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@gearoidantoineomaolain3285

Жыл бұрын

Your documentary about the Irish Citizen Army Volunteer James Connolly is excellent. However your statement regarding the Irish (Famine) Genocide 1840 to 1860; is not accurate; It was not a Potato Famine but a Genocide planned in the smoking rooms of London, England and implemented in Ireland; resulting in the extermination of over Six Million Irish People through enforced homelessness and starvation. While Irish Men, Women and Children Rest In Peace; starved to death; the English/British army shipped all the food out of Ireland; included in these foodstuffs were:- Beef and Livestock, Pork and Livestock, Poultry and Poultry Produce, Grain, Wheat, Bread, Flour, Parsnips, Parsley, Onions and Onion Seeds, Butter, Cheese, Milk, Fish, etc, Ale, Beer, Stout, Cider, Wine, Whiskey, Brandy, Vodka, Gin, etc. Some Irish People managed to Emigrate; but others drowned aboard what were known as "Coffin Ships" which were unworthy sea vessels under the Command of a drunk Captain; these ships would break up out at sea; there are reports of some of these "Coffin Ships" breaking up near the departing docks in view of the families and relatives; one can only imagine their grief and horror at such a ghastly spectacle.

@olivialaferriere1489

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that 😮

As a dedicated trade unionist and the grandson of an IRA leader, I hold Connolly in the highest esteem. A true Irish hero. Thank you for recording this episode.

@MarkHarrison733

Ай бұрын

He was a Communist.

This is our country Our great great grandparents survived the Irish Holocaust misnamed as "The Famine " hunger ,evictions poverty ,treated as 2nd class citizens in their own country by land grabbers and foreign power

@missk1942

5 ай бұрын

More like 3d class citizens much like the working class in England. It is and will always be a class war, Connelly knew that.

I've ended up here after hearing the words of rhe modern socialist Mick Lynch and proclaiming Connolly as his hero. I am so thankful that men like this existed and still exist today to protect the working men and women who without, industry and society would collapse. I am shocked that I never heard of him before, but at the very same time, given the privilege of those currently in charge that we are not thaught about these people in school. Anyhow, he is definitely one of my new hero's .

@johnboylan3591

2 жыл бұрын

The slaves of the slaves

@johnboylan3591

2 жыл бұрын

Read Connelly`s book Labour in Irish history.

@punchy1325

Жыл бұрын

Where are you from

@patrickquinlan3056

Жыл бұрын

I like the spirit Mick Lynch demonstrates. "A working class hero is something to see. A working class hero is something to be". Lynch and Connelly share the same fire.

@punchy1325

Жыл бұрын

@@patrickquinlan3056 connelly was a rebel and a man of principle willing to give his life for his beliefs micks a bankrupt builder who after losing his fortune turned to politics as an angry man who likes to be heard please don't compare the two it's an insult to James and the men that died by his side

A true great whose writings are as relevant today as they have ever been 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪

A man truly fearless in his pursuit, his death was not in vain. Our day will come.

Michael Collins said James was the only man he would march into hell with. James was on the side of the ordinary working man and woman and dedicated his entire life to improving conditions and wages for them. He saw men and women as equal and for the early nineteenth Century this was a revolutionary idea. God bless you James Connolly a true Irish hero 🇮🇪✊🇮🇪

@johnkeating4221

Жыл бұрын

Collins was a passionate leader of our nation murdered by his own people. The party founded by DeValera is still destroying this country even today.

@freespirit2319

Жыл бұрын

And just look what we have in 'Power' now ? Elitest, greedy and power hungry! They are a disgrace and the sooner ff/ fg are booted out the better..and that so includes the Green party. I would shout it from the top of the GPO if I could Great video thank you!

@karlbarry6004

10 ай бұрын

@@FrancoBegbieT2 all them men that died at 1916 they knew they were going to die for the cause off Irish freedom

@internetual7350

9 ай бұрын

​@@FrancoBegbieT2 Pearse was as committed to the cause as any of them.

@stiofanofirghil1916

9 ай бұрын

Yet he settled for less than the 32 county republic James & the men of '16 died for.. Collins would say anything that made him look good.. He was a selfish charmer who got what he deserved after turning against true Irishmen with British guns.. No way would James had been pro-treaty..

