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My dad being a John Mac himself had a small story that I have never heard since when I asked him about Clain survivors. Dad said that the ones who escaped called themselves Mc Donald. That was their way of escaping the persecution. Bruce, do you have a tail like that? HONK from Canada
Hello I am a brand new subscriber that just found your channel yesterday because of your excellent video regarding the alternate version of events at Bannockburn with Henry de Bohun vs Robert the Bruce. Btw I like the alternate version way, way more as the idea of Robert the Bruce cleverly ambushing Henry de Bohun is just so much cooler than the official version. A devious tactician & shrewd ambusher is so much more interesting of a character than a hero who wins in single combat through skill, luck & happenstance. Anyway the reason I am bothering you on this comment thread by directly replying to you on your most recent video instead of leaving the previous comment paragraph about Bannockburn on the Bannockburn video is because I have a burning question/topic for you and I don't know where else to leave it. So I guess I will leave it here. The burning question/topic I have is this: I am interested in your opinion & insight into an alternate version/tradition of why the Picts as a recognizable people are now gone. I read this alternate version of why that is so in a book titled Celtic Warriors by Tim Newark. According to that book the mainstream official version is that the Picts through intermarriage over time became assimilated & then synonymous with the Scots. The alternate tradition though is that there was a great battle between the Picts and Viking raiders in which the Picts lost badly and fled. The Scots then ambushed the surviving Picts as they fled from their defeat and wiped them out completely. And that ambush combined with subsequent intermarriage is why the Picts as an identifiable people are now gone. I make no claim to the veracity of any of that but Celtic Warriors is one of my all time favorite reads. Your thoughts?
Would be good to see you do one on the MacArthur Clan, whom gave birth to the Campbell clan. Also hereditary pipers for the McDonald clan. Supported Bruce and fought alongside him at the battle of brander pass and also the wars of independence. Our seal is appended on the declaration of Arbroath. For this support the Bruce awarded us the lands of the defeated macdougal clan and titles of dunstaffenage castle. One of the oldest if not the oldest clan.. there is a saying “as old as the hills, the MacArthur’s and the devil”.
My great granny along with her friend were going to visit a mutual friend in the country (1800s?). An old farmer took pity on these two young women walking on the road and offered them a ride in his cart. He naturally asked them who they were going to visit. “(so and so) Campbell,” was the reply. “Get oot of ma cairt!!!” he said, “nae freen o’ a Cammell is coming in my cairt!!!”
I have only 2 channels I watch for storytelling and your is one of them. You have a gift that includes humor, passion, knowledge and accuracy and I appreciate that. Thank you!!!
As a Scot living on foreign shores. Went back to Glencoe last year and will be back again next year. And in my eyes I will never look at Glencoe as a tourist theme park. It is a place that touches something deep inside of me. Can't explain.
the claighain inn has an epic fish and chip supper too. Also walk back along the road towards the main road and the little paths by the river are worth going down to the waters edge. I did so it was amazing about 2 miles from the visitor centre on the left. But the thing that amazed me walking along the road and driving from the gulf garage is how the people still remember. I wass fortunate enough to meet some amazing people in the glencoe in and talk to them. Its amazing i spoke to tourists from overseas in the pub here who knew nothing of the massacre. The tale of the Macdonalds of glencoe should be told more.
You're legend. I'm in Australia and, apparently, 69% Scottish. Loving your take on things there. Loving learning about my heritage. Thanks, buddy. Bruce Malcolm Devereaux
I'm also damn proud of my heritage. My genes are tied to men and women who are proud and strong and fiercely independent, but also strongly family orientated. That's me. That's what I instil in my kids (7). I am Scottish and proud, living in Australia. Bruce Devereaux
In February and March I'll be visiting the major towns in Australia and New Zealand with my live show Scotland Made the World. It would be great to see you. Get info at www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx
I could tell from your demeanour at the start that you were about to share a moving story and you did so with your usual thoughtful calm. As always, thank you for sharing 🌞
Thank you for this. Interesting. I'm a Macdonald (from New Zealand) and can trace our family back to the valleys inland from Loch Eil, 30km for a crow from Glencoe. My great great Grandfather left for NZ in the 1860s.
I have a MacDonald grandmother and married my MacGregor grandfather from the 1600's. I have Campbell's of Loudoun grandparents as well. Love your shows.
A haunting and enthralling story, sad yet it captures the imagination, I stood in the glen with my family knowing the story I turned and looked at my daughter she stood with a tear running down her cheek, my daughter has a learning disability, but she said she could feel the pain uaireannan tha an àm a dh'fhalbh nas fhaisge na tha fios againn 💔
Brilliant. The thing that I fear most is that cancel culture and political correctness will see us stop telling stories if they cause discomfort. Thank you for what you do, love your work.
