Archive for the 'Dean Castle' Category
A Short Narrative of James Howie in Lochgoin’s Sufferings in the Late Persecution
• September 9, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1684, Alexander Shields, Ayrshire, Captain John Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Dean Castle, Fenwick parish, Floak, George Woodburn, Isobel Howie, James Howie (Lochgoin), James Renwick, John Balfour of Kinloch, John Howie (Lochgoin), John Kirkland, John Paton of Meadowhead, Kilmarnock, Lochgoin, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Mearns parish, Renfrewshire, Robert Howie (Floak), Scotland
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Lochgoin, Scotland, Scottish History
The Covenanters and Scottish Football
• October 31, 2010 • 27 CommentsPosted in 24 convention, Abjuration oath, Airdsmoss, Andrew Bruce of Earlshall, Ayrshire, Banishment, Barbados, Blackwood, British History, Captain John Inglis, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darwhilling, David Gemmel, David Hackston of Rathillet, Dean Castle, Dragoons, Ducat Tower, Dykescroft, earl of Kilmarnock, Edinburgh, European history, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, Football, George Wood, George Woodburn, hangman, Hardhill, Hareshawhill, History, Horsehill, Huggincraig Burn, James Robertson, James White, John Boyd, John Fergushill, John Finlay, John Fowler, John Gemmel, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Law, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Nisbet younger of Knowe, John Paton of Meadowhead, John Reid, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lieutenant Nisbet, Little Blackwood, Loudoun Mains, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Meadowhead, Michael Cameron, Midland, Muirside, National Library of Scotland, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Gemmel, Polbaith Burn, Richard Cameron, Robert Bell, Robert Murray, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorn parish, Thomas Wylie, William Wallace, William Wallace of Craigie, William Wylie
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Football, History, Kilmarnock, National Library of Scotland, Off the Ball, Scottish Football, Scottish History, William Wallace