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Southeast Celtic Society The 9th annual Southeast Alabama Highland Games & Celtic Festivalwill be held on October 24, 2026 in Daleville, Alabama!

The Twisted Kilt Society is an organization of Celtic supporters that founded the Southeast Alabama Highland Games. But many have asked what the Society is. Well, the TKS is a collection of individuals who enjoy comradery and kilts. In January of 2012, a couple of friends started a little group on Facebook to encourage a friend to wear his kilt in public. What began jokingly as three guys meeting

around the city for dinner began to grow as more and more guys proclaimed they had kilts and wanted to join in. With each outing, more people became aware of the group and began to join on Facebook. When the TKS began, it was a fun time to all those who joined in. To us, it was just a fun way to get together. Since those first meetings in Dothan, Alabama, it has grown from a group of locals and has expanded into a multi-state, as well as international organization spanning multiple continents, that enjoys a good pint down at the pub. We all enjoy fun and frivolity, and as the name suggests, gatherings are "no pants allowed" (now any knuckle-head that shows up seriously not wearing ANY bottoms, well, we get to point and laugh). Just a lazy excuse for us to get together and wear our kilts out and about. This event has in recent years grown past the scope of the TKS and has become its own entity. We at the SEAHG are proud to be able provide the Wiregrass with a family friendly way to experience, celebrate and promote Celtic- Gaelic education and history as well as a world class athletics competition.

23rd April is the National Day of England and the Feast Day of St. George.Patronage: St. George is the patron saint of s...
05/23/2026

23rd April is the National Day of England and the Feast Day of St. George.

Patronage: St. George is the patron saint of soldiers, chivalry, scouting, England, Catalonia, and numerous cities across the globe.

The Legend: He is most famous for the legendary tale of slaying a dragon to save a princess, a myth popularized during the Middle Ages. Symbolically, the dragon represents the triumph of faith over the powers of evil.

05/16/2026

On this day:

16 May 1823: The death in France of Grace Elliott, the renowned Scottish society beauty and courtesan who witnessed at first hand the French Revolution

05/13/2026

On this day :

One of the defining moments in English history occurred on May 12th, 1215, when the Barons presented King John with an ultimatum demanding that he recognize their established rights as Englishmen. The king had no alternative but to agree, and 34 days later, in a ceremony at the Thames water-meadow called Runnymede, he signed the document that set out the rights of Englishmen and his commitment to uphold them. It came to be known as Magna Carta, the Great Charter.

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05/10/2026

I sent out some vendor applications a week or so ago. if didnt get one or you want to be a vendor...email me [email protected]
we have early bird prices for our vendors this year.
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05/06/2026

On This Day - 6th May

6–12 May - The Battle of Edington, a village in Wiltshire. The arrival of a Danish great army in East Anglia in 865 marked the start of a new phase of Viking attacks on Britain. Previously, the Vikings had come to raid and settle around the coast, but this force came to conquer. Only the victory of Alfred the Great against the Viking Guthrum the Old saved Anglo-Saxon independence. Guthrum was forced to withdraw from Wessex and agree to the division of England.

2023:The coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey, the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned there since 1066. Coronation timetable - Procession departure from Buckingham Palace at 10:20am to arrive at Westminster Abbey, shortly before 11:00am for the 2 hour service. Procession of King Charles III and Queen Camilla back along Whitehall and The Mall, to Buckingham Palace, a distance of 1.42 miles. In 1953, the route for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was more than four miles long and it took 45 minutes for the whole procession to pass a single point.

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05/06/2026

On This Day - 5th Of May :

1215: Rebel barons renounced their allegiance to King John; part of a chain of events that led to the signing of the Magna Carta.

1964: The Council of Europe declared 5th May as Europe Day, an annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe.

1988: Adele (38th Birthday - born 1988): British pop-rock singer known for "Rolling In The Deep".

Michael Palin (83rd Birthday - born 1943): British comedian and actor.

John Rhys-Davies (born 1944): Welsh actor, known for Sliders and Lord of the Rings.

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04/30/2026

On this day in Scottish History:

April 30th
On this day in 1873, David Livingstone, the renowned Scottish missionary and explorer, died. Born in Blantyre, Livingstone was famed for his exploration of central and southern Africa. He was the first European to see Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The mysterious whereabouts of Livingstone in Africa became the subject of the famous search by Henry Morton Stanley.

James Montgomery, the Scottish poet and hymnwriter, died on the 30th April 1854. He was the author of many well-known hymns, including ‘Lift Up Your Heads Ye Gates of Brass’, ‘Hail to the Lord’s Anointed’ and ‘Angels From the Realms of Glory’. Montgomery’s poems include ‘The World’ and ‘The Wanderer of Switzerland’.

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On this day in British History courtesy of: beautifulbritain.co.uk1667: The blind, impoverished John Milton sold the cop...
04/27/2026

On this day in British History courtesy of: beautifulbritain.co.uk

1667: The blind, impoverished John Milton sold the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.

1749: The first official performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London. It finished early due to the outbreak of fire, but Handel stuck to his conducting, whilst the audience ran for their lives!

1840: The foundation stone for the new Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace) was laid by the wife of the architect Sir Charles Barry.

1992: The House of Commons elected a woman to the post of Speaker for the first time. She was Betty Boothroyd, the 62-year-old Labour MP for West Bromwich.

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04/27/2026

On this day in Scottish History:

April 27th
James Bruce, the Scottish explorer, died on this day in 1794. Bruce became the first European to discover Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, in 1770. His experiences were described in the classic “Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile”, published in 1790.
On this day in 1296, the Scottish army was routed in the Battle of Dunbar by Edward I, King of England. Hostilities started when the King of the Scots, John Balliol, renounced his allegiance to the English Crown. The battle became known as the “Dunbar Drave”.

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Best selling books in England this week:
04/24/2026

Best selling books in England this week:

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The  #4 song on the Ireland Music Charts this week:
04/22/2026

The #4 song on the Ireland Music Charts this week:

We wrote Killeagh for Fitz’s old hurling team when they made a final, he would still be playing if it wasn’t for the band.Cork - 6th November 2024Listen to K...

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