Scottish History Videos

From Argyll warlord to King of the Isles. From Ardtornish Somerled built his Hebridean Kingdom to become Lord of the Isles and grandfather of several Scottish Clans. Ardtornish Castle is a site he would have known well and Bruce Fummey visits

The history of the MacGregor Clan is colourful. Proscribed for 180 years off and on following the Battle of Glen Fruin. Was it the fault of Clan MacGregor, Clan Colquhoun, or Clan Campbell? Bruce Fummey explains who caused the fall of Clan Gregor.

what happened between Braveheart and The Outlaw King? Bruce Fummey takes you to the site of The Battle of Roslin, one of the most notable battles of the Scottish War of Independence that you never hear about... and hneither Wallace, nor B ruce there

In 1437 James I of Scotland was murdered. Why, and who killed him? Bruce Fummey, takes you round his home town to explain the Royal murder of King James I, Scottish history and international politics in the 15th Century

Somerled Lord of the Isles was King of the Hebrides, but a huge figure in Scottish history. Bruce Fummey tells how the Lordship of the Isles began. Dal Riata needed defending from Viking attacks and Somerled was our King Arthur

Whether you want Real Scottish history or Outlander filming locations, Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey, takes a short trip through the snow to an Outlander location with real Jacobite history, as he tells a story about Lord George Murray

Was MacBeth the last Celtic king in Scottish history? Maybe Malcolm Canmore? Who was the last Celtic king of Scotland and how and why did their reign come to an end? Bruce Fummey traces Scottish history to a key family and turning point in Scotland'

In Scottish American History John Witherspoon was one of the key founding fathers. Bruce Fummey tells of one of the Scots in history, who transformed Princeton, as you find the Scottish roots of a signatory to the Declaration of Independence

Bruce Fummey tells the story of Jock MacGregor VC, MC and Bar, DCM. here's a Canadian hero of WW1 who was undoubtedly a Scottish Hero. Major Jock MacGregor from Cawdor provides us with a tale from Scotlands History

Bruce Fummey looks at the execution of Charles I and how Scottish History fits into The English Civil War. The War of the Three Kingdoms which ended in the Execution of Charles I was very much one of the tales from Scotlands History

Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey visits Burns's Cottage, The Alloway Kirkyard and Brig O'Doon to give a short documentary on the life of Burns.

The causes of the English Civil War were various, but the spark was Scottish. It's final Act was only yards away from it's beginning Tales from Scotlands History

Bruce Fummey, tells some of the Tales from Scotland's History of independence struggles.Scotland's not the only country to have independence struggles and we haven't always been guilt free, but it's worth a look back to see how things have changed

In Birth of Scotland in the Heart of Scotland Scottish history tour guide goes back to Scottish roots to explain why Strathearn is the heart of Scotland

Tam O'Shanter on a Burns Night. This is the closing section of Bruce Fummey's performance of his Edinburgh Fringe show About Tam O'Shanter. You can buy the show in full at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/abouttamoshanter

From Culloden to Princeton, he was a hero of Scottish American History. Brigadier General Hugh Mercer was Jacobite and Scottish American. Tour guide Bruce Fummey tells the story of one of the American Scots who fought twice against Hanovarian Britain

The Jacobite cause came to an end at the Battle of Culloden, but Who was the last Jacobite? Scottish History tour guide Bruce Fummey takes you on a road trip to Braemar to find out...

Without the Bishops who fought Scotlands War of Independence Robert the Bruce may never have even been crowned at Scone. Truth is the links between the church and Scottish independence go back even further than William Wallace and Robert the Bruce

Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey looks at the hey day of the Auld Alliance and the accidental circumstances leading to the marriage of her father James V and her mother Marie de Guise and her succeeding to the throne at six days of age.

Rob Roy MacGregor was many things, but who was the real Rob Roy. Scottish history tour Guide Bruce Fummey takes you on a trip round some of the beautiful places in Rob Roy country as he tells the tale from Scotlands history of Rob Roy MacGregor

King Alexander III of Scotland saved Scottish independence when he was only a ten year old boy. Bruce Fummey, tells a Christmas story, and one of the tales from Scotland's history. This small nation was coveted by monarchs of our larger neighbour

The Auld Alliance ran from late 13th Century, but it was in the early 15th Century that Scotland saved France from England. Scottish history tour guide explains that the motivations were more than just the Auld Alliance.

You will have heard of The Auld Alliance between Scotland and France, but you probably didn't know how it's high point played out on French soil, as they battled the English in the Hundred Years War. The 100 Years War was one of the tales of Scotland

Farquhar Shaw was a Black Watch soldier. A man of renown from a regiment of renown. Bruce Fummey visits the Black Watch Monument in Aberfeldy to discuss Farquhar Shaw and the Black Watch Mutiny.

