Massacre of Glencoe | Scottish History | Scotland | A place in history | 1974

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  • Gordon Jackson, OBE visits the scene of the Glencoe Massacre and speaks to some of the descendants and what the massacre means to them and why is should always be remembered.
    First shown: 03/10/1974
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  • @johnpaulnash8144
    @johnpaulnash8144 Рік тому +16

    Really nice to see history about these islands. Something that modern media and the education system ignore these days. We need to know more about Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and the smaller isles that surround Britain and Ireland. 👏👏

  • @robwalsh9843
    @robwalsh9843 Рік тому +12

    Among pretty much all cultures, killing your host after they provide you with food and lodgings is one of the worst dishonorable acts you can do. Even among warrior peoples it is considered a serious transgression.

  • @asumjessen2013
    @asumjessen2013 3 роки тому +26

    Arrived here after watching Danks vid on the massacre.

  • @andrewg.carvill4596
    @andrewg.carvill4596 2 роки тому +12

    The English had recently deposed James II and VII as their King, to replace him by the Dutch Prince William of Orange (The Glorious Revolution). They assumed that James would automatically be deposed by the Scottish also. The Scottish nobility mostly knuckled under (many of them willingly for motives of religion). Contemporary documentation shows that William directly ordered the massacre in order to show what would happen to any Scots who would'nt toe the line. The old MacDonald chieftain had in fact broken his heart by swearing allegiance to William, for the sake of peace. And the reward he got was to have his hospitality perfidiously violated, because William's government wanted to draw blood. 40 dead is a small number in the context of the17th century wars, but the Glencoe episode stands out because it shows just how glorious the "Glorious Revolution" was for the highlanders.

    • @GunRights4US
      @GunRights4US Рік тому +3

      "hospitality perfidiously violated", well put.

    • @darrenmcdonald5373
      @darrenmcdonald5373 4 місяці тому +1

      40 dead but more went to the frozen mountains and died because of the elements,dont forget it was terrible weather.

  • @jennyleishman9617
    @jennyleishman9617 7 місяців тому +2

    It was a terrible massacre,my Grandmother was a Campbell,they came from Argyll but settled in Ulster..🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @stuligin
    @stuligin 2 роки тому +11

    Reminder, wasn't just Campbell's involved, was a very complex situation, but you know, scapegoats.

  • @bsbobber
    @bsbobber 2 роки тому +11

    My great great grandma was a Georgina Campbell and she married a John Macdonald- I wonder if they joked about ancient family feud

  • @Johnnydazguy
    @Johnnydazguy 4 роки тому +14

    Bravo- more of these historical stories please ThamesTV!

  • @AM-fs1je
    @AM-fs1je 2 роки тому +4

    Gordon Jackson-- bless him.

  • @roderickmacdonald8099
    @roderickmacdonald8099 3 роки тому +30

    My family tree goes back to the massacre at Glencoe. Three MacDonald brothers escaped the massacre.I am from 1branch.Sir Ramsay MacDonald former Prime Minister of UK is on another branch.Glencoe is a beautiful place

    • @cravesthrill1282
      @cravesthrill1282 3 роки тому +1

      Thats why I'm in America my ancestor from this time escaped and fled to America and changed our name to McDonald. John macdonald was his name i believe.

    • @markberry4198
      @markberry4198 3 роки тому +1

      I'm also a descendant of one of the brothers, Paul, Rubha Phoil (Paul's landing) on Skye is said to be where the brothers landed. The story in our family is that they survived because they were pished in a bush.

    • @hschan5976
      @hschan5976 3 роки тому

      @@markberry4198 Did the brothers land on Skye together with Charles Stuart?

    • @markberry4198
      @markberry4198 3 роки тому +3

      @@hschan5976 The massacre of Glencoe was 28 years before Charles Edward Stuart was born.

    • @Sister7Fire
      @Sister7Fire 2 роки тому

      We also have traced back with our name changed to Mc Daniel. My sister knows way more as she started before me

  • @StufiBuy
    @StufiBuy 4 роки тому +18

    Excuse me I’m off to go knock over the soup display at my grocer.

