{"id":2420,"date":"2010-10-21T14:34:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T12:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/bletherskite\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2010-10-21T14:34:37","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T12:34:37","slug":"massacre-cave-the-macdonalds-of-clanranald-and-the-macleods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=2420","title":{"rendered":"Massacre Cave &#8211; The MacDonalds of Clanranald and The MacLeods"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39042\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/eigg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39042\" alt=\"Isle of Eigg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/eigg.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isle of Eigg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Isle of Eigg is situated in the heart of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-macdonald-of-clanranald\">Clanranald<\/a> country, this small island has very bloody history being\u00a0 involved in every MacDonald rebellion against the crown and in a good many feuds. A lengthy feud between the <a title=\"Clan MacDonald\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-macdonald\/\">MacDonalds<\/a> and the <a title=\"Clan MAcLeod\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-macleod\/\">MacLeods<\/a> in the 16<sup>th<\/sup> Century led to the death of 395 MacDonalds in 1577, the island&#8217;s entire population, in <em>&#8220;Uamha Fhraing&#8221; <\/em> (Cave of Frances, aka Massacre Cave) The <a title=\"Clan MacDonald of Clanranald\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-macdonald-of-clanranald\/\">Clanranald <\/a> residents of the island took refuge in a cave on the south coast and they were suffocated by a fire lit at the entrance by a party of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-macleod\/\">MacLeods <\/a>in what apparently was a revenge attack. The feud was finally ended some years later by the marriage of Alan of Moidart to the daughter of MacLeod of MacLeod. Hugh Miller visited this notorious cave three centuries later, in 1844, and described in his book,<em> &#8220;The Cruise Of The Betsy,&#8221; <\/em> seeing the bones of adults and children in family groups with the charred remains of their straw mattresses and small household objects. All were finally removed for burial in hallowed ground.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39044\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/cave.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39044\" alt=\"&quot;Uamha Fhraing&quot; (Cave of Frances, aka Massacre Cave), Isle of Eigg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/cave.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Uamha Fhraing&#8221; (Cave of Frances, aka Massacre Cave), Isle of Eigg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/clan-shop\/macleod\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/macleod-ad2.jpg\" alt=\"macleod-ad2\" width=\"600\" height=\"212\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/macleod-ad2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/macleod-ad2-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Isle of Eigg is situated in the heart of Clanranald country, this small island has very bloody history being\u00a0 involved in every MacDonald rebellion against the crown and in a good many feuds. 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