Re: Currency for Scotland and Ireland May 01, 2008, 6:11 PM In N. Ireland its GBP (Sterling) as in Scotland but Scotland does have its own Â£5/Â£10/Â£20 etc. notes which are legal currency in England as well - though sometimes the English shopkeepers look at you strangely when you try to use them!
The South African War (1899-1902) or, as it is also known, the Boer War, marked Canada's first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war.In 1899, fighting erupted between Great Britain and two small republics in South Africa.(See map) The two republics, settled by Boers, descendants of the region's first Dutch immigrants, were not expected to survive for long against the world's greatest power.n 1899, fighting erupted between Great Britain and two small republics in South Africa. (See map) The two republics, settled by Boers, descendants of the region's first Dutch immigrants, were not expected to survive for long against the world's greatest power.
Either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war o â¦ n Britain (1899-1902), the Brittish wanted to get their hands on the gold and diamonds discovered there.he first one was caused by the British annexation of Transvaal, which led to the Boers' revolt and the â¦ outbreak of a war that lasted from 1880 through 1881.