Old Photograph Lawn Bowing Green Galashiels Scotland

Old photograph of bowlers on the Lawn Bowling Green in Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Irish Road Worker Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of an Irish road worker in Glasgow, Scotland. Irish Scots are people in Scotland who are of immediate or traceable distinct Irish ancestry. Although migration between Ireland and Scotland has an established history, both ways, owing to their close proximity, Irish migration to Scotland increased in the nineteenth century, and was particularly strong following the Great Famine. In this period, the Irish typically settled in the cities such as Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow, towns like Coatbridge and industrial areas such as Fife. Famous Irish Scots include socialist revolutionary James Connolly, author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, footballers Aiden McGeady, Ray Houghton, Owen Coyle and James McCarthy, politician George Galloway, actors Sean Connery, Brian Cox, Peter Capaldi, Gerard Butler, musicians Gerry Rafferty, Maggie Reilly, Jimme O'Neill, Claire Grogan, Fran Healy and comedians Billy Connolly and Frankie Boyle.



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Old Photograph Horse Show Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a horse show by Cupar, Fife, Scotland. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Billiards Room Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Scotsmen in a Billiards Room in Glasgow, Scotland. Billiards has a long and rich history stretching from its inception in the 15th century, to the wrapping of the body of Mary, Queen of Scots, in her billiard table cover in 1586, through its many mentions in the works of Shakespeare, including the famous line " let's to billiards " in Antony and Cleopatra, and through the many famous enthusiasts of the sport such as: Mozart, Louis XIV of France, Marie Antoinette, Immanuel Kant, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, George Washington, French president Jules Grévy, Charles Dickens, George Armstrong Custer, Theodore Roosevelt, Lewis Carroll, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Bob Hope, and Jackie Gleason.



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Old Photograph Market Day St Boswells Scotland

Old photograph of Market Day in St Boswells in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village is known for being on the route of St Cuthbert's Way, a long distance footpath linking Melrose Abbey to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne off the Northumberland coast in north east England. The name commemorates Saint Boisil, an Abbot of Melrose. The village has an annual gypsy fair, originally a focus for the trade of horses. This fair once attracted Gypsies from most parts of Scotland, northern England and Ireland.



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