This contrast - between the independent tendencies of some leaders of Clan Donald and the consistency of the Chiefs of Clan Campbell in extending and upholding the royal influence in the west - lay at the root of their differences. When Angus Og, Lord of the Isles, was killed at Inverness by his Irish harper, his Campbell Lady Isobella is said to have returned to her father's castle of Innis Chonnel on Lochawe. In fact, on Feb. 13, 1692, when he failed to swear his oath of allegiance to the king on time — possibly held back by a blizzard — a massacre ensued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»Une compagnie du régiment d’infanterie du comte D’Argyll, commandée par le capitaine Robert Campbell de Glenlyon (parent par alliance de Mac Ian), fut donc expédiée à Glencoe sous le prétexte de faire des manœuvres dans la vallée. Date: The MacDonalds were attacked on the night of February 13, 1692. Membership is open to all who are Campbells, Campbell septs, married to a Campbell or Campbell Sept, and those who are descended from Clan Campbell, and to those interested in learning about the Clan Campbell, and Scottish history and culture, and acknowledge Mac Cailein Mòr as their Clan Chief, as he is the Chief of Clan Campbell, the greatest family in all of Scotland!
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In response, the Kings of Scots increasingly directed the Earls of Argyll to contain and control this very real threat to the peace and security of the realm. To some extent this very conflict and the need to have loyal followers, was what brought about the swift development and great peaks of power for the two clans. But both can join in remembering that, despite stalwart efforts to find the Gael the loser, the people of Gaeldom survived to span the globe. To show the inter-woven nature of the relationship between the two great clans, some of the historical facts are set out here. Après la bataille de Bannockburn, Robert Bruce offre en récompense les terres de Glencoe à Angus Og MacDonald, qui les transmet à son fils bâtard, Iain Fraoch (Iain de la bruyère), lequel s'y établit et fonde la nouvelle branche du clan[4]. For the chief of a 17th-century Scottish clan, missing a deadline was nothing to shrug off. In 1565, James MacDonald of Duniveg and the Glens died. Despite these hesitations, Campbell's men killed 38 MacDonalds and put their villages to the torch. In the late 17th century, each of the three former farm settlements had eight to 10 stone buildings and supported 70 to 80 people linked to the Glencoe branch of the powerful MacDonald clan, Alexander said. The villagers made their living mainly by farming some crops, like oats and barley, and by raising cattle.
We welcome you as our kinsmen. These are only a selection from many similar instances which can be found by those who bother to look. Survivors of the massacre at Glencoe fled into the steep snow-filled mountainsides, where many froze to death. These actions were not those of an arch-enemy but were made and kept in trust. Those MacDonalds who survived were forced to flee the glen and an additional 40 died from exposure. However, the majority of Clan Donald who ravaged Argyll, following a defeat of the government and Campbell forces at Inverlochy in 1645, were of the Irish Clan Donald (Clan Donnell of Antrim), led by Alastair MacColla from Colonsay. Despite the almost complete destruction of their homes, crops and herds, the descendants of the followers and tenants of the Campbell chiefs have long since ceased to show any hatred for Clan Donald and, in fact, those terrible months appear to have been erased from the memory of all but the historians. The forces of the Campbell Earls of Breadalbane (among them the Campbell of Glenlyon mentioned above) fought against him on the Jacobite side and lost. Well aware of the changing methods of government, they made use of the system to keep their people well guarded.