The Old Tolbooth

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

As part of the United Kingdom, Scotland has never had an official registered “national anthem”. However, whenever a Scottish...

A name can conjure up all sorts of wild images. It can subdue, or excite. People have been known to fall madly in love with some names, and others have...

Piercing – Saint Cassian – There is not much known about Cassian’s life, other than he was a professor...

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

Saint Finbarr:-    Saints Day:-                 25th September Patron Saint:-             Diocese of Cork, Ireland. But many argue he’s...

Castle Urquhart, (pronounced UR-KUHT) and meaning, ‘on or by a thicket’, was once a home of the Comyn Clan....

Donald Mac Alpin (Domnall mac Ailpin) succeeded his brother Kennth l, as King of the Picts & the Scots...