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Glencoe , valley of the Coe River, Highland, W Scotland. It was the scene of the massacre of the Macdonald clan (Feb., 1692) by the Campbells, under the direction of John Campbell, 1st earl of Breadalbane, and John Dalrymple, 1st earl of Stair.

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A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Â© A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Glencoe, Glen Coe [ScG comhann, narrow]. One of the most resonant names in the Highland imagination, a 10-mile long glen surrounding the River Coe in the western Highlands, in the north of the former (until 1974) *Argyllshire, south of Loch Leven, east of the town of Ballachulish. Although it was once known as the realm of the Cadineag, all previous folkloric associations were displaced by the slaughter of the MacDonalds here, 13 February 1792, at the hands of the Campbells who had been their house guests.

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See John Prebble , Glencoe (London, 1966).

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Glencoe Highland. Glenchomure 1343, Glencole 1491. ‘Valley of the River Coe’. Gaelic gleann. The meaning of the river name is unknown.

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