Scotland

Scotland

The 2 main cities are:

Typically Scottish

National Holidays

Failte gu Alba.

Whisky

Welcome to Scotland.

In Scotland, on average, three drams of The Famous Grouse are drunk every second.

Gaelic is Scotlands

second offical language

English Gaelic

Whisky means water of life in Gaelic

Welcome Fàilte

Map of Scotland

Hello Halò

Inventions and

Discoveries

Good morning Madainn mhath

Good afternoon/evening Feasgar math

Good night Oidhche mhath

Health! Slainte!

A brief history of Scotland

Television

Bagpipes

Football!

Facts:

The first scots arrived 10,000

years ago from Europe

Scots.

In 80 AD, the Romans tried to invade scotland but failed due

to the extreme conditions and strength of the picts and scots tribes.

John Logie Baird

They lived in Crannogs (above)

Kilts and Tartan

Telephone

Hadrian's wall was created in AD 122 to keep out the rebels. It can still be visited today.

The motto of Scotland is

"Nemo me impune lacessit"

"Nadie me ofende impunemente"

Kilts are worn today at traditional functions,

weddings, Ceilidhs (dances) and first communions

After the Roman's

the Vikings came

Around 843 AD, the Scottish wars of independence against the English began.

In 563, Saint Columba an Irishman

brought Christianity to Scotland and Britain for the first time.

Saint Patrick the famous Irish saint

was born in Scotland.

Penicilin

Comedy show, explaining

the Scottish language

into clear English

Edinburgh

Glasgow

The bones of Saint Andrew were brought to

the north coast of Scotland in 733.

During this time, England invaded raped and pillaged many towns in Scotland. Banning the bagpipes and other forms of Scottish Culture

Rangers

Celtic

They left behind a

cultural legacy

It is seen on coins.

Alexander Graham Bell

Tartan patterns represent

different Scottish Families.

Famous Scots

He is a national hero

and there is a monument to him

near the city of Stirling

During the time, William Wallace

decided to fight back.

• Scotland has a wet climate
• In summer temperatures can reach 25+ c
• In winter, -20 c

Radar

Wallace's death inspired another Scottish hero,

Robert the Bruce.

Dr Alexander Fleming

Rangers since their founding prohibited

Catholic Players. Only allowing them in the late 80s

In 1314, Bruce led the Scots

to victory over the English

at Bannockburn. Scotland had at

at last achieved its freedom.

Football is Scotland's passion.

It divides the nation. Celtic fans are Catholic.

Rangers fans are Protestant.

Population : 5.1 Million

on 11th of September 1297, he defeated the English

at the battle of Stirling bridge.

He was captured and killed in 1305

Raincoat

Hogmanay

St Andrew's day - 30th November

Castles

Elizabeth I died without children in 1603,

The next in line to the empty English Throne

was the Scottish James VI.

Mary-Queen of Scots, the Catholic Queen

had to flee the country. She married the Frence Dauphin

François II, He became the King of Scotland and France for little over a year in 1559.

In 1560, John Knox started

the Scottish Reformation

and break from Catholicism

Sir Robert Watson-Watt

However, Celtic's most successful

manager was Jock Stein - A Protestant

Celtic enjoy a better reputation

than Rangers

There are around 770

Castles in Scotland

Sadly François II died in 1560 with no children. Mary left for England to stay with her Cousin Elizabeth the 1st. Elizabeth Beheaded Mary.

The Loch Ness Monster

There are 3 official languages:

English, Scots and Gaelic.

Golf

It was a period of Violence

in which many priceless artworks

and churches were burned,

and Catholics murdered.

He united both the Kingdoms of Scotland and England when he became King of both countries.

This photo was

taken in 1934

In 2003, Celtic played in the UEFA cup final.

Burns supper night

25th of January

Celtic were the first British team

to win the European cup in 1967

against Inter Milan

Charles Rennie-Macintosh

Eilean Donan Castle

The 19th and 20th centuries brought heavy industry

to Scotland. Glasgow was named the 2nd city of the Empire. Many immigrants fleeing famine in Ireland and others from Italy Poland and Lithuania arrived.

The 2 parlaiments were not joined

until the Act of union of 1707.

Modern Tyres

The Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th Century was full of scientific and intellectual achievements. Thinkers such as Adam Smith, David Hume and poets such as Robert Burns.

Lochs

On the 25th of Jan,

Haggis is eaten.

Our national dish.

First extensive knowledge of

Africa

Many Scots were angry at the union,

many left for the new lands of Australia, America.

Others joined the "Jacobites" and led by

Bonnie Prince Charlie tried to stop it. It failed however.

However, the efforts of two world wars, used resources and Scotland fell into poverty, only to recover around the early 60's.

80,000 fans travelled, 0 arrests.

Loch ness is 230 m deep

Scots were one of the most literate nations at that time

with a literacy rate of 75%.

Scotland's most famous

Poet - he wrote Old Lang Syne

It is a sheeps stomach,

containing its heart, lungs and liver mixed with cereals.

Today, Scotland is still a nation with a sense of history

and a sense of the future. It is multi-cultural with new

immigrants from Pakistan, China and Indian.

Full Independence seems unlikely any time soon.

Billy McNeil was the Captain.

He comes from my town - Mossend

The Saltire

John Boyd Dunlop

Today, Scotland has it's own Parlaiment once more,

This was created in 1999 after Scots felt used by high taxes

of the British Government.

Alex Salmond

Loch Lomond near Glasgow

David Livingstone

It cost £414 Million. formally opened in 2004

It was designed by a spanish architect - Enric Miralles

First cloned animal

Dolly the Sheep.

Flower of Scotland

Roslin Institute

in Edinburgh