Aberfoyle, Stirling
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Aberfoyle is a village in the historic county and registration county of Perthshire and the council area of Stirling, Scotland. The settlement lies 27 miles north of Glasgow.
The main street in Aberfoyle
An old milepost near Craigmaddie House. Notice the spelling of Aberfoyle.
Visit the grave of the Rev Robert Kirk at the Old Kirk in Aberfoyle
Robert Kirk (folklorist)
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Robert Kirk was a minister, Gaelic scholar and folklorist, best known for The Secret Commonwealth, a treatise on fairy folklore, witchcraft, ghosts, and second sight, a type of extrasensory perception
Aberfoyle, Stirling
…during her short reign, particularly in 1547, where she felt safe from the English Army. However, the most local historical figure is the Reverend Robert Kirk, born in 1644. It was the Rev. Kirk who provided the first translation into Scottish Gaelic of the Metrical Psalms and then the whole Christian Bible…
Kirk was minister at Balquhidder until 1685.
Secret Commonwealth Manuscript Title Page
Robert Kirk's grave stone in Aberfoyle, Scotland
Epitaph on Robert Kirk tombstone, Aberfoyle Old Burial Ground, Scotland