James Connolly was. And still is a true champion of the working class ppl. An Irish hero. 💚🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊

@missk1942

5 ай бұрын

Of all working class people!

Excellent. Whenever I visited Dublin ,I used to walk across Conolly Bridge not even knowing who Conolly was . It is very interesting to learn about what this great man did for Ireland and Irish labor movement . Thank you !

@Mrtalbotf

2 жыл бұрын

That's O'Connell bridge which joins O'Connell street to Westmoreland st, named after Daniel O'Connell, who was also mentioned in the video. Connolly train station is nearby though.

@punchy1325

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 confused much

Long live James Connolly, a true Socialist martyr and hero

Nice pronunciation of all the Irish county and place names. People barely get them right and you got them all right. Nice job

As a Scottish Protestant unionist I found this very interesting as I’m a trade unionist and Labour voter. I believe what Connolly believed in that irrespective of your religion or wither your Unionist or Nationalist you can still be a trade unionist and believe in workers rights.

@ccahill2322

Жыл бұрын

true blue, I am with you there. Well said.

@karlbarry6004

11 ай бұрын

Sure mate loads off Irish hero's were prostant wolfe tones steward parnell and etc all this religion is just propaganda bollix

@wboyle9721

10 ай бұрын

Same here religion does not matter but values rip James connelly

@john-hl5tq

10 ай бұрын

While I agree that your Nationallity, Religion or lack thereof, should have only minimal influence on ones political believes. Since the mid-70s I have been utterlly convinced that to Identify as Scottish and proffess to be a socialist, requires you to lock your brain in a secret underground dungeon...Being Scottish or indeed anything other than English, is not compatible with believing that social change in YOUR country, is conditional on receiving the consent of the English Parliament.

@stiofanofirghil1916

9 ай бұрын

Exactly comrade.. Religion, creed nor colour should never be an issue.. The father of Irish Republicanism, Wolfe Tone, was a Protestant.. Freedom & the rights & betterment of the working class is what matters my good man..

Respect from Liverpool for this great man ✊️🚩💚❤️

@MarkHarrison733

24 күн бұрын

The 97 were killed by Liverpool fans.

All he wanted was fair game for all: religion as rightly so had no place in politics. My sentiments exactly. If I was around then I'd definitely be a supporter. Thank you Mr. James Connolly ❤

James Connolly is my great Uncle, of whom I’m very proud. I’m a socialist too Uncle James…I didn’t fall far from the tree.

@MrResearcher122

2 жыл бұрын

Are you in Scotland?

@jamesduffy1749

Жыл бұрын

Hero

@MrResearcher122

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesduffy1749 Sean Connolly's tribe.

@jimmyfarrell2961

Жыл бұрын

I was a coalminer in every miners house a photo of the Connelly hung on the wall. All my family were republican

@calconolly1839

Жыл бұрын

I think we must be related !

And the fight goes on today led by Mick Lynch and the rail unions following in the footsteps of Connolly.

An odd thirty years ago an Irishman sang (as Irishmen do) about Connolly's fate in a pub in Lahinch while I happened to be there. He sang as if Connolly's execution had happened only the week before. The singer was moved by the song and all of us there present were. I thought then and I still do, that when a man can have such an impact, decades after his demise, he somehow isn't really dead.

Proud too be a distant relative ! Learning a lot about our history!

Hello! Thanks to all that made and brought this vieo to us. This segment of History was, until an hour ago, completely unknown to me. As an southern european citizen, now going to the 57th y/o, nothing was ever taught to me about this as well as other historical matters and facts. Now I can clearly understand Ireland's present. As I know from this hour on, some of its past.

@tonyodonnell8472

Жыл бұрын

a great man- hard worker- visionary of the people- disliked tyranny- wonderful family man- excellent leader-- had a clear vison for ireland- sadly executed by an unjust govt- who had no business being in ireland in the first place- shame on yoi- we will never forget-- RIP james.

@russellmcghee2172

10 ай бұрын

Two sides to every story.

