{"product_id":"the-bloody-history-of-clan-macrae","title":"The Bloody History of Clan Macrae","description":"\u003cp\u003eGet a physical copy of this book on Amazon - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0HKGVZYSY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0HKGVZYSY\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFifteen Stories of Highland Feud and State War\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the mountain passes of Kintail to the walls of Eilean Donan, the battlefields of Jacobite Scotland, and the revolutionary struggle of eighteenth-century North Carolina, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Bloody History of Clan Macrae\u003c\/strong\u003e follows one Highland kindred through nearly three centuries of conflict, loyalty, feud, rebellion, and military service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis richly illustrated history brings together \u003cstrong\u003efifteen dramatic episodes\u003c\/strong\u003e connected with Clan Macrae, beginning with the legendary exploits of Duncan Mòr na Tuagh at the Battle of Park and the famous defence of Eilean Donan in 1539. The story continues through the bitter Glengarry feud, the Lochcarron raid and Kylerhea fight, the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Jacobite battlefields, government occupation, and the struggle for control of the forfeited Seaforth estates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will encounter the Macraes at \u003cstrong\u003eAuldearn, Sheriffmuir, Eilean Donan, Glen Shiel, Glen Affric, and Moore’s Creek Bridge\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as during the extraordinary 1778 confrontation remembered as the \u003cstrong\u003eAffair of the Wild Macraes\u003c\/strong\u003e, when armed Highland soldiers occupied Arthur’s Seat near Edinburgh while demanding the fulfilment of their enlistment agreements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than presenting Clan Macrae as a single unchanging military body, the book follows named individuals, households, ministers, estate officers, soldiers, emigrants, and families whose loyalties sometimes changed with circumstance. Macraes appear on opposing sides during the rising of 1745–1746, while later migration carries part of the story across the Atlantic into the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe famous stronghold of \u003cstrong\u003eEilean Donan Castle\u003c\/strong\u003e runs through the history as both symbol and battlefield. Readers see it defended against Donald Gorm MacDonald in 1539, occupied during seventeenth-century political turmoil, and bombarded and deliberately demolished by British naval forces during the Jacobite rising of 1719.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside these larger events are the personal stories that give clan history its human scale: feuding foresters, murdered relatives, men lost at Sheriffmuir, ministers whose property was seized during military campaigns, soldiers divided by political allegiance, and Highland emigrants forced to choose sides in a new war thousands of miles from Kintail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrative historical reconstructions throughout the book\u003c\/strong\u003e help bring castles, Highland landscapes, soldiers, raids, sea fights, and battlefields to life while complementing the detailed narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also takes care to distinguish documented events from later clan tradition. Famous stories such as Duncan Mòr’s battle-axe, the last arrow fired at Donald Gorm, dramatic casualty traditions, and accounts of individual heroism are presented alongside discussion of what the surviving historical evidence can actually establish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInside the Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Battle of Park, c. 1490\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Siege of Eilean Donan, 1539\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Opening of the Glengarry Feud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lochcarron Raid and Kylerhea Fight, 1602\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Crown Settlement of the Glengarry Feud, 1607\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Battle of Auldearn, 1645\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eilean Donan Garrison Clash, 1650\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonck’s Campaign Through Kintail, 1654\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Battle of Sheriffmuir, 1715\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bombardment of Eilean Donan, 1719\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Battle of Glen Shiel, 1719\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Glen Affric Rent Conflict, 1721\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMacraes on Both Sides of the ’45\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, 1776\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Affair of the Wild Macraes, 1778\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for readers interested in \u003cstrong\u003eScottish clan history, Highland warfare, Jacobite history, Scottish genealogy, Eilean Donan, and Clan Macrae heritage\u003c\/strong\u003e, this volume reveals a past shaped not only by battles and famous warriors, but by land, family, loyalty, migration, political change, and the struggle to survive when larger conflicts reached into Highland communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for descendants of Clan Macrae, students of Scottish history, genealogy researchers, Jacobite enthusiasts, and anyone fascinated by the turbulent history of the Scottish Highlands.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable digitally in EPUB, KPF, and PDF formats.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dqkmu03_5yw?si=MsND3uogUkFMR42y\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fairbairn’s Crests","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493154754612,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/8115\/5124\/files\/ChatGPT_Image_Sep_20_2026_06_24_59_PM.png?v=1789939520","url":"https:\/\/fairbairncrests.com\/products\/the-bloody-history-of-clan-macrae","provider":"Fairbairn’s Crests","version":"1.0","type":"link"}