Qualla: Battle of Drumnacoub https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumnacoub en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:25 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Drumnacoub https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumnacoub Battle of Drumnacoub: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumnacoub/ Twelve hundred on each side, the chronicler said. Hardly nine of the whole left alive. Walter Bower wrote those words in the Scotichronicon, his sweeping history of Scotland, within living memory of the men who fought here - 1429 to 1433, the exact year is uncertain - on a hill called Carn Fada at the southern end of the Kyle of Tongue, with Ben Loyal rising behind. The battle had nothing to do with England or with the Crown directly. It was a Mackay against Mackay fight, cousins against cousins, with the Earl of Sutherland's troops backing the claimants. The old chief won. The cost was almost everyone present.

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/k/u/battle-of-drumnacoub-wp/gfku-battle-of-drumnacoub-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Drumnacoub: Cousins, Betrayal and a Burned Chapel https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumnacoub/ The trouble began in 1428, when Thomas Neilson Mackay killed the Laird of Freswick, a man named Mowat, by pursuing him into the chapel of St Duthac at Tain - where Mowat had retreated for sanctuary - and burning the chapel to the ground. King James I declared Thomas a rebel and o...

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