It's a shame that Clan Henderson never get a mention in this tragedy. They also suffered at the hands of King Billy that same day. They where also murdered at the same time. 😢
I am a descendant of the MacDonald clan and i also have Campbell on my fathers side. No they dont traditionally get along even here in America yet i feel my people did contribute a great deal to the amazing and courageous history of Scotland. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all.
I'm a MacDonald living in Cheshire. I visited the Highlands a few years ago, extremely moving experience. Glencoe felt special and significant to my families make up, my family at this time we're transported to Ireland and made their way to England.
thank you very much for your amazing storytelling about this beautiful place and this beautiful land! Me and my family love Scotland and have visited almost every corner and Island and came to beautiful Glencoe a couple of times, even bought some little pieces of land to help preserve to nature. We try to learn as much as possible of the rich and very interesting history of your people and your stories help in a big way. Thank you! Dennis, Katerina and kids from Bad Aussee, among the beautiful mountains of Austria
The Clachaig is a wonderful place. I’ve drunk with old friends, made new friends, and partied with Chilean refugees who’d escaped their own murderous government. I’ve even had a beer with a Campbell.
In August 1966, I got to belatedly raise the alarm in Glen Coe youth hostel that someone might be missing. He was found dead 2 days later. The hostels warden's partner went out of her way to console me that the poor lad ( 18 year old...same as I was ) had died from his fall and not from exposure, which would have been partly my fault. I never got to say thank you to that lady. Any way to do so now?
According to family history, my sixth great grandfather Donald MacDonald (42 Highlander Regiment) who served the crown during the American Revolutionary War was of the MacDonald's of Glencoe. Rather then return home he stayed and immigrated to New Brunswick eventually settling in Nashwaak Bridge. His son, my fifth great grandfather (Donald MacDonald) was born in a small settlement outside of Nashwaak Bridge, Glencoe. Had the opportunity to visit Glencoe, Scotland last October and it was absolutely stunning, but definitely lives up to the term "Weeping Glen." Paid my respects at the Massacre of Glencoe Monument. Overall, Glencoe is by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen in person.
Hallo Bruce! You are such a gifted storyteller. I am no scotsman and I don't know if everything you are speaking of is historical fact but I know that it is surely true that not DNA keep the people together but their stories, their experiences they ve been put through together, their history, all the same whether they are MacDonalds, McLoeds or whatever. That left me with gooseskin ( or do you say duckskin ) and I love the way you are telling stories you are talking in your videos of ( and somehow I love scotland )! Best wishes from the harz mountains Uwe
Oh wind your neck in, those are just surnames with no connection to clan politics in early modern Scotland. Find something better to have a personality about.
@@Ricky-oi3wv I bet when Ferguson first left Ulster for Kintyre, he forgot something. "Hang on, lemme turn the boat around, I forgot me bag." Then when he got back to the dock five minutes later, the Irishman said "Feck on off back to where ya came from, foreigner!", true story.
I have learnt a lot from Scottish History. This vid is one any many Scottish history does make me sick inside .Blessed Samhaine my friend, may our ancestors always be at our sides. Bruce yes I did astro travel on your 60th birthday tour. You do know thats a lot of history in only 11 days. I haven't finished uploading. I need to deeply thanks you for your vids of our breathe taking tour. Thanks deeply for taking me to where I really wanted to go. I so look forward to a ferry ride to Sky plz two day? You know my love for the highlands so I know im asking a lot. But there is a shop I dont want to miss. Im not a shopper type But its the best shop on Skyy. I had learnt from one of your vids. Fummeys I love you like Poi and lau lau!!! It better than haggis lol
I have learned more about my home ( Scotland ) from you my friend and fellow Scot ( Bruce ) than any book or historian, and for that I cannot thank you enough, I have been ignorant about my Scottish ancestry & connection to this beautiful land I call home, and I say thank you for your education & fun 🏴🙏🏻 xxx
I love listening to you Bruce about Scotland as my father came to Australia when he was 14 years old. Listening to my granny was wonderful and my father but all my father wanted was to visit Scotland before he pass way at the age 74 so thank you Bruce for bringing back the memories for me
In February and March I'll be visiting the major towns in Australia and New Zealand with my live show Scotland Made the World. It would be great to see you. Get info at www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx
Excellent video. Like any, I've always been intrigued and a bit angered by the story of the massacre. Glencoe is on my list to visit on my next trip to Scotland (my third).
before i watch the video i was actually at glencoe and spoke to the staff about this back in september and went round the corner to the pub with the sign no campbells and no hawkers. I was fortunate to get in the 1740s kit and get photos there. But what really fascinated me was the land itself around and near glencoe it was incredible and worth seeing if you get the chance. The replica house on the site is so worth spending time in. Scotlands history in that place really does come to life and i loved seeing the place and meeting the people. If you get chance go to the glencoe inn. Lovely chips there and food. Lovely staff. If you want a hotel on route towards fort william i reccomend the roam west place. its lovely.
