John McDermott - Massacre Of Glencoe

[biliboy1617]

As an ex-coach driver these pics bring back memories of being down those roads so many times. Thanks.

[abc114able]

My clan, the Henderson clan, is one of those smaller branches of the McDonald clan and a group of hendersons were at glencoe with the chief when the massacre took place. There's a story of one of us dying bravely defending the Henderson chief. I love glencoe.

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@abc114able

Thanks a lot for your comment!!!

[australianfan]

Very nice beautiful scenery here ..thanks for sharing ..Aussie :)

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@australianfan

Thanks to you for watching and commenting! :) I'm happy you enjoyed the pictures and the song!

[lilly5794]

any song by John McDermott is beautiful...his Danny Boy CD is especially amazing....thank you so much

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@lilly5794

I totally agree with you!!!! :) Thanks YOU for watching and commenting on my video!!!

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@lilly5794

I agree, I enjoy listening to all of his songs! :-)

Thanks you for watching and commenting!!!!

[JanetKaye]

@lilly5794 I totally agree.I love John McDermott.This one though is special because it's a true story. King William sent a proclamation to the Campbells to kill The house of McDonald. Thereby killing 2 birds with one stone.Wm had problems with the McDonalds.He also had loyalty issues with the Campbells.In sending the Campells to kill the Mcdonalds the Campbells would be proving thier loyalty & the McDonalds would be gone. The story & proclamation are on the net.

[warflowers]

Such an amazing piece... I really wish people my age listened to music like this... Very beautiful.

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@warflowers

Thanks a lot for watching and leaving your comment! :)

I don't know how old are you, but beauty is something that should be looked for at every age!

[warflowers]

@LadyGreyCarolyn

Well I'm only 15. People of my age group usually ignores gems like this. :p

[Piper1514]

@warflowers same i'm 14 and i sing this sor of stuff :)

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@Piper1514

Thanks also to you for watching! :-)

[JanetKaye]

@warflowers Unbelieveable someone your age has appreciaton for these wonderful songs. Thank you so much for adding them.

[TheVillagediot]

Bloody hell good version !

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@TheVillagediot

Thanks very very much for watching and for your comment! :-) I'm happy you enjoyed this version of the song!

[lneranger4]

@LadyGreyCarolyn This is the best version of this song.By the way lady Grey,who are you i think i like you?

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@lneranger4

Just an old Italian lady who likes very much Scotland (even if I've never been there!) and Celtic music :-)

Thanks very much for watching and commenting on my video!

[BarryHMFC]

AHAHAHA CHOP CHOP PROUD TO BE A CAMPBELL CHOP FUCKIN CHOP HEHE

[3tangle3]

@BarryHMFC only a few campbells took part...mainly scots state troops fair play

[BarryHMFC]

@3tangle3

Good chop those catholics up. :)

[squirell1952]

SOME PEOPLE WOULD SELL THEIR FUCKING GRANNIES FOR FINANCIAL GAIN. JUST LOOK AT TODAY POLITICIANS IN THE TWO NATIONS OF THE ANGLO-CELT ISLES. THEY SOLD US ALL OUT TO BRUSSELS. BUT LET US NOT BLAME THE POLITICIANS - LET US BLAME OURSELVES INSTEAD FOR ALLOWING THEM TO PROSTITUTE OUR TWO NOBLE NATIONS. THE U.K. AND SOUTHERN IRELAND CAN NOW SINK IN THEIR OWN STEW! AND BLAME THOSE BASTARDS WHO DO NOT GET OUT OF BED ON ELECTION DAY TO CAST THEIR VOTES. THEY ARE THE REAL CULPRITS AND BASTARDS.

[squirell1952]

It is NOT in the past. As long as Scotland remains an English COLONY, the past will never be laid to rest. As for the fighting clans, the English DIVIDED the Scots in order to rule them. The Scots who sold Scotland to the English were rewarded with someone else's land in Ireland. That way, England could - and did - divide and rule in Ireland. The worst part is ... the Scots and theIrish fell for it. HOW COULD ANYONE FALL FOR IT? Financial rewards, I suppose.

[squirell1952]

Who, please, composed thislovely piece? Iknow Kenneth McKellaar recorded a lovely version of it. Was it an Irish guy who wrote it? Just asking. And was it written in the 1960s or 1970s?

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@squirell1952

On a site called "incallander.co.uk", in the section dedicated to the songs, you can read:

This song is not, as widely believed a traditional song, but is the work of Jim Mclean of Duart Music Publishers, (1963)

I hope this answers to your question, I'm simply quoting what I've found on internet.

