Ebook A Short History of Scotland

In the course of time and events the dynasty of the Argyll Scoti from Ireland gave its name to Scotland, while the English element gave its language to the Lowlands; it was adopted by the Celtic kings 'of the whole country and became dominant, while the Celtic speech withdrew into the hills of the north and north west.» The nation was thus evolved out of alien and hostile elements, Irish, Pictish, Gaelic, Cymric, English, and, on the northern and western shores, Scandinavian.