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This will be a rare opportunity to see these paintings and to hear the story of the exiled
Jacobites.
Few in Lochaber are as well versed in the history and lore of the Jacobite Rising of 1745 as Glenfinnan resident, Tearlach (Charlie) MacFarlane. He is probably the most well-known and eminent specialist on Moidart genealogy.
Resplendent in his Ancient Sinclair tartan kilt and Tam O’Shanter with the regimental cap badge of the Seaforths, and a white rose – symbol of the Jacobites – tucked in behind it, Mr Sinclair spoke with fondess of his visits to Glenfinnan.
Resplendent in his Ancient Sinclair tartan kilt and Tam O’Shanter with the regimental cap badge of the Seaforths, and a white rose – symbol of the Jacobites – tucked in behind it, Mr Sinclair spoke with fondess of his visits to Glenfinnan.
The Highlanders threw their bonnets in the air and cheered, shouting: ‘Long live King James the Eighth and Charles Prince of Wales, Prosperity to Scotland, and no union’.
The Seven Men of Moidart – the Prince’s companions – were commemorated in the mid-1800s by Robertson MacDonald, the owner of the Moidart Estate at the time. He planted a row of seven beech trees in a field on the shore of Loch Moidart.
The last few days of July and the first few of August had been spent on the Du Teillay on covert operations, sending out messages and receiving key players for meetings about the fledgling rising.
This was a key moment for the Rising. Without Lochiel’s support – and the hundreds of men his support would bring – the other chiefs would not have rallied to the standard and the spark of rebellion would have been snuffed out.
The 24-year-old Prince’s travelling companions on board the Du Teillay were a motley crew of seven much older and rather infirm gentlemen – later called The Seven Men of Moidart
