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From: "Cecelia M. Johnson-Baguley" <>
Subject: A Bit of History....
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 20:54:31 -0400


For those who are interested...........
The ancients referred to Ireland as "Scotia Major"
and Scotland (an ancient colony of Ireland) as "Scotia Minor".

The following Internet addresses make for a good read on
ancient Ireland/Scotland history:

The Lebor Gabala Erren
http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/lebor.htm

Variant Irish Readings - Lebor Gabala Erren
http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/lebor2.htm

The Scottichronicon - John of Fordun
http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/fordun.htm

Historiam Britonum - Nennius
http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/nennius.htm

Chronicle of the Picts & Scots - author unknown
http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/picscots.htm

The Life of St. Cadroe - Colgan
http://members.aol.com/lochlan4/cadroe.htm

Septs of the Cinel Eoghainn
http://members.aol.com/lochlan/clanmac.htm

The High Kings of Ireland
http://members.aol.com/lochlan/clangen.htm

The Milesian Legends
http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/legends.htm

Enjoy yourselves
;-) Cecelia

Cecelia M. Johnson-Johnson
405-114 South May Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P73 6M4

What a tangled weave our ancestors wove
And how many tales are yet to be told....

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