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18 de jan. de 2018 · St Giles' Cathedral, also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh, was founded in the twelfth century and has played a key role in Scotland's history. These three quirky facts concern a dog, a missing bone and the oldest aisle... The missing bone. Up until the time of the Reformation, a part of St Giles himself reportedly lived in the cathedral ...
Albany has a rich history dating back more than 400 years. When Henry Hudson arrived in 1609, the area was already home to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and the Dutch had established a trading post. In 1797, Albany became the official capital of New York State. Since then, Albany has been a center for banking, railroads, and international trade.
Scotland. Alba, the kingdom formed by the union of the Picts and Scots under Kenneth I MacAlpin in 843. Their territory, ranging from modern Argyll and Bute to Caithness, across much of southern and central Scotland, was one of the few areas in the British Isles to withstand the invasions of the Vikings. The ancient link with Ireland (from ...
New Scotland Spirits. is the culmination of a childhood ambition: distilling spirits from grains grown in the very fields on which New Scots gather to watch Memorial Day fireworks. Though founded in 2016, our story begins three decades earlier, in a Kindergarten classroom composed of the same faces who stare out from the pages of the senior ...
The song describes the story of Gordon McKenzie and his family home, Albany, which was a symbol of pride for the people in the Highlands. Gordon's jealousy-fueled brother killed him, but the legend says that a golden eagle still nests in the tower of Albany. Later, the English king destroyed the house to show his power over the Highlanders.
By 1774, Albany County was the most populated county in colonial New York with over 42 thousand settlers. In 1790 the federal government conducted its first comprehensive census, and Albany County was still the most populous county in New York State, with 75,921 inhabitants. By 1800, Albany County had shrunk significantly in size and population ...
ALBANY, duke of, a title formerly given to a prince of the blood-royal of Scotland,—Albany, Albion, or Albinn, being the ancient Gaelic name of North Britain, and until the time of Caesar the original appellation of the whole island. The Scottish Highlanders denominate themselves ‘Gael Albinn,’ or Albinnich, or Albainach.
