Johnnie Gallacher
jgallacher.bsky.social
Johnnie Gallacher
@jgallacher.bsky.social
Author of "Scotland's Turmoil, 1500-1707". Out September. 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Galway 📍.
Scotland’s Turmoil - books have arrived from the printer! PUBLICATION 16th SEPTEMBER!!
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September 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Today I visited Clonmeen cemetery where Hebridean warlord Alasdair MacColla 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 was buried following the Battle of Knocknanuss 🇮🇪 in 1647. The story of how this MacDonald clansman from the Inner Hebrides ended up in the south of Ireland is both fascinating and harrowing.
September 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Flattered that my book Scotland's Turmoil - which comes out in around a fortnight - will be the first book published by Lexus Books' new imprint Historia. Here's to it being the first of many! 🥃
August 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
CONTROVERSY LAND. Another one for the funny Irish placenames list. Up there with Step Aside and Clutter Land.
August 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Another family day out. Had a lovely time at Athlone Castle 🏰, even if anti-immigration protesters tried to siege the castle (no joke!). Hats off to Heritage Week for free entry, and to the Society for Creative Anachronism for historical reenactment - the medieval lathe shown was fantastic.
August 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM