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Nobody's perfect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Glenc oe
They seem to have been bad at seeing trouble coming their way, and bad at running away from their armed enemies in the dark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Glenc oe
They seem to have been bad at seeing trouble coming their way, and bad at running away from their armed enemies in the dark.
Speaking as a member of Clan Donald, I'd like to say we were perfect but can't! From their origins in a merging of Celt and Viking incomers (from Ireland and Norway respectively) the MacDonalds were at one time de facto kings of the North of Scotland. As such they had the usual virtues and faults of the powerful - good friends if you accepted their position and pretty awful enemies if you didn't.
Unfortunately they had a great reputation for getting their political decisions wrong. Their relationships with the Kings of Scots were pretty diabolical and led eventually to their losing much of their land and political clout. Because they were so often on the losing side people tend to have a 'romantic' view of the MacDonalds in the same way that Bonnie Prince Charlie gets quite a good press. The business in Glencoe with the Campbells massacring the MacIains (a sept of Clan Donald) was also grist to the mill. More typical, however, was the situation at Culloden where the MacDonalds were almost more angry with the Jacobite leaders for putting them on the left flank of the battle line than they were with the Hanoverian forces they were facing.
The "nearly" men of Scots history.
Unfortunately they had a great reputation for getting their political decisions wrong. Their relationships with the Kings of Scots were pretty diabolical and led eventually to their losing much of their land and political clout. Because they were so often on the losing side people tend to have a 'romantic' view of the MacDonalds in the same way that Bonnie Prince Charlie gets quite a good press. The business in Glencoe with the Campbells massacring the MacIains (a sept of Clan Donald) was also grist to the mill. More typical, however, was the situation at Culloden where the MacDonalds were almost more angry with the Jacobite leaders for putting them on the left flank of the battle line than they were with the Hanoverian forces they were facing.
The "nearly" men of Scots history.
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