Saint Columba was the monk who made Scotland. His influence spread from Iona, to the Picts and even Saxon England. If you want to know where Scots came from, you need to know St Columba (Colm Cille)

'Remember the 5th November' they say. Have a bonfire night party! But why are they so keen that we have Guy Fawkes night celebrations? Scottish history tour guide Bruce Fummey sets you a challenge to work out what they're hiding.

Who was Sherlock Holmes? Arthur Conan Doyle was Scottish. Joseph Bell was Scottish. Scottish history tour guide Bruce Fummey takes you round Arthur Conan Doyle's Edinburgh to the homes of Arthur Conan Doyle and Joseph Bell, the real Sherlock Holmes

Scottish history tour guide Bruce Fummey lists seven marriages that made the UK and why. The UK Act of Union didn't happen in a vacuum. From Malcolm Canmore to Queen Anne, the seven key marriages that led to what still seems a disunited kingdom

Bruce Fummey gives a brief history of John Knox. He was genuinely the man who made modern Scotland, though not always intentionally. Not only did he design the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, but changed the culture of Scotland

Womens Education Rights, The Edinburgh 7 and women in Scottish history. Led by phia Jex-Blake these intelligent, determined women fought for the education rights of women and made Edinburgh University the first university in the UK to accept females

James Young Simson was one of the most important doctors in our history. The man who discovered anesthesia was, of course, Scottish. Bruce Fummey visits the statue, the home and the grave of James Young Simpson as he tours Edinburgh to tell the story

Bruce Fummey tells another of the tales from Scotlands history that's often forgotten. The Jacobite rebellion (I prefer uprising) of 1715 ended at Sherrifmuir so they say, but there was more to it than that

B ruce Fummey tells of Ethel tells of Ethel MacDonald. This is another of the tales from Scotlands history that's too often forgotten. The International Brigade contained more Scottish volunteers tha

Bruce Fummey tells one of the tales from Scotlands history of early Scots in Canada. Isobel Gunn and John Fubister were both Scottish people worked for Hudsons bay Company in Canada. For such different people they were very similar.

Bruce Fummey tells tells one of the tales from Scotlands History, that is an early tale from UK history just after the UK Act of Union. Were The UK Act of Union and The Malt Tax Riots inevitable as Scotland was subsumed into England?

Bruce Fummey gives a summary of the life of Lord Thomas Cochrane, the greatest Scottish and British sea captain. A Scottish hero in Chile, Brazil and the Napoleonic wars, yes, but Sir Thomas Cochrane was so much more.

Scottish history tour guide Bruce Fummey tells a tales from the post Jacobite Rebellion life of Jacobite prince then king, Bonnie Prince Charlie. He's the Charles Edward Stewart (Stuart) you've heard of from Culloden. What about the one you haven't.

Bruce Fummey will change your way of thinking about the alliance between Scotland and France. Thhis is one of the best known tales from Scotlands History that everyone has wrong

Bruce Fummey tells of the events and consequences of the wedding of James VI. They were huge for the British Isles. They were particularly important for some poor hapless women on both sides of the North Sea.

Bruce Fummey takes you to Auchterarder old Parish Church to explain the birth of the Free Church of Scotland, it's link to slavery and one of the tales from Scotland's history that is often forgotten.

Bruce Fummey tells of how a boy born illegitimate and poor in a north east Scottish fishing village grew up to become the Prime Minister in the first Labour government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Bruce Fummey tells of the BAttle of Neville's Cross, the capture of king David II of Scotland, the surrender of royal rights by Edward Balliol to Edward III of England and The Treaty of Berwick. One of the tales from Scotlands history oft forgot

Bruce Fummey continues one of the tales from Scotland's history that is often forgotten, with King David II of Scotland, Edward III of England, Edward Baliol and the Battle of Halidon Hill

Bruce Fummey tells more tales from Scotlands history with The Battle of Dupplin Moor, Edward Baliol, David II and Edward III. This is the first in a series of three videos about Scotlands second war of independence

Bruce Fummey ends one of the tales from Scotland's history of Highland Clearances. With the backdrop of the beauty of Skye Bruce tells of the invasion and occupation of this beautiful island

Bruce Fummey continues one of the tales from Scotland's history which has been too easily forgotten amongst the beauty of Skye. The Glendale Martyrs were one of the key links in breaking the chain of Highland Clearance and the move towards land right

Bruce Fummey tells one of the tales from Scotlands history that's oft forgotten. The Crofters Land Wars saw the ending of Highland Clearances and a move towards crofters' rights. The beauty of Skye is captured in this Isle of Skye Scotland

Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey tells one of the saddest tales from Scotlands History of one of Scotland's greatest kings. Did King James IV of Scotland really die at the Battle of Flodden?

