One of Scotland’s Deadliest Clan Battles
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- ➤ Dive into the fierce history of The Battle of Blar na Léine, also known as The Battle of the Shirts, fought on July 15, 1544. This was one of Scotland's bloodiest clan battles, where Clan MacDonald of Clanranald and Clan Cameron clashed against Clan Fraser, Clan Grant, and the Mackintoshes.
The battle stemmed from a dispute over the chieftainship of Clanranald between John of Moidart and his cousin, Ranald Gallda, backed by the Frasers of Lovat. On a scorching day by Loch Lochy, warriors fought in their shirts alone, lending the battle its name. This battle is remembered for its sheer brutality and its significant impact on Scottish clan warfare.
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Excellent information ! Thank you !
@@johnhottinger2798 glad you enjoyed it 😃
Great video on a historical battle
Thank You! 🙂
That was fascinating. I'd never heard of that battle 😱
Thanks Linda! Hope you enjoyed it 🙂
It’s definitely a lesser known battle!
really interesting, thanks
Cheers! 👍
Fascinating to hear about such a big clan battle, incredible to not have heard of it before. Great job
Thanks mate! 👍
It’s a battle that definitely deserves more attention 💯
Thanks for the history. I am familiar with the area but had no knowledge of this battle.
Hey mate, hope you enjoyed the video 🙂
The stuff of legends. Can't wait. Thanks.
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This is how History should be taught, well done.
@@hrd3guny Cheers! 🙌🏻 More Videos to come soon 👍
really interesting piece of history,thanks for telling the story
Your welcome! 😃👍
"’sé mo léan do luí
Is do chnámha sínte . For you I mourn . Stretched out bare-boned ." Used in laments .
Fantastic 👍🎵
This is very interesting, and I love it. I am Austrian, but since I was in Scotland with my then 17 year old son about 13 years ago, I am very much interested in Scotland and also its most interesting history. I am still racking my brain, why exactly it felt so much like coming home from the moment when we were on the bus from the airport to the hotel in Edinborough, just driving through the streets. We had not met anybody or seen anything at that time. I tend to say "it´s the people", but we had not met any at that time :D . Funny coincidence is , that for non - gaelic speakers our own (german) dialect really sounds very much like gaelic :D:D:D . I love your videos, they are like a holiday for me. Thank you! :)
@@GermanaMirza I know what you mean, Scotland is a special place! 🏴
I’m glad you enjoy the videos! Thanks for watching! 🙌🏻😁
Perhaps the most surprising part of the video is that we got nearly twenty minutes without rain in the Scottish highlands. Scottish history is phenomenal and we should recognise the important part it plays in modern society. Scott in his novel Rob Roy tells of the execution by McGreggor’s wife of a British soldier by tying a rock to his neck and throwing him from a cliff into the loch. As Scott was an historian I think there’s probably quite a bit of truth in this fiction. If the clans weren’t hacking each other to death they were in Europe getting paid (probably brandy and oats) to hack someone else to death.
It was actually raining lightly at the beginning of the video! 😅 Scottish history is incredibly fascinating, and I’ll continue making videos on various interesting topics in Scottish history over the next few years. I aim to publish a new video every few weeks. As a sole operator, it takes time to film and edit.
Anyway Thanks for taking the time to comment! 😃
Midges?
@@callumclark3358 There wasn’t many when i was there tbh! That was on 01/06/24
Perhaps the most surprising part of the video was that these men preferred to kill each other rather than enjoy their life in this beautiful place
Midge don’t bother rural folks so much were to bitter,
Wee midgy joke for one of your vids. 😂
Excellent video
Thanks! 🙂 Many more videos to come! 😃🏴
I really enjoyed this - had never heard of this battle and an excellent presentation. Just one thing, it's Loch Lochy, not Lock Locky. Just so you know.
Why thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Yes I need to remember to pronounce my “Lochs” correctly , typical lowlander eh?🙋🏻♂️😅
Thanks for sharing 😊
@@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234 You are most welcome 🙂👍
Battle of Glen Fruin next - used to run through then the Glen - always stopped at the memorial I'm born English in London but grandad was Scottish, grandmother Welsh, plus Norwegian aunts
Ah, right, Glen Fruin! I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it. Where did it occur? I'll start researching this and add it to my future video project list. Thanks for mentioning it! 👍
Behind the hills, between Helensburgh and Faslane submarine base. Their is a monument. 1603 - clan Gregor v Clan Colquhoun. Sounded as vicious as the battle of the White shirts. Probably worse.
Let me know if you find it matie - it's on the right as you come up and drop down into the the Glen from Faslane naval base.
It was a right bugger to run up to.