At the Clan gathering held in Edinburgh some years ago , the march up the Royal Mile lead by the clan chiefs. The Campbell’s were booed and heckled the entire route, what a shame their chief didn’t take this opportunity, to apologize to all the clans’s for that despicable act of murder of all those innocent’s, granny’s, children and babies, their own kith and kin. This appalling and cowardly act is not ancient history .
Hi Bruce. My nephew is a Major Duncanson serving in the Australian army. When he was younger we took him to Glen Coe where he found out about the orders passed on by one of his ancestors in his now current rank. We have all been dispersed.
In February and March I'll be visiting the major towns in Australia and New Zealand with my live show Scotland Made the World. It would be great to see you. Get info at www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx
We finally have a ticket link for the Scotland Made the World show in Auckland. wohooo! Come have a laugh with me about how everything is Scottish on 2nd March www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/mar/scotland-made-the-world
My MacDonald ancestors came to Cape Breton in 1798 from Moidart and Eigg. One female ancestor was an Effie MacDonald of Glencoe (about whom not much is known). My people were Clanranalds connected to the MacDonalds of Kinlochmoidart and Captain John MacDonald of Glenaladale who brought his tenants out to Prince Edward Island in 1772. Our family was in Scotland this summer and stopped in Glencoe enroute to Fort William. There is very little mention of the massacre at the visitor centre --all the focus is on the nature and outdoor experiences. Of course, I was astounded at the hordes of people stopping for the photo ops (of course we did take some photos too) but for me and those of us with roots in the Highlands -- we remember the tragedy of that winter night in 1692. I live in Inverness County and nearby is a rural community named Glencoe settled by Clanranald MacDonalds. My Gaelic-speaking grandmother could recite in her mother tongue -- 'as long as there's green in the forest, there's deceit in the Campbells' ! Not forgotten for sure. Thank you for telling this story, Bruce. Hope you make it back to Cape Breton in New Scotland!
I'm a Campbell mixed with Macdonald. My grandpa Campbell told all his grandkids the story just as Bruce told it. A blight. Before the 2 clans later de-solved into the mass wave of displaced Scots who landed in North America. My ancestors.
I am related to the Macdonalds of Glen Coe through my Grandmothers side. Alexander MacDonald escaped the massacre and changed his name to Alexander Alexander. I have a book with more info on them I will have to pull it off my shelf. I don’t really know why but I have always held a place in my soul for them.
My maternal grandmother was a Chisholm, but she has two MacDonalds in her family tree.....We are Tennesseans by the way. On my Dad's side they came from very northern England and Scotland to the colonies, mostly around Virginia and the Carolinas. Right before the Revolution the moved into Tennessee....my mother's people are almost entirely from Northern Ireland, most having come just before the Revolution and going to Georgia...We joke that they were guests of His Majesty's Prisons.
And yet Canada benefitted from the tragedies in Scotland, and the Scots have left an indelible stamp on Canada today. Perhaps it's why I watch these videos, and why the history of Scotland is interesting to me.
@@sammcdonald2213I still dislike any Mac Donald. We were told the Mac Donalds were all thieves and would steal your shit from the toilet if given half a chance.
Aye Bruce. In the 1930s my Grandparents brought their two boys across the sea to live in Whanganui, New Zealand. It was there twenty years later I was born. I do not know why they left Scotland. I can remember my Gran telling me stories when I was a wee lad, but her voice has been long silent, as has my father's, their stories lost in time. I recall you made a story asking what makes us Scottish, well for me a Bruce Fummey yarn and a dram will have to do the noo.
Ah BRILLIANT! To be fair this topic doesn't give much scope for laughs. If you fancy seeing the show when it's finished I'll be in Glasgow and Edinburgh in January www.thestand.co.uk/news/bruce-fummey-scotland-built-the-world-wip
I live in Texas. I was born here but I was raised on family tales of Immigration to Canada, harsh winters, clearances and war. I have a great great great grandfather, on my dad's side who immigrated from Scotland and enlisted in the Confederate cause. He died of the flu in New Mexico territory just before the battle of Glorieta Pass. I will always be tied to Scotland even though I was born on another shore.
Excellent video! I absolutely loved that you're commentary was from an old local pub with a cozy fire lit in the background. The ambience suited the story perfectly.
I was recently reading TB Macaulay’s ‘The History of England from the Accession of James the Second’. ( yes, I’m one of those 😂) He’s a good writer. But I was caught completely off guard by his anger and disgust over Glencoe. In multiple instances in this history his pain and anger at the government is palpable.
