The Scottish Home Children were part of a larger British Home Children program that saw over 100,000 children from the United Kingdom, including Scotland, migrated to countries like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand between 1869 and 1939. These children, often
An Gorta Mor
Ireland had its worst famine in 1845 when a famine called the Great Famine occured. It lasted until about 1850 but the worst years were between 1845 and 1849. One of the causes of the Great Irish Famine was a
The Flatley surname
Flatlety is the shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithfhileadh, an earlier form of Ó Flaitile ‘descendant of the prince poet’. There are more Flatleys in USA (about 800) than there are in Ireland (500) or in the UK (about 150). There are