Bruce Fummey tells one of the gruesome Tales from Scotland;s History from the WW2 POW camp 21, now called Cultybraggan. The Battle of the Bulge, the great escape and the march on London all led towards a gruesome murder

Bruce Fummey tells of Andrew de Moray in one of the tales from Scotland's History that most folk view from the side of William Wallace. Was Andrew de Moray the real hero of the battle of Stirling Bridge.

Bruce Fummey tells one of the saddest Tales from Scotland's History. The Highland Clearances in Sutherland showed the worst excesses of human insensitivity and loss

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Bruce Fummey lets you travel back in time to ancient Scottish history to visit 5000 year old standing stones and an iron age crannog in Perthshire on the beautiful banks of Loch Tay.

Bruce Fummey tells one of the horror Tales from Scotlands History, where a civil dispute turned into a British army massacre. The Militia Act 1797 led to civil strife then a massacre by British troops.

Bruce Fummey tells the tale of two Scottish brothers in the American civil war. The Campbell brothers story goes from Highland clearances to the civil war battlefield with two brothers creating a tale from American and Scottish history

Bruce Fummey tells one of the Tales from Scotlands History that is often overlooked. King David I of Scotland extended influence beyond the Scotland England border that we'd recognise today. The Battle of the Standard was a turning point.

Bruce Fummey, tells one of the glorious and sad tales from Scotlands history, of the Scottish inventor of the television. Not only did he give the first demonstration of television, but made many other breakthroughs.

Bruce Fummey highlights how the real Macbeth's reign started and finished on the same date. Oh and Shakespeare was talking nonsense.

Bruce Fummey, takes you from pre-history to the modern borders of Scotland in 18 minutes

Bruce Fummey tells one of the tales from Scotlands History that led to the Treaty of Perpetual Peace and ultimately to the United kingdom. But the road to the marriage of the thistle and rose was more thorny than some might realise.

Bruce Fummey tells of James VI of Scotland and one of the most sordid tales from Scotlands history. It's not only a key date in British history, but has implications for Scottish American history.

Bruce Fummey tells Tales from Scotland's History and gives some tips for a history road trip to the Highlands with some Jacobite clan tales. Let's go on a Scottish history tour!

Bruce Fummey explains the events in the first 'Jacobite rebellion' leading up to The Battle of Killiecrankie and two great songs that followed. Links below to The Corries versions of Bonnie Dundee and Killicrankie.

Bruce Fummey helps you learn scottish history, as he tells the tale of King William of Scotland, one of the key dates in Scottish history and the events leading up to The Treaty of Falaise.

Bruce Fummey tells of a young lad born in Kirkcudbrightshire who became a national hero, or a depending on your nationality. We visit the house and the history of John Paul Jones.

Bruce Fummey helps you learn scottish history, as he tells the tale of King William of Scotland, one of the key dates in Scottish history and the events leading up to The Treaty of Falaise.

Bruce Bruce Fummey tells an intriguing tale from one of the key dates in Scottish history and the intrigues of the parents of Robert the seventh Bruce

From The Wallace Monument in Stirling, Scottish history tour guide Bruce Fummey looks at the behaviour of Robert the Bruce leading up to The Noble's Revolt and Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297.

Bruce Fummey takes you to an unique monument to commemorate Scots who fought in the American Civil War

In They Even Took our Kilts: What Happened After Culloden Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey talks about The Act of Proscription, which was part of the post Culloden crackdown in The Highlands. It wasn't only weapons and kilts that were taken

Bruce Fummey tells the tale of Flora Macdonald after she had helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to France. Flora MacDonald must be one of the best known women from Scotlands past, yet most of us only know about one night of her life.

Bruce Fummey goes to Stirling Castle and Linlithgow Palace to give an introduction to James IV of Scotland, his birth, youth and how he came to the throne. In terms of Men from Scotland's past he is one of the most influential, though easily forgotte

Bruce Fummey tells one of the Tales from Scotlands History and includes one of the men from Scotlands past that's often forgotten. The Battle of Methven

Bruce Fummey links three of the tales from Scotlands History that are too often obscured. At the time of a discussion of Black Lives Matter. The debate about racial justice has often focused on controversial statues

Bruce Fummey talks about the greatest Scottish scientist as he takes a walk round the James Clerk Maxwell route in Edinburgh

Bruce Fummey explains the connection between a royal baby, the Jacobite rebellion, The Union between Scotland and England, Orangemen and Kate Middleton

Bruce Fummey commemorates the death of one of the great men from Scotlands past: our warrior king Robert the Bruce. He traces the last journey of Scotlands outlaw king from his home, to his resting place at Dunfermline Abbey.

