Qualla: Battle of Bun Garbhain https://qualla.com/battle-of-bun-garbhain en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Bun Garbhain https://qualla.com/battle-of-bun-garbhain Battle of Bun Garbhain: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-bun-garbhain/ A cat's skin might be had this day for a coin. That was the message Donald Cameron, known as Taillear Dubh na Tuaighe, the Black Tailor of the Axe, brought home from the field at Bun Garbhain in 1570. He was speaking in Gaelic to a Mackintosh woman who had married into Clan Cameron and whose infant son was now their chief. The cat was Clan Mackintosh's symbol. He was telling her that her own clan had been wiped out and that she was hearing it from the man who had killed her chief with a Lochaber axe. She tried to murder her baby. The Black Tailor stopped her in time. She was banished from Lochaber forever.

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/5/battle-of-bun-garbhain-wp/gfh5-battle-of-bun-garbhain-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Bun Garbhain: An Infant Chief https://qualla.com/battle-of-bun-garbhain/ The fight at Bun Garbhain happened because a Cameron chief had died too soon. Donald Dubh Cameron, fifteenth Chief of Clan Cameron, left an infant son, Allan, as his heir. An infant could not lead. The clan split between its two main branches, the Lochiels and the Erracht, with C...

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