Thanks man 👌I'll find and read the Historic Scotland report on it. The lesser known clan battles are very interesting, people seem to be interested in them so I’ll certainly do more of this in the future 🙂👍
I'm a Grant through my grandmother but no idea when our people came to America. I know we've been in Missouri for around 200 years and came from Virginia but no more. The family story is that our folks came after Culloden but not sure.
You might want to know that many people emigrated after Colloden because the Highland way of life came to an end. Traditionally clan chiefs cared for their Tennant farmers, but it changed because they found it more profitable to put sheep on the land, and remove the farmers.
Clan Grant fought on the side of the government forces which were victorious. The defeat of the Jacobite forces accelerated the demise of the highland clan system.
@@gerardgosling6715 That is the story I have heard but with no certain paperwork from Virginia to trace back to Scotland I don't imagine we'll ever know. So many of the records were burned either accidentally or on purpose during the Civil War.
I'm also a Grant. Clan Grant was one of the few clans not to suffer greatly from the Highland Clearances. Good Sir James Grant of Freuchie was one of the "progressive landlords" and built Grant-town-on-Spey to provide homes and employment for his clansfolk so that they wouldn't be forced to emigrate.
Also, not all Grants fought for the government army. The Grants of Glenmoriston faced harsh reprisals in the aftermath of Culloden due to their support for the Jacobites. Famously, the Seven Men of Glenmoriston helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape capture. However, the chief of the Glenmoriston Grants received a pardon because his kinsman, Ludovic Grant of Grant (the main chief of Clan Grant) put in a good word with a Whig politician.
''In battle both sides would done full sequined ball gowns and destroy their enemies with lechery''...Grounds Keeper Willie
Good old Willie! I’ve not seen that episode!… 😅
@@nicohutcheon Its an older episode
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If anyone knows of any interesting battles in Scotland, I'd appreciate the recommendations. I'm open to suggestions. Thanks 👍
The fact that the outnumbered Frasers, Grants and Mackintoshes, although outnumbered and ambushed, killed that many MacDonalds shows they must have fought like devils!
@@Weasel-vp8zk Yes 100%, if the stories are true they did themselves and their Kin proud ⚔️🏴
@@nicohutcheon I'm proud to be a Grant!
Good to hear Scottish history , that is not about Culloden thank you 10/10
Thanks 👍 I agree there is definitely too many videos on Culloden out there!
Proud to be a descendant of the Macpherson's sent to Australia from the land clearances in Scotland..! Scotozi ... Burp 🍻 great post.. know who are.so you know we're ya comon form...bob Marley 👍
@@leighcecil3322 Thanks Mate 👍 Slàinte!
Thank you
You are most welcome! 😃
Campbell Highland Songs of the Forty-Five (1933). a different source as the name suggests . And 200 years later .
That’s really cool! 🙂
Thanks for sharing that 👍😃
@@nicohutcheon Blar na h-Eaglaise Brice (pp. 206-17 , I am unfamiliar with this one . But it does show the bardic influence about Blár's.
Saturday night in Dundee!
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Free and independent Scotland!
Well explained. Well told❤
Why thank you! 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍🙂
Great account
@@josephobrien5532 Appreciate It Thanks! 👍
Basically a gang fight. They kept the tradition going in Glasgow for generations.
@@daviddougall The Old Firm have a few battle of the shirts each year!
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do a vid about the highland clearances
@@davidking7353 I’ll definitely do that In the future mate 👍
the resulting atrocites on vilages and esp women must have been horrific where men were absent to protect htem
@@nl4064 I didn't come across any accounts of women being harmed in my research, but sadly, this most likely occurred in the absence of fighting men to protect them.
I'm in favour of going back to the Clan System. It has a lot to offer. 😆
It's interesting you mention that!
My next video will explore why the term "Clan System" is actually a modern / Victorian invention. Historically, clans were quite diverse, and there wasn't a single, uniform system they all followed. I'm currently working on this topic and will share my research and insights in one of my next videos 🙂
P.S. Thank you for taking the time to comment! 👍🙂
That was great thanks 👍
Your welcome! 😃
Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍
Oh, dear - some advice on Gaelic pronunciation would be good. The actual field of battle, according to the local views of the late nineteenth century, was submerged under Loch Lochy when the canal was built and the local level raised in the early 1800's.
@@kirstymacfarlane2117 I’m not Gaelic speaking so I will unintentionally mis pronounce some Gaelic words (less so in the future), I’m always open to being corrected with misspelt / mispronounced gaelic words, in a kind manner…… With regards to the EXACT battle site location, that is technically unknown, if you look at the Historic Environment Scotland Battle report and other notable reports / mini excavations of the area, the exact battle location is unknown, apart from being somewhere at the northern end of loch lochy.
