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Thread #46429 Message #692653
Posted By: Teribus
18-Apr-02 - 04:37 AM
Thread Name: Parish of Dunkeld-Did it happen?
Subject: RE: Parish of Dunkeld-Did it happen?
Don't know if this is any way connected to the song, but during the "Glorious Revolution" an action was fought at Dunkeld (1689) between Covenanter troops (Cameronians, a presbyterian sect - as opposed to Clan Cameron) and Jacobite forces. The Cameronians holed up in the church and successfully fought off the Jacobites. In doing so they ran out of ammunition and stripped the lead off the church roof to melt down to make bullets.