This was absolutely brilliant Bruce thoroughly enjoyed it I got a couple of questions to ask you one if I remember rightly you did a programme on the covenanters two have ever heard of a book called the homes haunts and battlefields of the covenanters by a.b .Todd published 1888 by James gemmell of Edinburgh
I didn't think much of it when I first got it but yesterday I got a shock I sat down to read it and suddenly realised it had no copyright in it also no first published date it apart from 1888 looked it up found out that I might have a first edition book would you like it and how can I send it to you
he ya Bruce, another excellent episode ! please keep them coming. please let me know as soon as you have dates for your Brisbane show, as I will try to bring Murphy's Pigs along. will you be travelling with your son? do you need a lift from the airport?
Bruce, good story telling yet again. Might you do an episode on the history between the MacDonalds of Glen Coe before the massacre? It wasn't an isolated event by my understanding. MacDonalds had been involved in the capture of Inveraray Castle when Montrose was doing his stuff in the 1640s. Campbells (of Glenorchy) were involved in what is said to be the last clan battle in Scotland in 1680
@ppavery I think it was Battle of Altimarlach, which took place on July 13, 1680, near Wick. Between Campbells and Sinclairs over land in Caithness. The Sinclairs got it back through legal action which is a bit ironic.
@ppavery Sorry slight crossed purposes there. That's when Montrose was fighting the Royalist cause in the War of The Three Kingdoms. The last clan battle also involved Campbells in a smaller dispute over land which is the one I described previously^^
Bruce, you should do a video on the Mac Donald / Campbell feud, one of the longest in highland history I believe, I got a brief glimpse when I read a book on Alister maccolla but would love to know the origins of it.
In the US in Geargia there is a County called Glynn and it has a town called Glenco and one called Stirling. It is a coastal place and now I know how it got its name. Thank you.
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My dad being a John Mac himself had a small story that I have never heard since when I asked him about Clain survivors.
Dad said that the ones who escaped called themselves Mc Donald. That was their way of escaping the persecution.
Bruce, do you have a tail like that?
HONK from Canada
Hello I am a brand new subscriber that just found your channel yesterday because of your excellent video regarding the alternate version of events at Bannockburn with Henry de Bohun vs Robert the Bruce. Btw I like the alternate version way, way more as the idea of Robert the Bruce cleverly ambushing Henry de Bohun is just so much cooler than the official version. A devious tactician & shrewd ambusher is so much more interesting of a character than a hero who wins in single combat through skill, luck & happenstance.
Anyway the reason I am bothering you on this comment thread by directly replying to you on your most recent video instead of leaving the previous comment paragraph about Bannockburn on the Bannockburn video is because I have a burning question/topic for you and I don't know where else to leave it. So I guess I will leave it here.
The burning question/topic I have is this: I am interested in your opinion & insight into an alternate version/tradition of why the Picts as a recognizable people are now gone. I read this alternate version of why that is so in a book titled Celtic Warriors by Tim Newark. According to that book the mainstream official version is that the Picts through intermarriage over time became assimilated & then synonymous with the Scots. The alternate tradition though is that there was a great battle between the Picts and Viking raiders in which the Picts lost badly and fled. The Scots then ambushed the surviving Picts as they fled from their defeat and wiped them out completely. And that ambush combined with subsequent intermarriage is why the Picts as an identifiable people are now gone. I make no claim to the veracity of any of that but Celtic Warriors is one of my all time favorite reads. Your thoughts?
Would be good to see you do one on the MacArthur Clan, whom gave birth to the Campbell clan. Also hereditary pipers for the McDonald clan. Supported Bruce and fought alongside him at the battle of brander pass and also the wars of independence. Our seal is appended on the declaration of Arbroath. For this support the Bruce awarded us the lands of the defeated macdougal clan and titles of dunstaffenage castle.
One of the oldest if not the oldest clan.. there is a saying
“as old as the hills, the MacArthur’s and the devil”.
@@macsco- I'd like to hear about MacArthur too. Cheers from Canada
@@momzilla9491 i have relatives in Canada and America.
My great granny along with her friend were going to visit a mutual friend in the country (1800s?).
An old farmer took pity on these two young women walking on the road and offered them a ride in his cart.
He naturally asked them who they were going to visit.
“(so and so) Campbell,” was the reply.
“Get oot of ma cairt!!!” he said, “nae freen o’ a Cammell is coming in my cairt!!!”
And you are the story teller who keeps our history alive and real. We thank you for that.
You always handle the matters regarding this tragic and polarizing event very respectfully and honestly. Thank you Bruce.
I have only 2 channels I watch for storytelling and your is one of them. You have a gift that includes humor, passion, knowledge and accuracy and I appreciate that. Thank you!!!
As a Scot living on foreign shores. Went back to Glencoe last year and will be back again next year. And in my eyes I will never look at Glencoe as a tourist theme park. It is a place that touches something deep inside of me. Can't explain.
the claighain inn has an epic fish and chip supper too. Also walk back along the road towards the main road and the little paths by the river are worth going down to the waters edge. I did so it was amazing about 2 miles from the visitor centre on the left. But the thing that amazed me walking along the road and driving from the gulf garage is how the people still remember. I wass fortunate enough to meet some amazing people in the glencoe in and talk to them. Its amazing i spoke to tourists from overseas in the pub here who knew nothing of the massacre. The tale of the Macdonalds of glencoe should be told more.
