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UK/Irish History Feature Writer: Joseph Allen McCullough

Sometime before the start of the first millennium AD, the Celtic people of Western Europe took to boats and settled the two islands later known as Britain and Ireland. Since that time, the history of these two islands has been interconnected. The Irish invaded and created Scotland. The Norman British later returned the favour and launched an invasion that started centuries of fighting that lead to the political division of Ireland today.

Amidst this constant fighting, the two island have produced many of history's biggest names: King Arthur, St. Patrick, Henry VIII, Shakespeare, Thomas Moore, Duke Wellington, Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill, and so many more.


Feature Writer Articles in UK/Irish History

 		The Execution of Earl of Strafford 1641
In 1641 the newly summoned Parliament launched an indirect attack against King Charles I, by executing one of his most loyal lieutenants for treason.
The New Model Army 1645
In 1645, the English Parliament ordered the creation of a New Model Army under the command of Thomas Fairfax. The army got its first major test at the Battle of Naseby.
The Battle of Newburn 1640
Against the advice of many, Charles organized another English army in 1640 to go and fight the Scottish Covenanters.
The Short Parliament of 1640
In 1640, Charles I called his first Parliament in eleven years. Instead of getting the funding he wanted for war with Scotland, he got an ear-full of English indignation.
The First Bishops' War 1639
In the wake of the Prayer Book Crisis, the Scottish Convenanter army marched to England. Charles I formed his own rag-tag army to meet them in the first of two Bishop's W
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Contributing Articles in UK/Irish History

 		Will Sommers Jester to King Henry VIII
Will Sommers, jester to King Henry VIII of England, had the most unusual but also the most taxing task at the court of his royal master.
Edinburgh's New Town
Built in around fifty years, Edinburgh's New Town, part of the city's World Heritage Site, is probably the largest expanse of Georgian architecture in the world
Pictish Stones in St. Vigeans, Angus, Scotland
Ancient Pictish carved stones and remnants have been laser cleaned and are now on display in the renovated museum at St. Vigeans in Angus, Scotland.
Insight into 1798 Irish Rebellion
A short 1798 Irish Rebellion may have set the stage for Ireland's warring factions during the next two centuries. Sir Richard Musgrave gives one perspective.
The Journey from Old English to Modern English
Political, social, and religious influences have combined to change the ancient Germanic Old English language to the multilingual and diverse English tongue we know now.
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