What got you interested?

[Graham]

Nice to hear the story Mychael, thanks for "venting" Lovely to hear of your son's role in bringing you to kilts.

JockEleven I notice that you are in Cambridge!! I travelled through your town last year just briefly.

I really wanted a picture of the river Cam, since our property in Tasmania is bordered by the Cam River.
Unfortunately, there was nowhere to stop the car, not a single park, busy place, so we had to keep going.

That was one sadness about UK, too many cars, roads too busy!
When I left England as a lad, almost no one in our street had a car

[bubba]

My wife has the Scots blood with a nearly equal portion of Ulster tossed in for good measure-

You and your wife might find this site of interest. The Dalriada came from Ireland and settled in the Isles and Highlands and became known as Scots.
http://www.geocities.com/~sconemac/celtic1.html

Here's the index page. Index is a bit down the page.
http://www.geocities.com/sconemac/enterbook.html

[Casey]

Mycheal,

From what I have read lately, a large number of the protestants in Ulster are from Scotland.

This is the situation with my mother's family. (As far as I can ascertain.)

Casey

[bubba]

Casey, quite a few Scots were resettled in Ireland to try to control the problems with Irish rebellions.

[Casey]

Bubba,

Yea! Now, there's a real oxymoron.

Casey

[bubba]

That was a plan that backfired. It just intensified the hostilities.

[Casey]

Sending rebels to quell rebels.

What a plan.

Casey

[macwilkin]

Sending rebels to quell rebels.

The Scots sent to Ulster (Northern Ireland) were not rebels per se, at least not Jacobites -- as Casey stated, they were Protestant, mostly Calvinist/Presbyterian, and somewhat troublesome to King James VI & I, so he "killed twa birds wi' one stone" by sending them to settle the Ulster plantation. They were not rebels -- yet. The Scots Presbyterians, the covenanters, would rebel in 1638 with the National Covenant, which declared Scotland Protestant in faith, and Presbyterian in church government.

Cheers,

T.

[bubba]

The Scots Presbyterians, the covenanters, would rebel in 1638 with the National Covenant, which declared Scotland Protestant in faith, and Presbyterian in church government.

Cheers,

T.

The Covenanters is where the term "redneck" came from. They wore red scarves to distinguish themselves from others. A holdover from that can still be seen today in the red collar of some Presbyterian clergy.

[Casey]

One could say, "Rebels that had not yet rebelled."

Trying to put out a fire with gasoline.

Casey