You're legend. I'm in Australia and, apparently, 69% Scottish. Loving your take on things there. Loving learning about my heritage. Thanks, buddy. Bruce Malcolm Devereaux
I'm also damn proud of my heritage. My genes are tied to men and women who are proud and strong and fiercely independent, but also strongly family orientated. That's me. That's what I instil in my kids (7). I am Scottish and proud, living in Australia. Bruce Devereaux
100% Scottish/Irish here and I agree. Always great videos from Bruce.
In February and March I'll be visiting the major towns in Australia and New Zealand with my live show Scotland Made the World. It would be great to see you. Get info at www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx
I could tell from your demeanour at the start that you were about to share a moving story and you did so with your usual thoughtful calm. As always, thank you for sharing 🌞
A part of the story almost never heard - thanks for telling it.
SAME SHIT DIFFERENT CENTURY IN A LAND O' SHEEP...Aye!
You always give such great history lessons.
Thank you for this. Interesting.
I'm a Macdonald (from New Zealand) and can trace our family back to the valleys inland from Loch Eil, 30km for a crow from Glencoe. My great great Grandfather left for NZ in the 1860s.
Mine left that same time frame and came to the US. Now here I am
@@MrsB197something Amazing, isn't it. Now I live in Sweden (for now).
@@fractalnomics wow. That's great. I have ancestors that are norse and of course my Scottish. It is very interesting to me
Outstanding, sir ! You reveal the living humanity and enliven the dry dates of history.
I try. Thanks
Good morning Bruce 🌏🕊
tfs ~ love to hear you tell a tale of history. Your voice is lovely.
🌷👋
I have a MacDonald grandmother and married my MacGregor grandfather from the 1600's. I have Campbell's of Loudoun grandparents as well. Love your shows.
Loudouns rules 😁
A'reyt Bruce. Such a sad story for such a beautiful location.
What a stormer of a video, absolutely brilliant!
Thank you for this. As a MacDonald in Canada, I love that you have described our history.
SAME SHIT DIFFERENT CENTURY IN A LAND O' SHEEP...Aye!
A haunting and enthralling story, sad yet it captures the imagination, I stood in the glen with my family knowing the story I turned and looked at my daughter she stood with a tear running down her cheek, my daughter has a learning disability, but she said she could feel the pain uaireannan tha an àm a dh'fhalbh nas fhaisge na tha fios againn 💔
Bruce: thank you gor another remarkable video on Clan history and the vicious tragedy of Glencoe.
Yes we are interested! Your videos never disappoint. Thank you for your content.
Brilliant. The thing that I fear most is that cancel culture and political correctness will see us stop telling stories if they cause discomfort. Thank you for what you do, love your work.
It's a shame that Clan Henderson never get a mention in this tragedy. They also suffered at the hands of King Billy that same day. They where also murdered at the same time. 😢
SAME SHIT DIFFERENT CENTURY IN A LAND O' SHEEP...Aye!
a proud Clans man in His Kilt as in DEED. Maa Maa Ma, We The Sheep. Aye!
I am a descendant of the MacDonald clan and i also have Campbell on my fathers side. No they dont traditionally get along even here in America yet i feel my people did contribute a great deal to the amazing and courageous history of Scotland. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all.
The history of Scotland is so interesting and I love yer accent 👍👍👍
I'm a MacDonald living in Cheshire. I visited the Highlands a few years ago, extremely moving experience. Glencoe felt special and significant to my families make up, my family at this time we're transported to Ireland and made their way to England.
Informative and moving. Thank you.
thank you very much for your amazing storytelling about this beautiful place and this beautiful land! Me and my family love Scotland and have visited almost every corner and Island and came to beautiful Glencoe a couple of times, even bought some little pieces of land to help preserve to nature. We try to learn as much as possible of the rich and very interesting history of your people and your stories help in a big way. Thank you! Dennis, Katerina and kids from Bad Aussee, among the beautiful mountains of Austria
Another great, insightful video. Many of us have heard of some of the names or places before, but we come to you for the details .
The Clachaig is a wonderful place. I’ve drunk with old friends, made new friends, and partied with Chilean refugees who’d escaped their own murderous government. I’ve even had a beer with a Campbell.
I’m surprised. When I visited the sign was “no dogs or Campbells”…
Some of my people. Thanks for sharing Bruce. God bless, Rob
In August 1966, I got to belatedly raise the alarm in Glen Coe youth hostel that someone might be missing. He was found dead 2 days later. The hostels warden's partner went out of her way to console me that the poor lad ( 18 year old...same as I was ) had died from his fall and not from exposure, which would have been partly my fault. I never got to say thank you to that lady. Any way to do so now?