  • @wboyle9721
    @wboyle9721 2 роки тому +10

    My mcdonald ancestors came from North of glencoe Henderson was the allie clan my grandmother married a Henderson Henderson stone is were big Henderson piped for the mcdonald clan I always had a chip on my shoulder with this I look into it it was a wider plot lowland soldiers with differnt Scottish surnames took part it was not all Campbells but rule and divide tactics from those in power a late oath that was delivered late because of bad weather gave excuses for this crime best wishes from Glasgow Scotland

  • @AALO101
    @AALO101 3 роки тому +10

    The King ordered it!

  • @McIntyreBible
    @McIntyreBible 4 роки тому +13

    After viewing this, you can know the historical legend of the MacDonalds and Campbell’s.

    • @patrickball2493
      @patrickball2493 4 роки тому +11

      Yes , one clan went into the Fast food business and made a fortune , the other into the soup business , the rest is history .

    • @clavichord
      @clavichord 4 роки тому +4

      @@patrickball2493 I thought old MacDonald had a farm? Maybe that's how they ended up making hamburgers? This should be investigated further

    • @christinefankys4012
      @christinefankys4012 3 роки тому +1

      Or you can read the Valley of Tears - I have the book in French "La Vallée des larmes"

  • @IslandDancer1971
    @IslandDancer1971 Рік тому +6

    The British did their best to completely eradicate the Highland culture and way of life. Centuries later you can attend hundreds of Highland Games around the world each year and observe how (un)successful they were.

    • @NorthSon
      @NorthSon 2 місяці тому

      They did succeed sadly, most Highland culture we see today is what the Lowland Scots have commodified out of it.

    • @magesalmanac6424
      @magesalmanac6424 18 днів тому

      Yes and tartan patterns are worn all over the world 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @user-jr7jx1dn4m
    @user-jr7jx1dn4m 26 днів тому +2

    My great grandmother was a Macdonald from Glencoe . 5:49

  • @patrickball2493
    @patrickball2493 4 роки тому +7

    The 17 century was a very unsettlingly and turbulent period in human history .

    • @clavichord
      @clavichord 4 роки тому +3

      So are all the other centuries, globally speaking

    • @leonlawson2196
      @leonlawson2196 3 роки тому +1

      Especially in Britain

  • @emmetjohnston8424
    @emmetjohnston8424 Рік тому +12

    The Campbells violated ancient rights of hospitality, and are to this day accursed for it.

    • @NorthSon
      @NorthSon 2 місяці тому +1

      Only 12 out of the 120 soldiers were Campbells, the real blame is on the Lowland Scottish elite that planned it.

    • @magesalmanac6424
      @magesalmanac6424 18 днів тому

      Is it known what families the rest of the soldiers came from?

  • @cew3104
    @cew3104 2 роки тому +12

    This was the beginning of the end for the kingdom of Alba. an atrocity that will never be forgotten. This was never about clan rivalry this was the start of the forced anglicisation of Scotland. #330thanniversary

  • @mikepleet9220
    @mikepleet9220 3 роки тому +6

    We will NEVER forget

    • @finallythere100
      @finallythere100 2 роки тому +3

      Let us also not forget when oppressive people in power order others under threat of death (them and their families) to carry out their own dirty deeds. What good is it to obey them only to lose one's soul? It is government we should not trust and obey when we know what they order us to do is wrong. From my understanding the Campbells would not have done this if they had not been under threat of death themselves. We only have one God.

  • @Fernandwinnie
    @Fernandwinnie Рік тому +3

    The curse of John Knox.

  • @terrykeever9422
    @terrykeever9422 Рік тому +5

    This video uses some different numbers and "facts". Seventy dead is most commonly used. The clan my surname is a sept of - MacIver - was involved with the Campbell's. I hope none were among my ancestors. How one kills unarmed men after their hospitality is hard to imagine, but killing women and children especially by stripping them and forcing them to die of exposure is beyond any semblance of humanity. How does one as King order such murders?

  • @pianojam8798
    @pianojam8798 3 місяці тому +2

    Does anyone have any info on the elderly gentleman with the red scarf and beret on? I’d love to find out who he was and his life story.

  • @brdrcrsr08
    @brdrcrsr08 4 роки тому +7

    Red wedding based on this. It's only 74 but looks 44

  • @corytucker6668
    @corytucker6668 Рік тому +4

    I have a great grandfather who survived this massacre, Hugh Mcdonald. My 2nd great grandfather is Hugh Mcdonald IV.