A revolutionary of a special kind a man who saw men and woman as equals stood up for the rights of the working class not to mention the irish uprising and the creation of a free irish state he warned the world about partion and was spot on may you forever rest in eternal peace Oglach James Connolly 🇮🇪

@cravatenoire3269

10 ай бұрын

His Movie available? Tay

@IOTBW

2 ай бұрын

You should be patriotic of your own country

Wonder what the war of independence and Irish society would look like if he had survived 1916

@bushranger51

3 жыл бұрын

It's a great what if, though, and suggests many alternate futures for Ireland.

@Skorzeny00

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenwright8824 Bernie sanders is a multi millionaire sell out.. The Dems fucked him over in the primaries (Hilary then Biden) and he just took it.. They're All compromised and dirty..

@djhouseproject

Жыл бұрын

For certain it would have not have become the Catholic Fundamentalist hegemony that DeValera created . Connolly dreamed of a 32 county socialist Republic of Ireland.

@rosaburgs6019

Жыл бұрын

@@djhouseproject DeValera was such a disappointment and arguably ruined Ireland’s much greater potential

@punchy1325

Жыл бұрын

He would have shot the current day labour party for being traitors that's for sure and he'd definitely wouldn't of allowed the rise of the blueshirts

Thank you so very much for telling the story of the great James Connelly, an Irish martyr, executed by the British for the freedom of Ireland, along with his fellow comrades. He, & they, were true heroes who gave their lives during the long, protracted journey to our eventual freedom from the tyranny of Britian, albeit without the inclusion of The North of Ireland. Also, well done for the perfect pronunciation of Sean MacDiarmada's name. I have just discovered your channel & each profile I have so far watched has been superb in every way. Thank you

@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373

10 ай бұрын

Freedom from tyranny? What about the tyranny of the Catholic Church,? What happened to the socialist movement in Ireland?

“The worker is the slave of the capitalist system, the female worker slave of the slave” James Connolly

@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

3 жыл бұрын

Truer words were never spoken.

@ethanramos4441

3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 true words were never spoken indeed

@HenryRaeburn367

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

James Connolly. What a brave man and so talented. We could do with him today in Ireland. Not like the shower of crooks in politics today. FF/FG. Separate wings of the same Duck. Thanks for a great documentary. 👍🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

These People Profiles are truly excellent. Would you consider episodes on Michael Collins, de Valera and the Easter Rising?

I used to live in the tenement house of James Connelly in the Cowgate. The kitchen window had views of Arthur s seat and Pentland hills

Not potato famine. British induced famine.

@iainadams571

2 жыл бұрын

An Gorta Mor. Genocide.

@colincowdrey1669

Жыл бұрын

Glossed over

@punchy1325

Жыл бұрын

This is something I wish the world would understand and call it like it was a genocide and systematic and was happening for hundreds of years with breaks in between but the ultimate goal was the less irish in Ireland the better it still happens today but instead of starving us out they make it hard economically to push out a generation every now n then they really did just paint the post boxes green and carried on the tradition

Um documentário muito bom! Adoro ler sobre a Rebelião da Páscoa e as músicas irlandesas. Que Pearse e Connolly vivam pra sempre.

You can fully understand why the current leader of the RMT union, Mick Lynch, has publicly stated that James Connolly is his political hero. Lynch possesses the same principled arguements against the same capitalist set up which is not much different to Connolly's day.

Connolly is a real hero of Irish nation....no matter how cruel the brits were at the end of the day an independent Irish Republic was created in 1921...Another hero, M Collins ...The breaking of british empire was starting ....

@dawsonyoyo

2 жыл бұрын

Collins was a counter revolutionary...used British weapons on Irish men also didn't become a Republic until 1948.... with the treaty Collins signed they still had to swear allegnce to the king!

@HenryRaeburn367

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Lloyd George gave Collins no alternative but to agree to the terms and conditions of the treaty of 1921 after weeks of negotiations Lloyd George told Collins if he didn't agree then it was all out war, full British armed forces which would have resulted in countless Irish deaths Collins also knew that he signed his own death warrant, he knew the provisional IRA would never accept the division of Ireland this resulted in the Irish civil war free state troops against IRA who knows what would have happened to Ireland 🇮🇪 if Collins had rejected the treaty 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

@jasondoherty3102

10 ай бұрын

@jamesconnolly1967 provisional Ira your 50 years off on that one 👍

@vonbeedle554

8 ай бұрын

an independent Republic of Ireland created in 1949, which stemmed from a Free State puppet set up in 1921. Neither of which the Irish Republic that the heroes of 1916 and 1919 died for.

