Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of Port Charlotte on the shores of Loch Indaal, Islay, Scotland. Port Charlotte was named after Lord Frederick Campbell's wife, and it was set up mainly to provide housing facilities for the Lochindaal Distillery work force. In October 1813, the American privateer The True Blooded Yankee captured six merchant ships lying at Port Charlotte, casting them adrift and setting fire to three.
Tour Scotland video of Scottish Accordion music in the village pub in Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland. Ian Scobie playing in the Village Inn. Fine you men and excellent musicians.
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Tour Scotland video of Scottish music in the village pub in Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland. David Macfarlane, Ian Scobie and Gordy Duncan Jnr playing in the Village Inn. Fine you men and excellent musicians. The tunes are: the rizla by Charlie McKerron and Andy Renwicks Ferret by Gordon Duncan.
MacFarlane, McFarlane, MacFarlan, McFarlan, MacFarland, MacFarlin, McParland, McParlin, and others, is an ancient Scottish surname, and one that is also recorded in Ireland. It probably originates from the Gaelic MacPharlain, meaning " The son of Parlan ", a form which apparently derives from " Bartholmew ", a name introduced into Europe by the returning crusaders from the Holy land in the 12th century. The name is first recorded in Scotland in the 14th Century, and an early example is that of Andrew McFarlane, who in 1577 was elected a Burgess of Glasgow. The development of the name has included Makfarlande in 1546, M'Farlen in 1603, and MacPharline in 1610. Examples taken from surviving church registers include Dugall McFarlane who married Helena Wallace at Cannongate, Edinburgh, on June 15th 1653, and Alexander McFarlan who was born on September 3rd 1730, also at Edinburgh. The first recorded spelling of the family name may be that of Malcolm McPharlane. This was dated 1385, when he was a charter witness to Duncan, earl of Leuenax in 1385.
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