The murder of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe part 7

Historical documentary about the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• MacDonald
• Glencoe
• Scotland
• King
• William
• murder
• February
• 1692

[LindsayCurran]

Heartfelt thanks for these marvelous posts, dustysweeper! Excellent! My top ratings. Now I want to replay them, so much good stuff there!

[dustysweeper]

Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed the program.

The BBC have put this program out on DVD, check their website.

[shoegalsho]

That was excellent thank you so much for uploading it. I've passed it on to many family members who will enjoy it greatly.

[dustysweeper]

Your very welcome.......

[bellm8]

Ironic that the Ulster protestant orange men, many who are scottish decent, and blow their bag pipes at rallies worship a king who was NEVER a friend to the highlanders or loyal scottish nationalist. For the ulster scots to join with england AGAINST their fellow celt is not only ugly in a "Judas" way, it shows how england has sucessfully conquered by division through bribery. The ulster orange scots will likely be betrayed by england anyway. The devil ALWAYS repays loyalty to him with betryal.

[dustysweeper]

Most Scots who follow the orange numptys dont even know what they are following nor do they have any idea of the historical fact behind it.

[MegaBlackDouglas]

Thanks for uploading this great program.

It's amazing how this very complex situation has been made out to be a Campbell massacring the MacDonald. I'm amazed that it still brings strong emotions out in the Scots after 300 years.

[eoghanbeg]

Here are some of the names of Glencoe cattle-stealing clansmen on trial in 1639 (Lowland English spelling): Alester McRonald m'Ean Dowie, Donald McRonald, Gilespik McInnes McEane Dui, Alester McInnes vic Eane Dui, John Dowie McCondachie vic Eane, Duncan McCondachie vic Findla vic Rankein yr. - McRankein yr. No MacDonalds there! Also, Dowie and Dui probably mean dubh (black-haired).

A clansman was a Mac, a son of his father who was a son of his father, and so on. A woman was Nic, daughter of ...

[ivozob]

vicenda storica interessante, molto bene descritta

[xcarlynx]

Love this documentary, being a McDonald myself...recently had 'Glencoe 13th Feb 1692' tattooed on my forearm. Bit sucky that my bf is a King Billy lover

[kiwaawaa]

Thank you for uploading this.

[1brutaldeath]

thanks for the upload, has there ever been an official apologie to the Macdonalds for the massacre of Glencoe?

[MonSwon]

@BillDFC exactly. They saw Scottish rebellion against the English as an easier and cheaper way to beat the English rather than investing their own money and lives. How many times did France fail to turn up after insiting an uprising? Im not sure but it must have been quite a few.

[MonSwon]

@bellm8 the division was ony possible due to the greed and treachory of the nobles and rich of Scotland. They always sold out their country and their countrymen for gold. If the Scots had united against the british from the start they would have won their independence sooner. English are always the easy scapegoats in what was always very complicated politics. "Over simplified" as explained in this programme.

[MonSwon]

English bastards! There was four part documentary by the BBC about the scottish military role in the British army. Quebec, The Thin Red Line in the battle of Balaclarva, all the highland regiments and all their successes in major British battles and the impact they have had on the success of the empire. It was on about a year ago last summer I think. It was a pretty good documentary. Showed the empire wouldnt have got far with out the highlander soldiers who were feared and rspected equally.

[JediMasterCheryl]

@bellm8 Indeed.

I hope that the Scots and Irish wake up to the disloyalty shown to them all by, at the time of the GR and Wm III, the big central governments run primarily by the new central banks who helped fund Wm III's takeover and his on-going war with France.