Old Photograph Loch Gruinart Islay Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofters cottage at Loch Gruinart, Islay, Scotland. Islay Whisky. Loch Gruinart is a sea loch on the northern coast of isle of Islay. The Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart was fought on the sands at the south end of the loch on 5 August 1598 between a force from Mull led by Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean of Duart and the Islay men led by Sir James MacDonald, son of Angus MacDonald of Dunyvaig and the Glens, in which Macleans were defeated and all killed including Sir Lachlan save one whom survived by swimming to Nave Island. The pìobaireachd Lament for Sir Lachlan Mor harks back to this battle which was also remembered in Islay folklore.



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