The Massacre of Glencoe

In the late 17th century Campbell influence at the court of the new Hanoverian dynasty ensured that prominent Campbells found positions in the administration and in the military. This put them in a stronger position regarding their centuries old feud with the unpopular MacDonalds of Glencoe. When clan chief Alistair MacDonald of Glencoe arrived in Inveraray to sign an oath of allegiance to the new regime in 1692 he left convinced that it had been accepted even though he had arrived five days late. For this reason he thought nothing of it when government troops arrived in Glencoe the following month, even though they were led by Captain Campbell of Glengoyne. He should have been less welcoming: the troops had come to slaughter the Macdonalds in what has gone down in history as The Massacre of Glencoe. The Massacre of Glencoe occurred in Glen Coe, Scotland, in the early morning of 13 February 1692, during the era of the "Glorious Revolution" and Jacobitism. In Gaelic, the event is named 'Mort Ghlinne Comhann' (murder of Glen Coe). The massacre began simultaneously in three settlements along the glen—Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnacon—although the killing took place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds were pursued. Thirty-eight MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by the guests who had accepted their hospitality, on the grounds that the MacDonalds had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, Mary II and William II. Another forty women and children died of exposure after their homes were burned.

Inverary And Loch Fyne "Argyll"

Inverary On The Shores Of Loch Fyn.

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