Thanks very much for watching my video and for sharing your social/political thoughts!

[McAleen]

no i grew up in a military family....we fight for whats right, not whats wrong, massacre is wrong.

[3tangle3]

@McAleen I agree but lest we forget right and wrong is a subjective thing

[McAleen]

I had said i never got the orders. i will never understand how anyone can justify my CO told me to do it...and i did it...even tho it was wrong.

[drover44441]

Truly awesome place. I hope you get the chance to visit one day. Maybe carry up onto Skye where it becomes maybe even more breathaking. Another place with incredibly sad history and fantastic music (not with the scottish Tourist Board!)

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@drover44441

I'll keep that in mind when I get the chance to visit Scotland. Thanks again for your reply!

[drover44441]

unfortunately, the massacre tarnished those with the Campbell name with the same brush, hence the name Black Campbell. The fault lay with the Government forces.

[drover44441]

good video, LadyGreyCarolyn. Glencoe is a beautiful place but it can be nice to leave it. once walked the West Highland Way and climbing the Devils Staircase out of the glen was something else. I'm a Scot and the place sends shivers up the spine. I prefer to think of this as a balland with a real message. Wasn't easy for the Government to suppress people who believe in true freedom. Believe it or not I now live in England (do remember this was ethnic cleansing). All in the past now.

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@drover44441

I suppose that, not being Scottish, a person can be saddened by what happened there, but not really understand it because it's not your people, your ancestors, so it's easier to see this place only as a wonderful landscape, maybe forgetting all the history beyond...

But thanks for sharing your thoughts about this, and thanks for watching my video :)

[samhaa]

I have visited Glencoe mountains..amazing beauty....my guide played this song during our drive...loved this song ...though I was sad after learning about the massacre....

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@samhaa

I would like to visit Scotland one day, and I'll make Glencoe as a place to see... but indeed it's a very sad story the one linked to this place...

Thanks for sharing about your travel, and for watching my video! ^_^

[NathanD101]

Such as sad song. Makes me want to find out more about my Scottish heritage.

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@NathanD101

It's a beautiful melody, though it's indeed very sad...

Thanks for your comment, and I wish you the time and the chance to find out the things you would like to know! :)

[joemcdonald4]

I am Going to visit Glencoe in Sept. Thanks for this upload.

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@joemcdonald4

Have a good time when you go there, I think it must be a beautiful place! :)

Thanks to you for watching and for your comment!!!

[cosmic1cheese]

@joemcdonald4 aye there aint any other place up here quite like Glencoe. Once you've been there you'd want tae go bank. great veiws :)

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@cosmic1cheese

I'll keep it in mind as well! :-) Thanks a lot for writing in my video's comments!!

[cosmic1cheese]

@LadyGreyCarolyn No problem :3 i like the song and video ^_^ i should be the one thanking you for uploading it

[baycast]

Another classic. I have the Corries singing this and i must say they are very good with this song as well. John is brilliant!!

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@baycast

I know Corries' version and I like it as well as this one :)

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@jastvo

Yes, it's indeed a very sad song, and the music is sweet, calm, melancholic... me too have listened to it many times (not only because I was working with it to make the slideshow but also because I felt moved by this song).

Thanks so much for sharing your feelings about this song on the comments here! :)

[BARRYKATE1]

Thank you so much for uploading so many songs by this great singer. He is a particular favorite of mine.

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@BARRYKATE1

Thanks to you for watching and for your comment, I'm really happy you enjoy them! Indeed he has a great voice and he sings all beautiful songs!!! ^_^

[Conniefrancisfan]

Hi,

I discover John Mcdermott sinds yesterday, i love the songs and voice, great.......

i've heard a part of a song from him , i think it's called: steal away. Do you have this/? it's so great.

Regards

The Netherlands

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@Conniefrancisfan

Thanks a lot for watching and commenting my video! ^_^

I also thank you for telling me about "Steal Away"; I did not know it, so I looked for it and I've decided to post a video for that one too. It's a very beautiful and sweet song...

[DenTietze]

I love this piece, I love the country and I respect the past, please pop over and comment on my Glencoe. All the very best for 2011 hope it brings you all that you desire....Den

[LadyGreyCarolyn]

@DenTietze

Thanks very much for watching and for your comment!!! :)

[glaoud]

Impressionnants ces paysages ! Quand aux massacresqui ont jalonné l'Histoire , il y en aura de plus en plus, je crains . On voit chaque jour des choses étonnantes et révoltantes, jusqu'ou ira t'on ? A+ J.C.