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The Battle of Muirdykes, 1685: Fountainhall’s Version #History #Scotland
• December 6, 2015 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1685, Adam Blair (Carberry), Argyll Rising, Ayrshire, Captain William Cleland, Carrick, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanters, Dailly parish, earl of Argyll, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, John Cochran of Ochiltree, John Hay of Park, John Mclorgan (d.1685), John Whiteford (Blairquhan), Lochwinnoch parish, Lord Ross, Militia, Patrick Hume of Polwarth, Renfrewshire, William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Ayrshire, Battle of Muirdykes, Covenanters, History, Killing Times, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History
The Forfeited: The Carrick Lairds at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge
• December 8, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1680, 1681, Alexander Peden, Alton Albany, Auchenflower, Ayrshire, Ballantrae parish, Barr, Barr parish, Benan (Barr), Blairquhan, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanters, Dailly parish, Dalvennan, Drummochreen, Dunmurchie, Finnarts, George Maclure of Benan, Gilbert McIlwraith of Dinmurchie, Hanna Keir, Henry MacJarrow of Alton Albany, Hugh MacIlwraith of Auchenflower, Ireland, John Binning of Dalvennan, John MacAlexander (Drummochreen), John MacJarrow in Pingerroch, John MacMichan of Killantringan, John Welsh, John Whiteford (Blairquhan), Killantringan, Peden's Stone (Auchensoul Hill), Pingerroch, Straiton parish, Thomas Ferguson of Finnarts, Thomas MacJarrow of Barr
Tags: Ayrshire, Barr, Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Scotland, Scottish History