  • @darrenmcdonald5373
    @darrenmcdonald5373 4 місяці тому

    My Kin ! Some day soon i hope to visit the valley and pay my respects to those poor people,im only over here on the north coast of Northern ireland.
    Per Mare,Per Terras "!

  • @cravesthrill1282
    @cravesthrill1282 3 роки тому +9

    Actually Campbell's are not at fault here. There was only 1 Campbell involved and he only did his job. The macdonald clan and Campbell's have not got along way before.

    • @johnny6071
      @johnny6071 3 роки тому +8

      The Campbells raped and stole the land from many of our clans, not just the MacDonalds. We spit at the name 400 years later.

    • @cccp319801spetsnaz
      @cccp319801spetsnaz 3 роки тому +4

      @@johnny6071 aye, agreed

    • @Barbreck1
      @Barbreck1 3 роки тому

      @@johnny6071 Spoken liken a true ignorant. The Scottish nation spits upon you and your kin.

  • @McIntyreBible
    @McIntyreBible 4 роки тому +12

    This is a genocide/massacre that people in the world are not aware of. In the final analysis, the king takes full responsibility for the genocide (4:14).

    • @McIntyreBible
      @McIntyreBible 3 роки тому

      @Antivaxxer Ccp hater you don’t know what you’re talking about, man!

    • @McIntyreBible
      @McIntyreBible 3 роки тому

      @Antivaxxer Ccp hater why don’t you reserve your biased comments to yourself!

    • @lindaralston1867
      @lindaralston1867 2 роки тому +1

      The king was not aware what the Campbell's intended. He just ordered the McDonald clan to pay allegiance. Not to slaughtered

    • @bigboaby555
      @bigboaby555 2 роки тому +4

      @@lindaralston1867 The King and Hamilton etc.. did know . They pinned it on Campbell and blamed Clan rivalry . look at the details of the event and you will see

    • @bigboaby555
      @bigboaby555 Рік тому +1

      @B enedictus it was part of a long term effort at eradicating Gael culture in Scotland and Britain , and Anglicising Scotland . That does involve race and ethnicity and it was pretty much accomplished

  • @scottcampbell3600
    @scottcampbell3600 Рік тому +6

    As a red haired Campbell I am glad I was born in Australia far away from this ill feeling and prejudice.

  • @shinytan
    @shinytan 2 роки тому

    Now I understand, what Pete Campbell and Headmaster MacDonald contesting about in Mad Men...

  • @jynx5909
    @jynx5909 3 роки тому +1

    Glad to see my ancestors described everywhere online as "particularly violent"

    • @jynx5909
      @jynx5909 2 роки тому +2

      @Ballsdeep69 based

  • @heresfrankbetches921
    @heresfrankbetches921 4 роки тому +5

    The story is terrifying
    But I have to say these men a so handsome

  • @fasthracing
    @fasthracing 4 роки тому +17

    Bodie & Doyle could of saved them.

  • @deplatformedcrowprinceluna6339
    @deplatformedcrowprinceluna6339 3 роки тому +3

    That kinda made me less guilty of me sometimes go to eating at McDonald’s.

    • @Fernandwinnie
      @Fernandwinnie 3 роки тому

      More to do with a Dutchman given the crown by some politicians in London because he was a Protestant.

    • @deplatformedcrowprinceluna6339
      @deplatformedcrowprinceluna6339 3 роки тому

      @@Fernandwinnie
      Well, that’s what I think similarly to yours.

    • @Bambisgf77
      @Bambisgf77 Рік тому

      Not the same… MacDonald is a Scottish name McDonald is an Irish one, so feel absolved about your hamburger habits 😅

  • @stevenconnor4221
    @stevenconnor4221 2 роки тому +5

    Despicable behaviour to all involved. Yous accepted a Gaelic Highland traditional hospitality and returned that by butchering the McDonalds. The masacared McDonalds and all are with God now but may your god have mercy on your souls, as that was a dispicable thing to do.

  • @haggis4952
    @haggis4952 2 роки тому +1

    I've never buying happy meal again for my son never trust macdonalds

  • @lovenationalbus
    @lovenationalbus 2 роки тому +4

    It was nothing to do with the Campbell clan. Truth is that the McDonalds have killed far more Campbells than Campbells killed McDonalds.

