Posts by Groomporter

Celtic History, Ireland

Saint Brendan St. Brendan of Ardfert and Clonfert, known also as Brendan the Voyager, was…

Night of the Big Wind

6 years ago

Celtic History, Ireland

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Night of the Big Wind In 1839 a windstorm swept across Ireland that went down…

History of the Highland Games

6 years ago

Originally published June 2011. History of the Highland Games The early origins of the Highland…

Black Watch Mutiny

6 years ago

Originally Published February 2011. Black Watch Mutiny After the 1715 Jacobite Rising the “Disarming Act”…

Scottish “Gypsy” Kingdom

6 years ago

Scottish “Gypsy” Kingdom Town Yetholm is a small village in the Scottish Borders to the…

The Hochdorf Chieftain

6 years ago

Celtic History

Originally Published January 2011. The Hochdorf Chieftain An amateur archaeologist noticed a low earthen mound…

Scotland’s Frankenstein

6 years ago

Originally published April 2011. Scotland’s Frankenstein In 1818 in the anatomy room of the University…

Colonel Alexander Gardener

6 years ago

Celtic History

Originally Published December 2010. Colonel Alexander Gardener I admit I may be stretching the “Celtic”…

Samhain: Escorts to the Afterlife

6 years ago

Celtic History

Originally published October 2008. Samhain: Escorts to the Afterlife With Halloween or Samhain coming I…

Scots Greys Cavalry

6 years ago