Caledonia wis a name the Romans gied Scotland, efter the Caledonii tribe an is the personification o Scotland as a heroic wumman... jist as weel really cos she's yin o the few wummen ye'll find oan the frieze... that's Victorians fer ye... In here fer pages aboot the frieze itsel, an a wee tune fae Dougie Maclean fer ye tae hum or whistle as ye go roond... quietly tho, it is an art gallery efter aw... *smiles...* Caledonia. Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Romans to the land in today's Scotland north of their province of Britannia, beyond the frontier of their empire. The etymology of the name is probably from a P-Celtic source. Its modern usage is as a romantic or poetic name for Scotland as a whole, comparable with Hibernia for Ireland and Britannia for the whole of Britain. Original usage[edit] The original use of the name, by Tacitus, Ptolemy, Lucan and Pliny the Elder, referred to the area (or parts of the area) also known as Pictavia or Pictland north of Hadrian's Wall in today's Scotland.[1] The name may be related to that of a large central Pictish tribe, the Caledonii, one amongst several in the area and perhaps the dominant tribe, which would explain the binomial Caledonia/Caledonii.
The north-west ridge of Schiehallion - the "fairy hill of the Caledonians" There are other hypotheses regarding the origin of Caledonia (and Scotia). Location[edit] Modern usage[edit] See also[edit] Notes[edit] Take your place in history web.pdf. Take Your Place in History − Portrait Gallery Supporters − Support Us. Oxford DNB: Faces of Scotland. Dougie MacLean - Caledonia. Caledonia (song) For other songs known as "Caledonia", see "Jamie Raeburn", "Canada-I-O".
For the jump blues song, see "Caldonia" Caledonia is a modern Scottish folk ballad both lyrics and music written by Dougie MacLean in 1977,[1] the term "Caledonia" itself being a Latin word for Scotland. The chorus of the song features the lyric "Caledonia, you're calling me, and now I'm going home".[2] MacLean plays the song in the key of E using Open C tuning with a capo on the 4th fret. He wrote it in less than 10 minutes on a beach in Brittany, France,[3] feeling homesick for Scotland. He said: “I was in my early 20s and had been busking around with some Irish guys.
I was genuinely homesick. "Caledonia" was first recorded by its writer Dougie MacLean and published in his 1979 album that also carried the title Caledonia.[5] The original was performed on the album by MacLean and Alan Roberts. The song became the most popular of all MacLean's recordings and something of an anthem for Scotland.[6] Charts. Song Lyrics : Caledonia (Dougie MacLean) Caledonia Dougie MacLean I don't know if you can seeThe changes that have come over meIn these last few days I've been afraidThat I might drift awaySo I've been telling old stories, singing songsThat make me think about where I came fromAnd that's the reason why I seemSo far away today Oh, but let me tell you that I love youThat I think about you all the timeCaledonia you're calling meAnd now I'm going homeIf I should become a strangerYou know that it would make me more than sadCaledonia's been everythingI've ever had Now I have moved and I've kept on movingProved the points that I needed provingLost the friends that I needed losingFound others on the wayI have kissed the ladies and left them cryingStolen dreams, yes there's no denyingI have traveled hard with coattails flyingSomewhere in the wind © 1982 Plant Life Music Ltd Thanks to Derek Kilgour for submitting these lyrics.
Robert Burns - Caledonia. HEADS UP | A National Galleries of Scotland blog | Page 2. The nature of the length of exhibition labels means that only certain aspects about an artwork can be relayed in the physical display environment. After writing the labels for one of the Portrait Gallery’s re-opening exhibitions, Playing for Scotland, I am now searching around for connections with collections on display in the other new Portrait Gallery exhibitions. These correlations can initially be extraneous but on reflection bring together seemingly disparate subjects. Sport, particularly football, played an important part in the First World War. In 1918 The Field magazine reported: ‘the spirit of sport, has become one of the most distinctive marks of the British Army and it will be a task worthy of the greatest historians to record what this sporting spirit has done, not only for the British Army, not only for the British Empire, but for the whole civilised world during the present war.’
William Beardmore, Baron Invernairn (1856-1936). Like this: Like Loading... New statue at the Portrait Gallery. SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY ‘MAKES HISTORY’ WITH STUNNING NEW SCULPTUREAlexander Stoddart: Making History documents the fascinating process behind the creation of History, a new monumental sculpture recently installed on the exterior of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Made by Alexander Stoddart, who was appointed Sculptor in Ordinary to The Queen in Scotland in 2008, the sculpture is a representation of ‘History’, or Clio, one of the nine muses, the daughters of Zeus, who in Greek mythology inspired learning and the arts. The new sculpture adorns the apex of the entrance to the Gallery and replaces the original figure of ‘History’ by the sculptor William Birnie Rhind (1853 – 1933) which weathered beyond repair and was later removed. Stoddart’s new figure is cast in aluminium, stands almost two metres tall and weighs 85 kg. Photo courtesy of National Galleries of Scotland John McKenzie.