  • @ricmay2837
    @ricmay2837 9 місяців тому

    5 families of different clan names where killed …. Along the glen …
    15 different clan names where involved in the Killings and where payed soldiers …. Sent by the king …

  • @PurebloodStalker
    @PurebloodStalker Рік тому +2

    I love my country, but, I have never seen more two faced people in my travels, than, in Scotland. Just, a sad, fact!

  • @warblerab2955
    @warblerab2955 Рік тому +1

    I don’t understand why you would still be angry at the living descendants today of the Campbells who committed the massacre. Why blame the sons for the sins of the father?

  • @ElmiTerencio
    @ElmiTerencio 7 місяців тому

    13 fab,US constitution section 13/us navy&marine corps,section 10 intl Law,breach borders,beach head,jumper elect meters

  • @Bruce-1956
    @Bruce-1956 2 роки тому +3

    My first dentist (in Corstorphine) was a Campbell, he was a butcher.

  • @wolfblitzer1981
    @wolfblitzer1981 4 роки тому

    We're some off these guys at the battle

  • @lord.joseenriquemaysonetma9800
    @lord.joseenriquemaysonetma9800 2 роки тому

    Hola buenos noches yo quiero ejercer él títulos de Lord en Su país y en el mió necesito saber si me puedes enviar un permiso especial para ejercer él títulos Gracias por su atención saludos cordiales feliz noche para todos ustedes🤴

    • @andrewg.carvill4596
      @andrewg.carvill4596 2 роки тому

      "Lord" = Senor. En Espana todos son Senores! Usted piensa posible que in Escocia todos son Hidalgos?!! (Perdonar el Castellano barbarico!)

  • @godchannelled5990
    @godchannelled5990 4 роки тому

    Tweedle de tweedle dum....

  • @brianjohnston3707
    @brianjohnston3707 2 роки тому +3

    I knew a guy Johnny Campbell who'd Rob the eyes oot yer heed, and I knew a John mcdonald who was a good guy' just saying 🤔

  • @ghosttube6525
    @ghosttube6525 2 роки тому +1

    No hawkers or campbells

  • @brdrcrsr08
    @brdrcrsr08 4 роки тому +6

    Random UA-cam algorithm

  • @judis6224
    @judis6224 4 місяці тому

    Thats why you keep the english out of it,go independent,you cant forget it,it happened,would they want to be forgotten,havent royalty since 1500s,dont forget that.shut down palaces,castles,throw them out,make them work for a living,not paying taxs for that lot.

  • @Roqjoru
    @Roqjoru 3 роки тому

    McDonald hedged his bet, hoping for the French to bring in some troops and invade.
    ClnLdrMcD Missed his dealine for allegiance to the King. Even if he gave and the French showed up with troops, he property would have gone back on the oath of allegiance.
    For whatever reason the attack was done at night, anybody knows if one wanted to eliminated them all, it's done in day light. So I think that even though orders were issued against the McDonald's opportunity for escape was given in cover of night.
    So the hedging the bet from Clan leader, bach fired thus the tragedy by in the King's assistant getting rid of the Kings enemies, some Vicount.
    Their are many self serving shady figures in history, pretty messy. I didn't see c honor on either side, not as righteous as c they v should be.

    • @smrsmd8522
      @smrsmd8522 2 роки тому

      Aye a very astonishing dalrymole. Dalrymple. De romple name found on king francis scott gaurds scroll list 1523. Also jacques cartiers barber. Sanson ripault. I believe dalrymple as well. They would of been the colonys near remell france. With desendants of mixed breeds with chief donnacona esthnecity. Dalrymole valley of slaughtered kings for the small amount of equality before the cycle starts again.

  • @oklahomanativeexploration7546
    @oklahomanativeexploration7546 Рік тому +1

    Not all Campbell’s are bad! Some our Dead!

  • @AGC173
    @AGC173 Рік тому

    😂 .. ua-cam.com/video/-FZktUwCgk8/v-deo.html theres a link to the other side of the story

  • @madplaidlad3151
    @madplaidlad3151 Рік тому +2

    Pretty sad, this sectarian divide is still going on...

  • @punypunkpaul4165
    @punypunkpaul4165 Рік тому +2

    Was always a fan of Campbell's Soup. After hearing about THIS, this McDonald says NO MORE!

    • @madplaidlad3151
      @madplaidlad3151 Рік тому +2

      No worries we feel the same say about McDonald's...