Reach out to the hostel maybe?
According to family history, my sixth great grandfather Donald MacDonald (42 Highlander Regiment) who served the crown during the American Revolutionary War was of the MacDonald's of Glencoe. Rather then return home he stayed and immigrated to New Brunswick eventually settling in Nashwaak Bridge. His son, my fifth great grandfather (Donald MacDonald) was born in a small settlement outside of Nashwaak Bridge, Glencoe.
Had the opportunity to visit Glencoe, Scotland last October and it was absolutely stunning, but definitely lives up to the term "Weeping Glen." Paid my respects at the Massacre of Glencoe Monument. Overall, Glencoe is by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen in person.
Beautiful and atmospheric too. I'll never tire of the views.
Thanks Bruce. Excellent content as always. Good luck with your upcoming shows. 🏴❤️
Thank you kindly
Great video Bruce!.... from a MacDonald of Glencoe living in Sydney 🇦🇺
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SAME SHIT DIFFERENT CENTURY IN A LAND O' SHEEP...Aye!
a proud Clans man in His Kilt as in DEED. Maa Maa Ma, Ya Oz Sheep. Aye!
Hey I'm coming to Sydney with a new show Scotland Made the World on 22nd Feb 2025.
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Thank you Bruce.
Fascinating video, Bruce. Makes you wonder what the fathers would have thought about their sons fighting side by side on the battlefield. Mòran taing.
Hallo Bruce! You are such a gifted storyteller. I am no scotsman and I don't know if everything you are speaking of is historical fact but I know that it is surely true that not DNA keep the people together but their stories, their experiences they ve been put through together, their history, all the same whether they are MacDonalds, McLoeds or whatever. That left me with gooseskin
( or do you say duckskin ) and I love the way you are telling stories you are talking in your videos of ( and somehow I love scotland )!
Best wishes from the harz mountains
Uwe
Thank you Bruce for this great video. Aussie with Glencoe MacDhòmhnaill ancestry, hoping to visit Glencoe soon. Thanks again.
I'll see you Down Under
I went to school with a Campbell and a MacDonald. To this day, some of the MacDonald's in America don't even eat Campbell's soup.
The good news is the Campbells don't have to eat McDonalds
Correct. And I am living proof that 2 did get along with the lights off
@@williamduncanson3934not the same people but cute😂
Oh wind your neck in, those are just surnames with no connection to clan politics in early modern Scotland. Find something better to have a personality about.
@@Ricky-oi3wv I bet when Ferguson first left Ulster for Kintyre, he forgot something. "Hang on, lemme turn the boat around, I forgot me bag." Then when he got back to the dock five minutes later, the Irishman said "Feck on off back to where ya came from, foreigner!", true story.
Im a proud MacDonald living in Spain & have the clan crest above the door " Per Mare Per Terras "
SAME SHIT DIFFERENT CENTURY IN A LAND O' SHEEP...Aye!
a proud Clans man in His Kilt as in DEED. Maa Maa Ma, Ya Spanish Sheep. Aye!
I have learnt a lot from Scottish History. This vid is one any many Scottish history does make me sick inside .Blessed Samhaine my friend, may our ancestors always be at our sides. Bruce yes I did astro travel on your 60th birthday tour. You do know thats a lot of history in only 11 days. I haven't finished uploading. I need to deeply thanks you for your vids of our breathe taking tour. Thanks deeply for taking me to where I really wanted to go. I so look forward to a ferry ride to Sky plz two day? You know my love for the highlands so I know im asking a lot. But there is a shop I dont want to miss. Im not a shopper type But its the best shop on Skyy. I had learnt from one of your vids. Fummeys I love you like Poi and lau lau!!! It better than haggis lol
I have learned more about my home ( Scotland ) from you my friend and fellow Scot ( Bruce ) than any book or historian, and for that I cannot thank you enough, I have been ignorant about my Scottish ancestry & connection to this beautiful land I call home, and I say thank you for your education & fun 🏴🙏🏻 xxx
Ah thanks
Thank you for educating me. I appreciate you.
Any time!
You are an artist Bruce!🥰
Thanks!
I love listening to you Bruce about Scotland as my father came to Australia when he was 14 years old. Listening to my granny was wonderful and my father but all my father wanted was to visit Scotland before he pass way at the age 74 so thank you Bruce for bringing back the memories for me
In February and March I'll be visiting the major towns in Australia and New Zealand with my live show Scotland Made the World. It would be great to see you. Get info at www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx
Hopefully we can bring you back to Victoria. I really enjoyed your show earlier this year.
