Douglas MacQueen's blog The 2nd October 1263 is the date of the Battle of Largs. It was an important point in Scotland's history as an ... the many years of conflict between Scotland and Norway that one such legend involving the importance of the thistle as an omen of good ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 3 2018 - 6:36pm
Alastair Kneale's blog There was a notice placed in the Manx paper the Ramsey ... William Percy Kneale. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium during the First World War on July 31, 1917. ... ceremony was held at Ramsey War Memorial in his remembrance. One of a number of such commemorations to those whose names are on the ...
Alastair Kneale - Nov 11 2020 - 11:34pm
Douglas MacQueen's blog A relaunch will take place this week of Edinburgh Napier ... in July 1918 and was killed in action on 4 November 1918 one week before the signing of the Armistice which ended the war. The ... on opposing sides: It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 1 2016 - 1:34pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog Transceltic have been notified by anonymous sources on the ... Unconfirmed reports are that a renegade band of Irish trooping Faeries, blown off course when caught in a gale off of ... a series of reports. Disclaimer: This blog is provided for general informational purposes only. The opinions ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jul 9 2014 - 8:59pm - 0 comments
Kernow Matters to Us's blog On this day, the 17 June 1497 at Blackheath in Kent, the ... king’s army had grown to 25,000 men. At the time, this was one of the largest armies ever gathered by a king of England. The Cornish ...
Kernow Matters to Us - Jun 17 2020 - 2:18pm
Valerie Caine's blog Isle of Man Post Office has teamed up with the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ... the coming months fifty four British squadrons of almost one thousand men took to the skies against the Luftwaffe's extensive fleet of ...
Valerie Caine - Aug 19 2015 - 7:08pm - 0 comments
Valerie Caine's blog In conjunction with Waterloo 200, the Isle of Man Post ... stamps in celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Waterloo 200 organiser, Mick Crumplin, said, "As ... was delighted with the Isle of Man's decision to commemorate one of Britain and Europe's most important historical events - the Bicentenary ...
Valerie Caine - Jun 15 2015 - 3:14pm - 0 comments
Alastair Kneale's blog Northumbria was one of the most important kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, lying north of the ... Northumbria threat was emphasised by the victory at the Battle of Degsastan, fought around 603 between king Æthelfrith of Bernicia and ...
Alastair Kneale - Jun 29 2020 - 8:32pm
Douglas MacQueen's blog On 24 February 1303 a force of 8,000 Scots defeated an ... (Scottish Gaelic: Meadhan Lodainn) and near the site of the Battle of Rosslyn. It was one of the most important battles in the First War of Scottish Independence ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 25 2016 - 4:48pm - 0 comments
Valerie Caine's blog As Ireland prepares to celebrate the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf, Isle of Man Stamps has issued a set of six stamps to commemorate one of the most definitive battles of Irish history. But the Isle of Man is ...
Valerie Caine - Apr 19 2014 - 10:30am - 0 comments