@stiofanofirghil1916

5 ай бұрын

@@vonbeedle554 True.. None died for a 26 county Free State, with an oath of allegiance to the British Crown.. But a 32 county republic independent & sovereign..

Very informative film - badly needed.

Countess Markievitz, one of the main members of the IRB was actually the first woman to ever be elected to the British Parliament, which is pretty cool I think

@punchy1325

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescraft2976 anything to hide history it's the British way

@tymanung6382

11 ай бұрын

@@punchy1325 Recent videos uncover English right-wing gov + business covered up unbelievably much worse devastation vs. Indians.

@punchy1325

11 ай бұрын

@@tymanung6382 we know

@jpgduff

9 ай бұрын

​@tymanung6382 It's not a competition, lad. Britain murdered it's way around the world.

@michealjones9863

6 ай бұрын

@@jamescraft2976she would of refused her statue like she refused her seat . Still she is the first elected it should not matter that she said stick it !

Thanks so much for making this, hugely, hugely appreciated. Michael Davitt also had an extraordinary life of achievement as well as Michael Collins.

A great man ; thanks for the documentary. He should be remembered for all of his contributions. Very little of this stuff was taught in secondary school. Too much time on the Punic wars , and other remote events. Worked in the hospital named after him in Blanchardstown , yours truly ; a proud fenian.

Great Job. No either or, he put his neck on the line for his beliefs, he is a hero of the Irish people full stop. I also appreciate his views on religion, chastising people for their faith alienates potential allies.

India owes a great debt to Ireland. It was an Irish poet, Yeats, who promoted Tagore worldwide. And the constitution of the Republic of India is modeled in part on the Irish constitution.

@carthy29

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this, i was unaware of Tagore so i goggled, great to find new info on thst period, i look forward to reading more about him

He is my hero I wish I could have a tenth of his courage

James Connolly a true warrior and organizer of early trade unions.

Another great man 🙏.

James Connolly was a hibs fan god bless him and everything he done 🇮🇪

Lenin rated Connolly "head and shoulders" above others in the socialist movement in Europe. Leon Trotsky recalled the impact the Rising had on him in a letter to James Connolly’s daughter, Nora Connolly, in 1936: “The tragic fate of your courageous father met me in Paris during the war. I bear him faithfully in my remembrance”.

@MarkHarrison733

24 күн бұрын

Trotsky enabled genocide.

I'm from Ireland too, and think Connolly should be remembered for giving his life for the people

Great Irish patriot that will never be forgoten. I wish he was hear today THE STRUGGLE GOES ON☘✊

James was my 4th Great Grandfather on my Mothers Side of the Family. 🍀

James Connolly, A proud Scotsman, Socialist, and commander of the ICA.. The Starry Plough still fies high.

@ccahill2322

Жыл бұрын

Ian Adams, Ian, how many claimed him as a Scotsman when when his dad was collecting horse manure in the Cowgate?

@MrBagpipes

6 ай бұрын

If Connolly was such a proud Scotsman he wouldn't have fought for Ireland.

I think he should be remembered by both, the second was a consequence of the first. He was a great lider of the struggle for the independence of his country and organizer of workers in his country Irland as well as in USA. Thanks for this excelent profile.

Very interesting history lesson! Love From Orlando

Excellent Video. Thank you for making it.

Nationalism, correctly understood and presented, is fundamental to world peace and a cleaner natural environment. Ireland for our Irish People, our nation, our choice. Well behaved foreign tourists and well behaved foreign temporary ESSENTIAL guestworkers should be welcomed 🕊️❤️🙏☘️

James connelly must repected in scotland for his values

Too nice video from excellent historic channel specialist introducing society lives of selected famous historic persons this video about (Games Connolly) story life in this video oenjoyed video. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for this amazing video. It is one of my best life experiences. You are underrated. But don't disheartened you definitely gain success. By the way KZread is your part time or full time

Ordinary beginnings to an extraordinarily end.