Excellent video. Like any, I've always been intrigued and a bit angered by the story of the massacre. Glencoe is on my list to visit on my next trip to Scotland (my third).
before i watch the video i was actually at glencoe and spoke to the staff about this back in september and went round the corner to the pub with the sign no campbells and no hawkers. I was fortunate to get in the 1740s kit and get photos there. But what really fascinated me was the land itself around and near glencoe it was incredible and worth seeing if you get the chance. The replica house on the site is so worth spending time in. Scotlands history in that place really does come to life and i loved seeing the place and meeting the people. If you get chance go to the glencoe inn. Lovely chips there and food. Lovely staff. If you want a hotel on route towards fort william i reccomend the roam west place. its lovely.
Thank you very much.
Thank you so much for these amazing stories 🌹
Pure class on this one Bruce.
I thank you
Good morning from the United States of America 🇺🇸
I always like hearing your stories
Thank you very much for the information
My pleasure
Hello Bruce thank you I did not know about this very well delivered as always
Thanks
Thanks
THANK YOU
At the Clan gathering held in Edinburgh some years ago , the march up the Royal Mile lead by the clan chiefs. The Campbell’s were booed and heckled the entire route, what a shame their chief didn’t take this opportunity, to apologize to all the clans’s for that despicable act of murder of all those innocent’s, granny’s, children and babies, their own kith and kin.
This appalling and cowardly act is not ancient history .
It's a shame those booing didn't have a better understanding of history.
They were, are just ignorant.
Hi Bruce. My nephew is a Major Duncanson serving in the Australian army. When he was younger we took him to Glen Coe where he found out about the orders passed on by one of his ancestors in his now current rank. We have all been dispersed.
In February and March I'll be visiting the major towns in Australia and New Zealand with my live show Scotland Made the World. It would be great to see you. Get info at www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx
Superb Bruce.
Ah thanks
looking forward to the Auckland show Bruce , I will be there
We finally have a ticket link for the Scotland Made the World show in Auckland. wohooo! Come have a laugh with me about how everything is Scottish on 2nd March www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/mar/scotland-made-the-world
Back to Canada in 2026, maybe I’ll be able to catch your show this time.
Loved the video Bruce. God bless you from Sudbury Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
My MacDonald ancestors came to Cape Breton in 1798 from Moidart and Eigg. One female ancestor was an Effie MacDonald of Glencoe (about whom not much is known). My people were Clanranalds connected to the MacDonalds of Kinlochmoidart and Captain John MacDonald of Glenaladale who brought his tenants out to Prince Edward Island in 1772. Our family was in Scotland this summer and stopped in Glencoe enroute to Fort William. There is very little mention of the massacre at the visitor centre --all the focus is on the nature and outdoor experiences. Of course, I was astounded at the hordes of people stopping for the photo ops (of course we did take some photos too) but for me and those of us with roots in the Highlands -- we remember the tragedy of that winter night in 1692. I live in Inverness County and nearby is a rural community named Glencoe settled by Clanranald MacDonalds. My Gaelic-speaking grandmother could recite in her mother tongue -- 'as long as there's green in the forest, there's deceit in the Campbells' ! Not forgotten for sure. Thank you for telling this story, Bruce. Hope you make it back to Cape Breton in New Scotland!
They fled tp the hills. Starved
Froze.
Amazing as always. Keep being awesome.
Ah thanks
Thank you Bruce for including Hobart in your tour.
Loved it last time
I'm a Campbell mixed with Macdonald. My grandpa Campbell told all his grandkids the story just as Bruce told it. A blight. Before the 2 clans later de-solved into the mass wave of displaced Scots who landed in North America. My ancestors.
We're presently trying to get the Lyon Court to recognise the Chief od the MacNeills of Gigha. She's also a Kiwi.
I am related to the Macdonalds of Glen Coe through my Grandmothers side. Alexander MacDonald escaped the massacre and changed his name to Alexander Alexander. I have a book with more info on them I will have to pull it off my shelf. I don’t really know why but I have always held a place in my soul for them.
Still haven't been to Roslyn chapel, maybe next summer 😊
Thanks for your stories Bruce a true Scot.
You should!
@@ScotlandHistoryToursReally, why? I was completely underwhelmed. Maybe just me.
@@isking1715 Yep, I think just you
@ScotlandHistoryTours 😂😂 Wouldn't be the first time.
My maternal grandmother was a Chisholm, but she has two MacDonalds in her family tree.....We are Tennesseans by the way. On my Dad's side they came from very northern England and Scotland to the colonies, mostly around Virginia and the Carolinas. Right before the Revolution the moved into Tennessee....my mother's people are almost entirely from Northern Ireland, most having come just before the Revolution and going to Georgia...We joke that they were guests of His Majesty's Prisons.
And yet Canada benefitted from the tragedies in Scotland, and the Scots have left an indelible stamp on Canada today. Perhaps it's why I watch these videos, and why the history of Scotland is interesting to me.
Weel done Bruce, a poignant story brawly telt.
Beautiful video. Thank you for telling this story. I really want to go have a pint in that pub now.
