The Ghosts Of Culloden Sung By Isla Grant

The Battle of Culloden (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Chùil Lodair) (16 April 1746) was the final clash between the French-supported Jacobites and the Hanoverian British Government in the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Culloden dealt the Jacobite cause—to restore the House of Stuart to the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain—a decisive defeat.

The Jacobites, largely Highland Scots, supported the claim of James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old Pretender") to the throne. The government army, under the Duke of Cumberland, younger son of the Hanoverian sovereign, King George II, supported his father's cause. It too included Highland Scots, as well as Scottish Lowlanders and English troops.

The aftermath of the battle was brutal and earned the victorious general the nickname "Butcher" Cumberland. Charles Edward Stuart eventually left Britain and went to Rome, never to attempt to take the throne again. Civil penalties were severe with new laws that attacked the Highlanders' clan system. Highland dress was now to be restricted to use by the British Army.

Many brave scotts died in the battle fighting for their land and familys ,i would do exactly the same and im sure any human would.

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[CenturyGamer]

Shame it is in english. English just doesnt capture the spirit of it, these men were fighting to preserve all that was scottish, but they failed, and thus 98% of scotland is english land

[lucymcghee]

I feel the same as you personaly,gaelic makes songs soo beautifull. I am very annoyed at this but I do have hope for scotland's future =)

[thomasthetiger]

.... was ich damit sagen will ... es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit - doch was mag die schon bedeuten? - bis wir in der Lage sind, das durch die Zeit zu schicken, was wir wollen... Also achtsam - es kann sein, daß da etwas im Moor steht, dem ihr in Euren schlimmsten Träumen nicht begegnen wollt....

[lucymcghee]

im really sorry but I know very little gaelic

[thomasthetiger]

Time is not that, what will be shine - next we will be there - and our Tigers with us!

[lucymcghee]

exactly !!!! =D

[dubhlochan]

@junkman19571 its certainly interesting to note that there is so many English people that moved into Scotland for a better life. They are very much welcomed by the majority of Scots. Its so easy to be critical of each others faults, Scotland will no longer be suppressed by Westminster.Independence is coming soon, time to move on for both countries.

[candw87]

@junkman19571 You must be a racist

[candw87]

@CenturyGamer Not for much longer

[candw87]

@revthom1 I'm a Cameron enough said -Today Butcher Cumberland would be classified a WAR CRIMINAL

[Apemanwithcalculator]

@junkman19571 the english are european

[Apemanwithcalculator]

@junkman19571 strange person, there are many scots who are hard working and innovators...many around the world

[thommoify]

@junkman19571 wierdo

[thommoify]

saor in aisce anois hAlban

[junkman19571]

expect hordes of unemployed and drunken scots to be sent back to scotland after independence,because we english don't want the selfserving useless lazy smelly socks down here.....am i english..mmmmmm..thank god i am..and i'll thank god when you're all back in scotland,and we can follow our own agendas..right wing low tax non eoropean....BRING IT ON.....oh and as for the old firm joining english football.....you're 'avin a laugh....

[Aragh77]

@thomasthetiger mhh nette theorie.... s.Highland saga...Jamie & Claire