On this day 19th of August 1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlie, raises his standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, igniting the second Jacobite uprising.
Poetry Corner: Here’s Health To Them That’s Awa
Poetry Corner: Aikendrum
28th January 1580 King James VI signed the Confession of Faith.
Poetry Corner:Charlie Is My Darlin
On this day , 31st December in 1720 Prince Charles Edward Stewart, The Young Pretender, was born in Rome.
Poetry Corner: The White Cockade
On this day in 1688 William of Orange landed in southwest England. Protestant statesmen had invited William to come to Britain and rule in place of the Catholic James II.
Poetry Corner: Eriskay Love Lilt
On this day 23 July 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stewart, ‘The Young Pretender’, landed in Eriskay with only seven men.
Poetry Corner
Touring in the West Highlands as I am, nothing would do today but to find poetry about Bonnie Prince Charlie.
