Author Archives: Ian Adamson

“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis” – Inferno:The Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri A wonderfully arcane and self-contradictory article has appeared recently on the Internet. It is an unpublished paper … Continue reading →

Glasgow is the modern form of the ancient Cumbric , Old British or Brittonic  name Glas Cau, meaning “Green Hollow” (Glas-gau in Cymric or Modern Welsh). possibly referring to the area of Molindar Burn where Glasgow Cathedral now now stands. The later … Continue reading →

This year 2017 is the 1500th Anniversary of the birth of Comgall, venerated as the Father of Monks by the Protestant, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches and a significant figure in our Common Identity. Originally a soldier and not … Continue reading →

Continued from Part 2: Last of the Belgae The British invasion was to be a Pyrrhic victory for Caesar. In 54 BC Ambiorix brought together an alliance of Belgic tribes, the Eburones, Manapii, Nervii and Atuatuci allied to local German … Continue reading →

The Gallic Wars Gallia       On Wednesday 30th June 2010, our Somme Pilgrimage took us from Arras on a full day’s tour into Belgium. On the road to Ieper (Ypres) I had the opportunity to tell our group of … Continue reading →

Second Lieutenant J.R.R. Tolkien Part 1: The Two Heroes On Tuesday 29th June 2010, the Somme Association took 47 senior politicians and general public from Northern Ireland to visit the Battlefields of the Somme prior to the Ceremonies at Thiepval, … Continue reading →

Your Honour the Mayor, Baroness Paisley, Aldermen , Councillors, Chief Executive and Distinguished Guests, It is a great privilege to attend this historic function and on behalf of my friend and colleague in Pretani Associates, Captain Mrs Helen Brooker and myself … Continue reading →

Set as Ulster is at the North Eastern corner of Ireland, facing Britain across a narrow sea and separated from the rest of Ireland by a zone of little hills known as Drumlins, the characteristics of her language and people … Continue reading →

RMS Cymric at Liverpool with tender SS Magnetic The Cymric Project is an initiative which aims to incease knowledge of the oldest languages of Britain and Ireland focusing on such prominent Ulster people of Welsh descent such as E Estyn Evans and … Continue reading →

The first writer to use a form of our name was the Greek explorer and geographer Pytheas in the 4th century BC. Pytheas referred to Prettanike nesoi, Πρετανικαι νησοι, a group of islands off the coast of North-Western Europe. In the 1st century … Continue reading →