, English, Manx, Scots, and Welsh. I hope so, for that would be evolution indeed, since all governments oppose it. / This is what I see after 67 years on Earth. What do you think? /

Just seen this video great content definitely deserves more subs!

I have only come across this video. Padraig is an absolute legend and I had the honor of having him teaching military history at NUIG. I did single honors history and he opened my 48 year old mind. I don't know if he still does it but the man does some fantastic battlefield tours at Aughrim. 😊

Cavalry, not calvary.

A lot of maybes and perhaps here.

Not sure what language this guy is speaking.

Informative with some great detail. Thanks for taking the time to share.

Wer O'Neil sat at the table was the kings seat..

the canon would have a recoil, but the muskets non. but i like this...

Great video. Are there any others like this?

Always interesting to hear Prof. L

If only wars were fought by the over 60s....

Interesting

Excellent and informative. I’m here learning about the origins of my surname and the exploits of the clan that bears its name; it’s a fascinating journey.

Very nice video. Do you know anything about the other people buried there - is it only the Lindsey family and the O'Hagens?

Thanks for the information.

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Baron of Dungannon, Last of the Irish Kings, was my 11th great-grandfather on my late mother's side, per Ancestry DNA and 23andMe.

Also sometimes I fantasize about tiny little dwarfs dressed in little costumes running around lathering each other in peanut butter.

My GGG grandparents are buried here. Was rather thrilling to run across this piece just now. Will be interested to follow the progress of this.

Thanks for this

excellent

Would of been savage. Hope none of my ancestors died in it. But my lot are from Cork

Thanks mate well done

Nice!

Well done David an interesting bit of history.

is that up at the devils elbow

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Thank you for sharing did you know about F.H. Maynard? He claimed in 1924 to be the Author of "The Streets of Laredo" in his memoirs of his life on the range his version "The Dying Cowboy" was written in 1876 and finally copyrighted in 1911. In 2010 his memoirs where edited and introduced by Jim Hoy. The Title: COWBOY'S LAMENT A Life on the Open Range. FRANK MAYNARD.

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Well you mentioned the McWillams which caught my attention, but those McWillams were Welch rather than Scottish. The ones I was interested in were further east, more toward Ballymenia or Ballyscullion. Bally something…oh well….