Like you say it could have been submerged during the construction of the canal, although other locations pin point the battle to the field I speak about in the video. Always nice to hear contrasting views 👍🙂
Thanks for commenting 👍
The name appears 200 years later " Ships o' war have just come in . Landing Royal Charlie . " The News Frae Moidart . A Lallans Jacobite song . Coincidentally .
Ah right, so it’s part of a ballad of the 45? Interesting
@@nicohutcheon Yes. The McCalmans and the Corries have it on UA-cam .
@@patrickcullen6298 That’s Fantastic! 😃 Thanks for looking this up!🥇👍
Battle of Dryfe Sands was more lopsided in numbers, with the smaller number winning, or do Lowland clans not count?
I’ve never heard of that battle before, sounds interesting! I love discovering lesser-known battles, I'll definitely look into this one!
Thanks for sharing! 🤙😁🏴
@@nicohutcheonI'm a Johnston from Canada, with cousins who have Maxwell blood as well. The tale of this battle has intrigued me since I first learned of it. Family lore stated only that there was a feud. I was astounded at the absolute savagery perpetrated by the gentle Johnstons. Including burning down churches filled with enemy lords and clansmen.
@@napmanj9413 Thanks for sharing! 👌
I’m visiting the borders for a few days In November, so I’ll definitely make a video of The Battle of Dryfe Sands during my stay 💯👍
The battle of Dryfe Sands was the biggest clan battle in Scotland and the warring clans were the Johnstons and the Maxwells .If you investigate it ,you will find how smart the leader of the Johnston’s was and the use of the “Lockerbie lick”
@@r.johnston919 Dryfe Sands wasn't the biggest clan battle in Scotland. It involved around 2,400 men, while The Battle of Harlaw in 1411 (Red Harlaw) is considered the largest clan battle with about 12,000 men involved. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to visiting the Dryfe Sands battlefield in November and researching the battle! 👍
It means the field of battle as in Lá Léana . Gaelic poets used variations of the word a lot . No doubt the MacDonald bards would have composed some duan (song) to regale their Chief about it . Probably now lost ( the duan ).
That's very interesting! I'd love to know if any songs from the bards back then have survived to modern day 🤔
Thanks for sharing this 👍
@@nicohutcheon Thanks. Given the number of clans partaking .Not to mention septs thereof .It would seem strange to find no mention of at least one lament .
approx. 2% total survival that sends a message
It's crazy when you see the statistics!
Never mind The Bloodiest Clan Battle In Scottish History, this might be the bloodiest battle in history. Both sided annihilation is pretty much non existant in historical battles.
@@jkausti6737 Yes that’s a fair point!
I was expecting a battle from Bar Li Nie
Not heard of that one before? 🤔
@@nicohutcheonA battle of the peters mibee?
Lock Lochy?
Yes, this is the northern end of Loch Lochy 👍The canal you see is the Caledonian Canal, built in the early 1800s. In 1544, it would have been just an open, swampy field.
Also the plural of shirt is léinte/léinteacha . So at the least léine would not be correct grammatically.
a scorching day in Scotland, probably about 40 fahrenheit
@@philipmann5317 That’s warm for a Scotsman
@@nicohutcheon My theory is the England conquered the world just to get better weather.
@@philipmann5317 Great Theory 👍😅
What about when the killy youth chased me down the road at a hearts game even though insupport everton
They sent me homeward to think again
@@David-h9y9p I see what you did there 👍😅
De Comyn Clan 💪
Hello mate! ⚔️🏴
@@nicohutcheon good day sir...thank you for the content 🫡
@@Frank-uw5xq No worries! Hope you like the video 👍🙂
Clan Cumyn, Cummin, and other variants.
@@Colin56ish that's right.. Cummings too
Thank you for your content. Allow me to share this point of "Observation" The Clan system had high standards of "Accountability" for all members. Especially leadership. In modern times there is no accountability., which sets our "Mindset". The Clan system is a "Family" of values and beliefs packaged together to be the "Housing" for it's members to survive (even prosper). So when someone works against those values and accepted beliefs. That is perceived as a direct threat to the Clans/individual survival. If we "Unpack' The statement "Chickens will do" and look at this "Ethos" through the eyes of people in that time, in the Clan system. That is a good place for us to explore. Most Historians , like most people will pursue the easier path of numbers and Dates. But the "living history" of the times and the people is in opinion the real "Treasure". Could you imagine if we in modern times had even a small amount of the "Accountability" that once existed in the Clan system. We would not now be living is these Dark Days of approaching Marxist Slavery. Decide for for your self...Just food for thought.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts 👍🙂🏴
All good I wish you the best of luck
@@rollandchapin5308 Thanks👍😁
the hairrrrr is thick
Good Impression 👍
Nae midgi
@@darrencampbell9383 no midgies 👍