Clan Burial Isle With Music On History Visit To Loch Leven Glencoe Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Eilean Munde, also known as the Island Of The Dead, a small island in Loch Leven in Glencoe, close to Ballachulish, on Clan ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The island is the site of a graveyard once used by the Clan Stewart of Ballachulish, the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe and the Clan Cameron of Callart. The clans shared the island and the maintenance of the graveyard, even when there was conflict between them. The last burial took place in 1972, of Mrs Christina MacDonald Sharpe, a native of Glencoe. It is also the site of a chapel built by St. Fintan Mundus, also known as Saint Fintan Munnu, who travelled here from Iona in the 7th Century. The church was burnt in 1495 and rebuilt in the 16th Century. The last service in the church was held in July, 1653. The grave of a legendary chief of the MacDonald clan: Alastair MacIain, 12th Chief of Glencoe is here. He had travelled though the wilderness of Glencoe to Fort William to swear fealty to the King. The governor there refused to take the oath and sent the old chief through the winterstorms to Inverary to make his oath there. With a letter stating he had been in time but in the wrong place. MacDonald believed he was safe. But the Campells persuaded the King to order the MacDonald’s death. Fintan Munnu, Mundus appears to be Latinized, was of the Ui-Neill clan in Ireland and trained as a monk. His birth year is unknown, but he died in 635AD. He studied at Bangor and at Cluain-Innis. As a young monk, he arrived on Iona shortly after Saint Columba died and was sent back to Ireland to found his own monastery as its Abbot. He arrived in Alba in about 600AD and founded several churches. His final parish was on Eilean Nam Munde, Isle of the Teacher, which later became known as Eilean Nam Mairbh, Isle of the Dead. The Irish Gaelic word munnu means “ to learn ” or “ to teach. " Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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