For me, it’s the Easter rising that I will remember him mostly of. a child. We’re all taught about the Easter rising in school but we really don’t understand workers rights till we are older.. brave man TAL32

the great james connolly, irish republican and socialist! 👊❤️💙

He was a product of his time when workers really had absolutely No rights .

@MrResearcher122

2 жыл бұрын

His time is now, it seems.

James connelly what a legend

Brilliant video!

God bless this man.

@colincowdrey1669

Жыл бұрын

He was an athiest 😅

A true Scottish Legend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A gift, from my mum, before she died, was a broach, in green, with an image of Mr Connolly. She shared a similar heritage.

“The socialist of another country is a fellow patriot, as the capitalist of my own country is a natural enemy.”- James Connolly

Would love you to do a documentary on the great agrarian revolutionist MICHAEL DAVITT, who wrote about THE FALL OF FEUDALISM IN IRELAND. ☘️

I'm no socialist but James Connolly went down a true hero for the Irish.

I'm here on Easter Sunday 2022 to say that James Connolly's legacy still lives on. Connolly's writing are amazing and worth reading. "Our demands most moderate are, we only want the earth!"

Holdon, connolly was put in first aid shelter yes but he didnt get care for his wounds, it was one of the biggest outrages of irish people after his death.

*Griffiths originally set up Sinn Fein to work for a British-Irish Dual Monarchy, on the Austro-Hungarian model, although he did transition to a Nationalist/Republican political programme fairly quickly.

My ultimate hero....an unselfish person who knew what the hard end of life was like and yet he gave everything and everyone a go...I miss people like him in 2023.He would also say ...Long live places like Ukraine and to hell with tyrants,dictators and scummy empires.

@MarkHarrison733

24 күн бұрын

Ukraine is ruled by a tyrant.

Just found out I'm related to him on Ancestry thought so being my last name is Connolly but ancestry confirmed it!

I think his sacrifice in 1916 along with his comrades set Ireland and if they had not died Ireland would be under British rule regardless of his ideas on politics lot of respect for the man

@MarkHarrison733

24 күн бұрын

The Easter Rising was a complete failure.

Make a michael Collins one aswell. Finally some Irish history 🙌

Davy, please do me a favor and break down the lyrics “The Lonely Banna Strand” or the ballad of Roger Casement. The first stanza of the song are as follows: Twas on Good Friday morning, All in the month of May, A German Ship was signalling, Be yond out in the Bay, We had twenty thousand rifles All ready for to land, But no answering signal did come From the lonely Banna Strand. The song is about the 20,000 rifles bound for Kerry just a few days before the beginning of the Easter Rising in 1916. The actual set date of the the arrival of the rifles was 21 April 1916 just three days before the Easter Rising began, Monday 24 April 1916. Why did the writer of this song mislead us by saying Twas on Good Friday morning, all in the month of May? It is historically inaccurate. Lastly, who wrote this song and music. It’s a hauntingly beautiful melody.

A bloody international hero in every way...the current ireland would have made him sick 🤮 ...his writing is still so relevant in this modern world.

I think its HUGELY sad that this "documentary" is supposed to be a biography of the Great man that was James Connolly... Who in his own words held dear these things... His Family, His Politics and his Football Club... sadly Hibernian FC (the Roman word for Ireland, born out of Little Ireland from St Patricks church, where his parents were married) gets absolutely no mention in this "documentary"? He worked as a ballboy at many games and was there the day the club was founded! Considering on the day that he heard the British were advancing on his position at the Post Office, he heard two pieces of news, one the British were coming, two, Hearts hard beaten Hibs in the Edinburgh derby. Those close to him that day said they did not know which bit of information depressed him more.

34:12 - that footage is not from Dublin in 1913 of the Lockout, it's from Derry in 1969 just before the Battle of the Bogside.

