Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Scheme Of Bruce Invasion (Day 1) Gaelic Kings and Tradition in Scotland.—The line of Scottish Kings which descended from the Gaels of Dal Riada had ended with the death of Alexander III in 1286. Gaelic in race, the Kings of Scotland had, for two centuries, ceased to be Gaelic in character. The marriage [...]

The preceding hundred years I have designated a century of turmoil; but it was peace itself compared with the three and a half years of Bruce’s expedition to Ireland. Tlie Irish people, especially those of the north, viewed with great interest and sympathy the struggles of their kindred in Scotland for independence; and Robert Bruce’s [...]