Saint Brendan5 years agoGroomporterCeltic History, IrelandNo CommentsSaint Brendan St. Brendan of Ardfert and Clonfert, known also as Brendan the Voyager, was…Read More
Night of the Big Wind5 years agoGroomporterCeltic History, Ireland2 CommentsNight of the Big Wind In 1839 a windstorm swept across Ireland that went down…Read More
History of the Highland Games5 years agoGroomporterCeltic History, ScotlandNo CommentsOriginally published June 2011. History of the Highland Games The early origins of the Highland…Read More
Black Watch Mutiny5 years agoGroomporterCeltic History, ScotlandNo CommentsOriginally Published February 2011. Black Watch Mutiny After the 1715 Jacobite Rising the “Disarming Act”…Read More
Scottish “Gypsy” Kingdom5 years agoGroomporterCeltic History, ScotlandNo CommentsScottish “Gypsy” Kingdom Town Yetholm is a small village in the Scottish Borders to the…Read More
The Hochdorf Chieftain5 years agoGroomporterCeltic HistoryNo CommentsOriginally Published January 2011. The Hochdorf Chieftain An amateur archaeologist noticed a low earthen mound…Read More
Scotland’s Frankenstein5 years agoGroomporterCeltic History, ScotlandNo CommentsOriginally published April 2011. Scotland’s Frankenstein In 1818 in the anatomy room of the University…Read More
Colonel Alexander Gardener6 years agoGroomporterCeltic HistoryNo CommentsOriginally Published December 2010. Colonel Alexander Gardener I admit I may be stretching the “Celtic”…Read More
Samhain: Escorts to the Afterlife6 years agoGroomporterCeltic HistoryNo CommentsOriginally published October 2008. Samhain: Escorts to the Afterlife With Halloween or Samhain coming I…Read More
Scots Greys Cavalry6 years agoGroomporterCeltic History, ScotlandNo CommentsAlleged corn/maize carvings in Rosslyn Chapel I’ve previously discussed the claim that Henry Sinclair sailed…Read More