Skye History
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Heads Under the Water: Snizort Cathedral, St Columba’s Isle and The Cauldron of Skulls
The Cathedral Peaty water ripples around a peaceful little island cemetery, but this river once bubbled with blood, boiling from the clan feud that scars Skye’s landscape. For most, it is a tranquil place to rest; for Skye’s teenagers, it is a place for summer gatherings, to leap from the high banks into the deep(ish) Continue reading
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An Eye for an Eye: The War of the One-Eyed Woman, Skye’s Final and Bloodiest Conflict
Read here to find out about Skye’s final and bloodies clan battle between the ever feuding MacLeods of Dunvegan and the MacDonalds of Sleat! Continue reading
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Massacred at Mass: The Battle of the Spoiling Dyke
As MacLeod churchgoers settled down for their Sunday worship one fateful May morn in 1578, unbeknownst to them, a band of their rivals slid into shore ready to unleash hell. Continue reading
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Salt and Steel: Hugh MacDonald, the Hebridean Pirate of Caisteal Uisdean
A Story of Steel and Salt, find out how Hugh MacDonald went from a successful Hebridean Pirate to meet a surprisingly salty end. Also, find out how his relationship to the MacDonalds of Sleat has been assumed and mistaken by learning the true identity of Hugh MacDonald. Continue reading
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