Interesting Irish historical figure

Great man. One of my Father hero's. Now i know a lot more about him, hes one of mine too, along with the men who signed the 1916 proclamation and also the Big fella! IRELAND BELONGS TO THE IRISH 🇮🇪 32 💪

@roryd1888

3 ай бұрын

Strange profile picture if he’s one of your hero’s

@FerdarPleaseSubscribe

2 ай бұрын

James Connolly was a socialist first, irish nationalist second.

@osamaobama

11 күн бұрын

@@roryd1888He was a Nationalist not a international socialist

@roryd1888

11 күн бұрын

@@osamaobama “The day has passed for patching up the capitalist system; it must go. And in the work of abolishing it the Catholic and the Protestant, the Catholic and the Jew, the Catholic and the Freethinker, the Catholic and the Buddhist, the Catholic and the Mahometan will co-operate together, knowing no rivalry but the rivalry of endeavour toward an end beneficial to all. For, as we have said elsewhere, socialism is neither Protestant nor Catholic, Christian nor Freethinker, Buddhist, Mahometan, nor Jew; it is only Human. We of the socialist working class realise that as we suffer together we must work together that we may enjoy together. We reject the firebrand of capitalist warfare and offer you the olive leaf of brotherhood and justice to and for all.”

@roryd1888

11 күн бұрын

@@osamaobama strange he was organiser in the Industrial Workers of the World too. But you must be right. 👍

There is an interview recorded in 1965 with Nora Connolly his daughter which is online.

My name it is James Connelly and freedom is my game, death meant nothing to me when it came i smiled i knew it was forever and for Eire my green isle

The one Socialist who made a difference. God bless Connolly. 🌹

You say he was strapped to a packing-case to be shot! All the books say he was tied to a wicker chair to be shot! Some say he led a botched attack on Dublin Castle and had his ankle shattered! Others say his ankle was shattered by a ricochet from a bullet during the siege of the GPO! Even in death, like other figures from Scottish and Irish history, legend gets in the way of the fact But, what a man! Does anyone know any songs about him My da was from Dublin, born in 1916 and ended up in Edinburgh, almost the reverse! When I took my beloved and sadly now departed partner, a Geordie, to Dublin, we stayed not far from Connolly Station. And she knew who he was!!

Impressively articulate. This makes clear how individual life stories matter. If the ISRP hadn't seen fit to spend Connolly's salary on booze the world would be a different place.

RIP James Connolly (1868-1916)

@San-th9rg

9 ай бұрын

Now THAT makes me weep.

No mention of the penal laws.

His wife was crying as he was about to be executed the next day and he said to her dont cry lilly you will unman me then they strapped him to a chair and put him in front of the firing sqaud he was as brave as they come and as honest and realistic as a man can be when the kids in dublin were starving the preist would bless them conolly went down to the arch bishop and told them there prayers wont feed the hungry he was a realist if him and collins had of survived we wouldn hav had the scandal of the church for dev was for church well connolly and collinsxwere state first

We think we know James Connoly, I don't think we do at least I don't. I've never knew his background. What I did know we're snipets of information. The older I get the less I knew. It's good to see through the propaganda. It would be great if the national archive could bring in a lip reader to transcribe what these men were saying on film, for Irish prosperity. ✌️☘️ 25:18

The leaders of the easter rising heard that connelly was planning his own uprising with the irish citizen army, so they offered his a commanders position etc all i have read most who participated in the rising spoke highly of his leadership

What an amazing man.

Pearse was the leader of the rising

If Connolly was alive today, Varadkar and Martin would not be!

@Backpfeifengesicht45

4 ай бұрын

Explain

The materialist conception of history x base/Superstructure..❤

Hero

Can we please get the Albanian medieval prince Skanderbeg?

I wish his spirit would come back to Scotland,

He was a great socialist and great internationalst !

Socialism - "weeeeeeeeeee!"

@robertoleary5470

3 жыл бұрын

???

My father was born in 1893 ..he meet my grandmother and she had 5 children only 4 survived .. .. my mother was the last child when my grandmother was in her later forties ..so YEAH I am in my famlly massively aware... of all this .. we are a complex people us Irish

@raymondjelich185

Жыл бұрын

Did you mean to write that your grandfather, not your father, was born in 1893?

Please do Michael Collins and Emon DeValera

RIP comrade.

A huge figure in Scotland to this day .