Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Kirkcowan

Tour Scotland travel Blog video of old photographs of Kirkcowan located six miles from Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The church, erected in 1829, under the patronage of the Agnew family, is a substantial structure with a tower. A congregation of Seceders assembled for public worship in an old barn. The railway station of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway closed in 1965. A mill was erected in 1822 for the manufacture of woollen cloths, blankets, plaidings, flannels, and plain and pilot cloths. Thomas Hugh was born in Kirkcowan in 1869, the eldest son of John Milroy.. He was a Scottish physiologist and organic chemist. He died in North Berwick on 20 March 1950. He did not marry and had no children. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Old Travel Blog Photograph Of Gilmour Family From Govan Glasgow Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Gilmour family from Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The ancestors of the Gilmour family lived among the Strathclyde Briton people in the Scottish and English Borderlands. It is a name for a devotee of the Virgin Mary. Looking back further, we find the name Gilmour was originally derived from the Gaelic Gille Moire, which means follower of Mary. Gilmore is most often, even in England, an anglicised form of the Scots gaelic name Gille Moire or the Irish names Mac Giolla Mhuire and Mac Giolla Mhir.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Horses And Riders Agricultural Show Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of horses and riders at an Agricultural Show in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. An agricultural show is a public event exhibiting the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture and animal husbandry. They are an important part of cultural life in small country towns, and a popular event in larger towns and cities. Shows range from small events in small country towns usually lasting two days. The first known agricultural show was held by Salford Agricultural Society, Lancashire, England, in 1768.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Women Walkers Goatfell Island Of Arran Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of women walkers seated on a boulder on the slopes of Goatfell mountain on the Island of Arran, Scotland. Goat Fell is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. The name is believed to mean either Mountain of Wind, from the Gaelic gaoth, or Goat Mountain, from the Norse geita.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Kilmodan Church Scotland

Old photograph of Kilmodan Church and cemetery in Glendaruel, Cowal, Argyll, Scotland. Glendaruel is thought to be one of the glens praised in the Gaelic poem The Lament of Deirdre,in which reference is made to a Glenndaruadh. It is found in the 15th-century Glenmasan manuscript, which may go back to an original written down in 1238. Deirdre is a tragic heroine in Irish mythology, and in the poem she is lamenting the necessity of leaving Scotland to return to Ireland. There are several sculptured gravestones in the parish churchyard of Kilmodan. The sculpturing consists of a monk in the attitude of prayer, a knight in full armour, skull crossbones, and various other objects, partially obliterated. They were removed at various times from the old burying ground of St Modan. The nine sculptured slabs of medieval date are now on display in a small building at the SW corner of the churchyard.



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