There is an emerging trend to use the term Caledonia to describe New Caledonia in English, which reflects the usage in French of Calédonie (where the full name is La Nouvelle …

The earliest settlers arrived in Ireland around 9500 BC, following the slow Ice Age thaw and a gradual process of rehabitation of the British Isles. Remnants of their presence are still …

He advanced into Caledonia and won a victory against the Picts at Mons Graupius, the site of which is unidentified but was not south of the approaches to the county of Banff. He even …

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The Caledonians, or first inhabitants of Scotland, are considered to have been the same as the Picts, and mixed with Cimbrians (or Britons) and some of the Milesian Scots from Ireland. The …

Open Irish rebellion ends in Partition and the creation of a Republic of Ireland covering most of the island. The Protestants of Ulster secure a separate regime which continues their links with …

Nov 12, 2025 · Information about Caledonia during Roman times. The northern region of Great Britain comprising present-day Scotland was known by the Romans as Caledonia, after a local …

The name is an exonym: the Ancient Greeks and Romans knew their territory as Caledonia and used the term vaguely to reference its inhabitants. The Caledonians were initially considered …

The future of the union is said to rely on the willing participation of the people of Scotland, Wales, England, and Northern Ireland to want to remain part of it.

Much of Ireland, including the majority of Munster, now falls under the control of the kings of England.