Speckled church

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speckled church: An Eaglais Bhreac, the speckled church, is the Gaelic name for Falkirk, Scotland. Fawkirk menas the ssame in Scots English. One theory is that the name refers to a church building built of many-colored stones. Falkirk was the site of two important battles, In 1298, Edward I of England defeated William Wallce and teh Scottish uprising. In 1746, Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") and his Jacobite rebels defeated a government army.