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Glenfalloch, 1865<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Glenfalloch, which bounds the barony of Arrochar to the north was always the pass for the people of Athole into Arrochar on their way to the lower grounds of Monteith and Stirling.\u00a0 There are many stories that are still told to this day among the people living in Arrochar of the raids of the Athole men on their ancestors.<\/p>\n

On one occasion the Athole men made a descent on Arrochar, and plundered the castle of the MacFarlanes<\/a> on Elan-na-vow, in the absence of the chief and his retainers.\u00a0 On the return of the MacFarlane chief, Duncan Dhu, or Black Duncan, his son, pursued and overtook the invaders in a shooting-lodge in Staduisk, which is a glen between Loch Sloy and the river Falloch.\u00a0 While the men of Athole were enjoying themselves with their plunder, Duncan Dhu and his party fastened the door of the shooting lodge and set it on fire.\u00a0 The fire consumed both the lodge and the invaders, and spreading, it reduced to ashes a large area of native Scottish fir-trees, with which the mountains were covered.\u00a0 Along these mountains the roots of these ancient fir-trees can still be seen charred with the burning.<\/p>\n

On hearing\u00a0 about what had happened, the father of Black Duncan, who foresaw that the enemy would be avenged, said to his son,\u00a0 \u201cA bloody son you\u2019ll be to me.\u201d\u00a0 As he had foreboded, three of the Athole men, friends of those who were burned returned to Arrocher to avenge their deaths.\u00a0 Seeking out Duncan Dhu, although they did not know what he looked like, they unknowingly found him, \u00a0the chief he was splitting a log of wood with an axe.\u00a0 This\u00a0was on an island in the bay near Doune, in Loch\u00a0Lomond called Eileau-a-Ghoar.\u00a0 They asked whether he knew the whereabouts of Black Duncan. \u00a0\u201cIf you are very anxious,\u201d he answered,\u00a0 \u201cto see him, I will go and point out where he is, if you will only wait a little and assist me with my work\u201d.\u00a0 He made them promise that they would never reveal that it was he that told of the Chief’s whereabouts.<\/p>\n

Directing the Athole men to assist by grabbing\u00a0hold of the log, which was partly split at one end, he told them he was going to made use of their strength by getting them to\u00a0tear it apart, and while tightening the wedge, he suddenly struck out of the log causing it to clamp down\u00a0upon their hands, and held them fast like a vice. \u00a0 Having them now completely in his power, he shouted \u201cHere is Duncan Dhu! What do you want with him?\u201d\u00a0 He then killed all the three men; and from this desperate deed the small island is still called Eilean-a-Ghoar (The Bloody Island).<\/p>\n

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Loch Lomond and the Islands<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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