Monthly Archives: December 2013

The Pictish Nation:19 – Chapter 8 (Cont’d)

While S. Buidhe was continuing S. Ninian’s work in Angus, the historical S. Servanus or Serf , even better known by the classical shortening of the Latin name as S. Ser, continued it along the left bank of the Forth … Continue reading

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The Pictish Nation:18 – Chapter 8 (Cont’d)

S. Ninian, however, by his Irish mission, and favoured by the proximity’of Candida Casa to the north-east coast of Ireland, had attracted many pupils to his monastery from among the Irish Picts. ‘n- Aondruim on Mahee Island, Strangford Loch, was one … Continue reading

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Greater Appalachia – A new Pictish Nation – the People of the Cruthin

(Colin Woodard, a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and the Chronicle of Higher Education, is the author of “The Lobster Coast,” “The Republic of Pirates” and “Ocean’s End.” This is  excerpted from his new book, “American Nations: A History of … Continue reading

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