#Jacobites

Jim O'Neill

neilojim1972

OTD 1601 Mountjoy almost killed when Spanish in #Kinsale 'discerned him riding in the head of a troops of horse, and made a shot out of the town at him,

Irish History Bitesize!

lorraineelizab6

#Otd 1691: The Battle of Aughrim, fought between Jacobite Irish Army & forces of William III near #Aughrim, Co #Galway. > 7,000 killed. Meant effective end of Jacobitism in Ireland

Graeme Millen

Weegie_Graeme

#otd 27th July 1689, the Jacobite Army confronts the Williamite Army at the mouth of the Pass of Killiecrankie. Leading the latter: Major-General Hugh Mackay the senior commander of the

Graeme Millen

Weegie_Graeme

I’m afraid this is not really true . Opposition did not fade away after Killiecrankie, the Highland War went on for another two years with two more pitched battles and

Charles A. Coulombe

RCCoulombe

There are of course quite a few American Monarchists these days. There are those who favour the British Crown, which makes sense because of the foundation of the thirteen colonies,

ᴮᴱSir Tae of the Clan MacHandsome⁷ᴳ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotty_ARMY

Tw // death , massacre , murderWhy you shouldn't buy land in Scotland for your faves (thread) DISCLAIMER: I am Scottish and this is not my first time witnessing this

john milbank

johnmilbank3

Typically excellent piece from AR. Macron’s crucial combination of resistance to Political Islamism with new active European engagement in Africa (effectively if benignly neo-imperial) very much accords with the last

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

The '' Piskies ''Saint Andrews by the Green(Glasgow) was built in 1750 and is the oldest Episcopalian church erected in Scotland since the reformation. To build the church, a piece

Old Weird Scotland

WeirdScotland

An #OldWeirdScotland thread.You've heard of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, but have you heard about the Seven Wonders of Scotland? These come from the Gaelic tradition and were

Carolina Cavalier

DixiePlanter

THREAD: American King"In 1774, (Bonnie Prince Charlie) 'had pressing invitations to America for which he will not embark unless assisted by the Crowns of France & Spain...the Massachusetts Militia fought

Sensible Politics (UK)

SensiblePolUK

[THREAD] Scottish History that sadly many of our countrymen won’t know anything about or will have been misled about, due to misconceptions or even deliberate misinformation from nationalists. Noticed a

Sara Sheridan

sarasheridan

So. THREAD of Scottish historical women who were both good & bad. First, Marie Stopes. Born in Edinburgh, she wrote Married Love & fought for contraceptive advice for all. Her

Malcolm MacNab

MacnabMalcolm

Thread:Who is the biggest enemy? China, Russia, America, the Uk, Israel, the EU, the UN?No. I believe it to not entirely be external but often within our own. Let me

Shantyman

Boreal_Gael

The Big Leaf Bonfire: A look at Canada and where it's going, a primer for foreign muck. This thread'll have a lil psychology, history, cultural analysis of the wussy off-brand

Peter Wolf

peterawolf

England, 2024Led by Gov Sadiq Khan, the Free City of London applies for EU membership.Though wary of Jacobites, a panicked Lord Protector Boris the Pasty orders Chief Justiciar Rees-Mogg's army

Liam Hogan

Limerick1914

It's not well known that the congregation of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond donated approximately $40 towards Irish Famine Relief in 1847. Around 2,000 members of the congregation

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