Learn About Riots from Scottish History, Scottish history tour guides Bruce Fummey tells one of the tales from Scotlands History which has echos in today's world.

Bruce Fummey relates one of the key events leading to the Scottish reformation in his own innimitable style. Tales from Scotlands History told with a twist. Don't worry all the information's there to learn about Scottish history and smile as well

Bruce Fummey tells a tale from a key date in Scottish history, with events on the same day almost two centuries apart. Dunottar Castle is one of the most dramatic Castles spots in Scotland, Edinburgh Castle is certainly the most famous.

Bruce Fummey gives a potted history of one of the Kings that changed Scotland forever. Undoubtedly one of the great men from Scotlands past, maybe even one who made Scotland, but was he really King David of Scotland?

The Porteous Riots in The Grassmarket, Edinburgh is one of the tales from Scotlands past that is covered in Sir Walter Scott's novel Heart of Midlothian, but what is the background to The Porteous Riots?

Bruce Fummey tells a tale from Scotland's past and the roots of Scottish Wars of Independence. A key dates in Scottish history. The Great debate between Bruce and Baliol. What caused Scottish wars of independence? Robert Bruce 5th lord ofAnnandale

Bruce Fummey talks questions of Scottish independence with one of the most horrific tales from Scotlands past. One of the first actions of the Scottish wars of independence and one of the most brutal massacres in Scottish history.

Bruce Fummey talks about Scottish independence questions, the history of the Stone of Destiny and the inauguration of Robert the Bruce as we discuss history at Scone Palace, at Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland on This Day in Scottish History.

Bruce Fummey explains how the schism in the Scottish church and the Free Church of Scotland led to the founding of Dunedin in New Zealand. An opportunity to smile about Scottish history and learn New Zealand history at the same time

Bruce Fummey, talks Scottish history and Ethel Macdonald. a genuine Motherwell hero , a woman from Scotlands past and volunteer of spanish civil war and one of the Scots of International Brigade . This is one of the stories from Scotlands history tha

Bruce Fummey tells you about King James I of Scotland. The Death of James I of Scotland is one of the duplicitous tales from Scotlands history.

Bruce Fummey tells tales from Scotland's history, about the Glencoe massacre. It's painted as a stain on Scottish history, on Campbell of Glenlyon, or a feud between MacDonalds and Campbells. Involvement went right up to William III and IV

Bruce Fummey has a smile about Scottish history as he tells tales from Scotlands past. We learn about Scottish history and how, on one of the key dates in Scottish history, the murder of John Comyn was a pivotal moment in the Robert the Bruce story

Who named Perth, where is Perth and why was Perth named Perth, how did most remote city in Australia come to be, and are there any similarities between Perth Scotland and Perth Australia? Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey

Bruce Fummey uses some some Scottish humour and history to examine one of the key dates in Scottish history. Smile about scottish history, but learn about Scottish history at the same time. Bruce Fummey talks about the Union in Scottish history

Bruce Fummey tells of the real robinson crusoe from whom Daniel Defoe got the idea for his blockbuster book. We also delve into the shady life of Daniel Defoe in Scotland at one of the key dates in scottish history. The time of The Act of Union 1707

Bruce Fummey tells an unique tale from Scotland's past which takes us from the small village of Muthill Perthshire to the palace in Morocco. One of those stories from Scotlands history that is both heart warming and sad in equal measure.

Bruce Fummey helps you learn about Scottish history as he tells tales from Scotland's history. He talks about the reasons behind James VIs signature of this deed, also known as The Kings Confession, from outside St John's Kirk

Bruce Fummey says a key date in Scottish history was also a key date in the history of newspapers in Scotland. Bruce outlines how the history of education in Scotland and how John Knox changed Scotland links to the birth of The Glasgow Herald newspap

Bruce Fummey tells tales from Scotlands history. He explains why Edinburgh has the One O'Clock Gun with some Scottish history and humour. Do you know how to measure longitude with a clock? Do you know what a Harrison clock is? Bruce Fummey explains t

Bruce Fummey pays tribute to Robert Burns in 25 january tradition in the Poets Bar Kenmore Hotel. He puts Burns in the context of The Scottish Enlightenment

Bruce Fummey gives a brief description of events leading up to the murder of James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray

The great Scottish aviator Captain Eric Winkle Brown was born 21st Jan so Bruce Fummey helps us smile at Scottish history with a tribute to Captain Winkle Brown, one of the men from Scotlands past.