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A new set of stamps, created by Manx artist Juan Moore and medieval history expert Professor R. Andrew McDonald, will mark six pivotal moments in the Isle of Man's Norse-Gaelic past.
UNESCO designated 16 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network to 229 in 50 countries. The network ...
Patrick Foote of Name Explain looked at the origins of the very distinctive Scottish accent in its varying forms.
Clare Downham, ‘The Battle of Clontarf in Irish History and Legend’ (History Ireland 13, No. 5, 2005) Seán Duffy, Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf (Gill & Macmillan, 2014) Seán Duffy (ed.), ...
The video creator has created many videos of him visiting countries around the world and shocking people who live there by ...
Named from the Gaelic phrase uisge beatha ... It is also home to the Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement, which has remains that date back to 2500 BC Lonely Planet also singled out Shetland ...
THE importance of Inverness – the northernmost city in Britain – in Scottish history cannot be overstated. Last week I showed how it ...