Scotland’s Saints

Capercaillie’s Latin name is ‘Tetrao Urogallus’, and the translation from Scottish Gaelic is, ‘horse of the forest’. Being the biggest...

It was first composed as a pipe tune in 1982 for the Highland Games in Germany. ‘Highland Cathedral’, or   “Cathair...

Saint Ninian:- Saints Day:-          16th September. Saint:-                     Apostle of...

The name heather comes from the Gaelic name of, ‘haeddre’, and means heathland. The species mostly found on Scotland is...

Contantine Mac Alpin (Causantin mac Cinaeda) born in 836 AD, son of King Kenneth l, King of the Picts...

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Queen Madeleine – otherwise known as The Summer Queen. King Francis l of France married his second cousin Claude,...

Stoning – Saint Stephen – Stephen (a Greek name), was born a Hellenized Jew. Not of Greek ancestry but...