Is it true Scotland evolved from Ireland & where does the surname, Lynch, come from?
Yes, in part it is true that Scotland ‘evolved’ from the Irish, it was the Scots from Ireland who settled in what is now known a Scotland, and gave it it’s name. The recorded history of Scotland begins in the 1st century AD, when the Romans invaded Britain. The Romans added southern Britain to their empire as the province Britannia. They were unable, however, to subdue the fierce tribes in the north. To keep these tribes from invading Britannia, Emperor Hadrian had a massive wall built across the island from sea to sea. The Romans called the land north of the wall Caledonia, and they called the people Picts–from the Latin piclus, meaning “painted”–because they painted their bodies. Parts of Hadrian’s Wall still stand on the Scottish border. In the 5th century Celtic immigrants from Ireland, called Scots, settled north of the Clyde. The Scots were already Christians when they left Ireland. In the next century St. Columba converted the king of the Picts to Christianity. In the 9th cent