You should
Tapadh leat Bruce. You're damned good at this Scottish History & Stories...Slainte Mhath
MacDonalds in Nova Scotia still (jokingly) take the piss out of the Campbells. “Never trust a Campbell” they say
MacDonalds in Michigan too.
My grandparents still held a strong dis like of any Campbell
@@sammcdonald2213I still dislike any Mac Donald. We were told the Mac Donalds were all thieves and would steal your shit from the toilet if given half a chance.
"it's not DNA that holds people together, it's stories" never a truer sentence has ever been muttered
Gracias 🎉❤
Aye Bruce. In the 1930s my Grandparents brought their two boys across the sea to live in Whanganui, New Zealand. It was there twenty years later I was born. I do not know why they left Scotland. I can remember my Gran telling me stories when I was a wee lad, but her voice has been long silent, as has my father's, their stories lost in time. I recall you made a story asking what makes us Scottish, well for me a Bruce Fummey yarn and a dram will have to do the noo.
Great as always, keep up the good work and maybe see you in Germany sometime
There are certainly Scottish stories in Germany
Than you Bruce. Sorry I missed you in Kippen. Next time. Slanj
Kippen?
Came here after seeing you at the comedy night on Wednesday ❤️😆
Ah BRILLIANT! To be fair this topic doesn't give much scope for laughs. If you fancy seeing the show when it's finished I'll be in Glasgow and Edinburgh in January www.thestand.co.uk/news/bruce-fummey-scotland-built-the-world-wip
I live in Texas. I was born here but I was raised on family tales of Immigration to Canada, harsh winters, clearances and war. I have a great great great grandfather, on my dad's side who immigrated from Scotland and enlisted in the Confederate cause. He died of the flu in New Mexico territory just before the battle of Glorieta Pass. I will always be tied to Scotland even though I was born on another shore.
Great episode, Bruce! I actually know Alan. He’s an amazing guy!
Excellent video! I absolutely loved that you're commentary was from an old local pub with a cozy fire lit in the background. The ambience suited the story perfectly.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My friend and I went through Glencoe at midnight and she was singing a spooky song
Dropped as soon as I poured a wee heavy... great video to sip an ale to.
I was recently reading TB Macaulay’s ‘The History of England from the Accession of James the Second’. ( yes, I’m one of those 😂) He’s a good writer. But I was caught completely off guard by his anger and disgust over Glencoe. In multiple instances in this history his pain and anger at the government is palpable.
True that, its the stories
I heard there was a MacDonald married into an Indian tribe and became it’s chieftain.
From memory it was one of the Glencoe MacDonalds.
I wonder if they are talking of this fellow(apparently descended from a survivor of Glencoe): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_MacDonald
This was absolutely brilliant Bruce thoroughly enjoyed it I got a couple of questions to ask you one if I remember rightly you did a programme on the covenanters two have ever heard of a book called the homes haunts and battlefields of the covenanters by a.b .Todd published 1888 by James gemmell of Edinburgh
Hmmm, I don't know the book
I didn't think much of it when I first got it but yesterday I got a shock I sat down to read it and suddenly realised it had no copyright in it also no first published date it apart from 1888 looked it up found out that I might have a first edition book would you like it and how can I send it to you
he ya Bruce,
another excellent episode ! please keep them coming.
please let me know as soon as you have dates for your Brisbane show, as I will try to bring Murphy's Pigs along. will you be travelling with your son? do you need a lift from the airport?
Aye, Thursday 27th Feb. Ticket link to come
Bruce, good story telling yet again.
Might you do an episode on the history between the MacDonalds of Glen Coe before the massacre? It wasn't an isolated event by my understanding. MacDonalds had been involved in the capture of Inveraray Castle when Montrose was doing his stuff in the 1640s.
Campbells (of Glenorchy) were involved in what is said to be the last clan battle in Scotland in 1680
Wasn't that inverlochy?
@ppavery I think it was Battle of Altimarlach, which took place on July 13, 1680, near Wick. Between Campbells and Sinclairs over land in Caithness. The Sinclairs got it back through legal action which is a bit ironic.
Ah I was thinking the battle of inverlochy 1645, Montrose and Alistair maccolla
@ppavery Sorry slight crossed purposes there. That's when Montrose was fighting the Royalist cause in the War of The Three Kingdoms.
The last clan battle also involved Campbells in a smaller dispute over land which is the one I described previously^^
Bruce, you should do a video on the Mac Donald / Campbell feud, one of the longest in highland history I believe, I got a brief glimpse when I read a book on Alister maccolla but would love to know the origins of it.
Slàinte Mhath 🥃🙏🏻✌🏻
In the US in Geargia there is a County called Glynn and it has a town called Glenco and one called Stirling. It is a coastal place and now I know how it got its name. Thank you.
That’s 38 shattered families 😢
I do remember a lot of them went to Ireland.