Battle of Drumlui

Battle of Drumlui
Part of Clan Cameron-Clan Mackintosh feud

Druim Gleann Laoigh, probable site of the battle
Date1330 or 1337
Location
Lochaber area, probably Druim Gleann Laoigh
grid reference NN0685 ??
56°55′14″N 5°10′47″W / 56.92056°N 5.17972°W / 56.92056; -5.17972
Result Mackintosh victory
Belligerents
Clan Mackintosh Clan Cameron
Commanders and leaders
William MacKintosh Donald Alin Mhic Evin
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Drumlui was a Scottish clan battle that took place in either 1330 or 1337, in the Scottish Highlands between the Clan Cameron and the Clan Mackintosh.[1]

Background

The parents of William Mackintosh, 7th chief of Clan Mackintosh and the confederation of Clan Chattan, had migrated from their lands in Lochaber which were subsequently occupied by the Clan Cameron without disturbance.[2] However, when William became a man he demanded that the lands be restored to him, but this claim was denied to him and refused by the Camerons who claimed that the lands had been deserted and now belonged to themselves as they were the first to seize and occupy them.[2]

Battle

The (Mackintosh of) Kinrara MS (manuscript)[note 1] mentions a great battle at Drumlui in which William Mackintosh defeated the Camerons who were under the leadership of Donald Alin Vic Ian,[2] or Donald Alin Mhic Evin.[4] However, a number of Mackintosh and Clan Shaw men were also mortally wounded.[1]

Aftermath

This battle led to a long-lasting 350 year feud which did not end until near the end of the 17th century.[2] In the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Drumlui each clan alternately harried each other's lands, lifting cattle, until the famous Battle of Invernahavon in 1370.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Battle of Drumlui". clan-cameron.org. Clan Cameron Association. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Mackintosh-Shaw, Alexander (1880). "III". Historical Memoirs of the House and Clan of Mackintosh and of the Clan Chattan. London: printed for the author by R. Clay, sons, and Taylor. pp. 78-79. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "A Chronicle of the Family of Mackintosh to 1680". clanchattan.org.uk. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Mackenzie, Alexander (1883). The Celtic Magazine: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk-lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad. Vol. 8. Inverness: A. & W. Mackenzie. p. 82. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

Notes

  1. ^ The Mackintosh of Kinrara manuscript is a history of the Clan Mackintosh that was written in the 17th century and chronicles the history of the Mackintoshes up to the year 1680. It has been published as A Chronicle of the Family of Mackintosh to 1680.[3]