Tour Scotland late Summer early Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive from Glencoe on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Onich, Scottish Gaelic: Omhanaich, meaning abounding in froth, frothy place, a village on the East shore of Loch Linnhe, in the Nether Lochaber Highlands. Onich experiences a maritime climate with cool Summers and mild Winters. In the 1650s, Scotland was occupied by Cromwell’s forces and Lochaber, due to its mountain terrain, became a major centre for guerrilla resistance or freedom fighting. At this time, the Highland clans were joined in their activities by groups of people who came from Ireland, the Borders and the north of England and further embellished Lochaber’s reputation as bandit country. The situation in Lochaber was not helped by the murder of the young chief of the MacDonalds of Keppoch and his brother in 1663, by their uncle. The young chief was trying to wean his clan away from banditry and, as such, the murder was perceived as confirming that Lochaber was indeed a centre of uncontrolled banditry. Whilst organised banditry died out in the 1750s, other forms of illicit activity, including poaching and whisky distilling, continued and probably still happens today. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip.
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