Robert 1 was very important in Scottish history. He was the first Scottish king to claim Scotland as a free country. He was very influential in the war against the English. He is a celebrated person in Scotland and in Ireland. He was a key role in making Scotland a free country. Robert 1 was born in the Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire‚ Scotland in 1274. He was the son of Robert the Bruce‚ Earl of Carrick. His mother has a legend around her saying that she kept Robert’s father imprisoned until he agreed
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The Scotsman 13.09.05 [online] http://heritage.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1272&id=192755205 [Accessed 01.02.2012] Noble‚ R (2011) the cultural impact of the highland clearances [online] http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil war revolution/scotland clearances 01.shtml [Accessed 01.02.20012] M. Harper (2003) Adventurers and Exiles‚ the Great Scottish Exodus. 1728 words
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Icelandic Volcano Report Introduction Eyjafjallajokull has recently erupted; this volcanic eruption which happened in Iceland is potentially very dangerous to flights taking place in Northern Europe. Eyjafjallajokull is located on the boundary of the North American plate and Eurasian plate. Eyjafjallajokull is 1600 metres above sea level with ice at its tip. There have been two known eruptions since the time of settlement (874 A.D). The most recent eruption was a relatively small one that happened
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the song “Whiskey in the Jar” famous – and the modern “folk” tradition‚ as well as what goes under the name “Celtic music”. The term “Celtic music” usually combines Irish traditional music with various other traditional musics‚ including those of Scotland and the Shetland Islands; Cape Breton Island‚ Nova Scotia‚ Canada; Wales; the Isle of Man; Northumberland in northern England; Brittany in northwestern France; and sometimes Galicia in northwestern Spain. The term‚ though widely used‚ is eschewed
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Should Scotland be Independent? There has been a wave of nationalistic fever sweeping the country ever since the SNP came to power in 2007. Independence is on their agenda and now there is a referendum set for 2014. But why should we go independent? After all‚ we have been married to England for over 300 years and our country is ‘too poor’ and ‘too wee’ to square up to the economic giants in the global market today and what would happen if the our banks were to self-destruct again
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Research Question: With the upcoming Scottish Referendum‚ how have two Northern Irish newspapers‚ The Irish News and The Belfast Telegraph‚ reported on the issue? Can this portrayal be linked to contemporary unionist and nationalist identity in Northern Ireland? In Autumn 2014 the Scottish people will go to the polls to decide on Scotland’s future independence from Britain. This topic is one which may have direct repercussions on the mind-set and identity of those in Northern Ireland‚ and therefore
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Analyze the reasons for separatism with and/or across national boundaries and discuss its consequences [40 marks] Separatism is the advocacy of a state of cultural‚ ethnic‚ tribal‚ religious‚ racial‚ governmental or gender partition from the larger group. While it often refers to full political secession‚ separatist groups may seek nothing more than greater autonomy. There are four main types of separatist groups – religious‚ ethnic‚ racial and gender. Separatism “with national boundaries” refers
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Pixar has taken a story of a mother and daughter and laced it with magical Scotland tradition. Family always comes first in almost any culture and is the main focus of Brave. Many Scotland Traditions are shown during the film and history is always present. Who doesn’t like a little magic to make a movie interesting. In Brave by Pixar the Scotland culture comes alive in color‚ music‚ and a wonderful story. Introductions are made to a lively crew of characters. Merida‚ the main character is all
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Ireland(Belfast)‚Wales(Cardiff) and Scotland(Edinburgh) has been governed by a Parliamentary system.However‚it is argued that nationalism within the UK is both reactionary and progressive .The simply reason of this statement is that in different parts of UK‚the notion of nationalism has components of both looking towards the future inclusively and progressively but ‚also looking to their past regressively thus hoping to bring back their historical period. Britain and Scotland‚ being among these parts of
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had on the region of North Britain‚ in particular Scotland and the islands surrounding the coast of Scotland. Firstly to be able to fully assess what impact was had‚ one firstly must look at the nature of society and settlement before the Scandinavian invasion. By the end of the Roman occupation in Britain‚ the area that we now call Scotland consisted of many different Kingdoms. There were four distinct groups within the borders that are now Scotland. In the east were the Picts with Kingdom between
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