Spring Road Trip Drive To Shian Perthshire Highlands Scotland



Tour Scotland Spring travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, on a single track road, with passing places, on visit to Shian Farm in the Highlands of Perthshire. A single track road or one lane road is a road that permits two way travel but is not wide enough in most places to allow vehicles to pass one another, although sometimes two compact cars can pass. This kind of road is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The term is widely used in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands and Islands. The surname Shian was first found in County Limerick, Irish: Luimneach, located in Southwestern Ireland, in the province of Munster. Spelling variations include Sheehan, Sheeham, Sheahan, O'Sheehan, Sheagan and many more. Many Irish families did not fare so well within the English ruled Ireland. Besides racial and religious discrimination, many families were renting out small tracts of farmland from absentee landowners at often unreasonable rates. Beginning in the late 18th century, moderately well off Irish families decided to emigrate to England, Scotland and British North America or the United States in order to own their own plot of land. A radical change occurred in the 1840s, however, with the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s. Up to this point, the island's population had been increasing rapidly and a steady demand over the years for grain crops had depleted soil. Two failed crops and one poor one caused widespread disease and starvation. Thousands boarded ships looking for opportunities elsewhere. North America welcomed them as a source of cheap labor required for the many industrial and infrastructure projects underway, and as a means to quickly occupy the western regions. Research into immigration and passenger ship lists indicates that people bearing the name Shian were among the earliest settlers to arrive in North America: Cornelius Sheagan arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1842; John, Morris and Thomas Sheehan arrived in Philadelphia, America, between 1850 and 1870; Denis Sheeham arrived in Maryland, America, in 1774.

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