Monthly Archives: November 2013

Disert is from the Latin deserta, waste-places; but the meaning was enlarged. There is a recorded Church of S. Ninian at ‘Disert’ in Moray, believed  to be at Dyke. The place is no longer known by its first name. Disert, originally, … Continue reading →

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Beyond what has been stated, some ancient names in our present-day speech witness to the to the differences between Gaidhealic and Pictish; and show the Brittonic (Old British) character of the latter tongue. For example, the name of S. Maelrubha … Continue reading →

THE LANGUAGE OF THE PICTS It is desirable to think of the speech which the Picts used, the speech in which Christianity was taught to them. All the scholars who have a practical acquaintance with the topographical names of Pictland … Continue reading →

Patrick Lynch has asked me to contact you regarding our Association’s planned event on Friday the 8th November. This event is ‘An Evening of Remembrance’ to remember the approximately 4000 fallen of the Great War who were from the City … Continue reading →

PICTLAND OF ALBA Albion is the name of Britain preserved by the Greek writers; probably it was taken down from the early shipmasters of the Mediterranean. Ptolemy’s spelling (c. 127) is Alouton, due, very likely, to a copyist’s error. Pliny … Continue reading →

THE PICTISH CHURCH The Church of the Picts originated from the great mission conducted along the east coast of Alba(Pictland) by S. Ninian,a Briton, during some period between the years 400 and 432 A,D. While a native ministry was being … Continue reading →

“A HISTORY of the Nation and Church of the Picts is centuries overdue. Others have contemplated the task; but they shrank from it almost as soon as they began to enter the maze of deliberately corrupted versions of ancient manuscripts, … Continue reading →

With his deep interest in archaeology , Edward Carson orientated towards the Pictish origins of the British people, while, as an Ulster Scot,  James Craig wrote about Dalriada…As a boy my father bought for me The Pictish Nation, its people … Continue reading →

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