The massacre of Glencoe is one of the most infamous days in all Scottish history.Although it’s the Campbells who are most associated with the massacre of the MacDonalds, it was less about Clan rivalry and more about bringing Highland clans into line behind the new King William the 3rd.William demanded that all the clans sign an oath of allegiance to him. Any clan signing the oath before 1st January 1692 would be pardoned.The MacDonalds however were already sworn to King James (2nd of England, 7t

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Today is the anniversary of the Glencoe Massacre, an atrocity that still stirs emotion over 330 years later. After the 1689 Jacobite rising, an official government pardon was offered to any clan who swore an oath to King William by the 1st of January 1692. Many clan chiefs waited for permission from the exiled King James, but by the time that arrived, it was only a few days to the deadline. MacIain, chief of the MacDonalds of Glencoe, set off to Fort William, arriving just in time to discover th