The Black Tailor of the Axe
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in The Clan, The Legends | No Comments »Donald M'Ewen M'Connell was the natural son of Ewen Beag, the XIVth Chief, who was murdered around 1553. The legend is that Ewen was much in love with a M'Dougall lady, who had a child (Donald) by him. Her father ...
The Loch of the Vanished Races
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in The Clan, The Legends | No Comments »There is nothing gloomy about it, for the great hills lie far back from its shores and let the sun and wind play freely about its open waters. Indeed, from the bright, wave-washed beach at Kinloch to the far-off Glencoe ...
Gormshuil
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in The Clan, The Legends | No Comments »In his masterpiece, Macbeth, William Shakespeare introduced his audience to Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, a brave and ambitious general taken directly from Scottish history. To his tale Shakespeare added a trio of colorful yet fictional characters, those ladies whom uttered ...
The Stone of the Heads
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in The Clan, The Legends | No Comments »Ere we pass down the south side of the loch, through the glorious Black Wood or old Caledonian forest of Dall, to the last little grave-place at Carie, let us turn aside at Camghouran to an enclosure on a knoll ...
The Loch of the Sword – Lochan a’ Chlaidheimh
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in The Clan, The Legends | No Comments »If you should take a ride on the West Highland Railway, going north, keep a lookout on the left side of the ...
