Edward Bruce - Legacy

Legacy

Edward de Brus has given rise to the perception that there was a strong fellow feeling amongst mediaeval Scotsmen and Irishmen that they had a common enemy in the shape of England. This is reflected in the 1995 Mel Gibson film Braveheart where Irishmen come to join William Wallace in his fight against Edward I. However, it should be remembered that many of Edward Bruce's opponents in Ireland were in fact Irish themselves and Irish vassals of Anglo Normans were even employed in earlier English attempts to subjugate Scotland, such as at the Battle of Falkirk.

Edward de Brus is buried in the churchyard on the Hill of Faughart on the Cooley peninsula near Dundalk, Co. Louth.