The Ghosts Of Culloden [ by Isla Grant ]

[@thethinker8805]

Total respect for Scotland, the pipes and the kilt. God help anyone who calls mine a skirt. Never forget, but dont hate. For hated will only harm the person doing the hating. Walk through life with a peaceful heart.

[@DuncanofAlba]

I will always hear them! I am Scottish and have walked the fields of Culloden! My Mother was a MacDonald! Ready! Aye Ready!

[@MCKevin289]

My ancestors fought for the Jacobite cause in the North of Ireland. I hope to one day see a United Ireland and an independent Scotland. Tiocfaidh ár lá mor chara. Eire agus Alba go brath!

[@mattmcintosh3939]

I'm Scottish, I live in Scotland, I'm a highlander and 500 of my ancestors died in that battle for the bonnie Prince. I don't want an independent Scotland and over half my fellow country men feel the same. Without Scotland there would be no Britain or her empire. The crooked roasters and bawbags that run my country are destroying my culture and heritage and they're Scottish(or at least born here) not English. We're lucky that Westminster can overule some of their decisions.

[@janetleishman3776]

Isla sings like an angel..the emotion in her voice hits your heart and soul..thank you for this

[@FilepMaria-o6l]

Thank you.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland forever ín my heart.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Zephaniah3verse17]

Man, this song is powerful. I'm from Essex but have been to Inverness-Shire several times. Didn't see or hear the ghosts of Culloden when I saw the moor but I sure felt them. I see and hear them in my mind.

[@Dollydri]

My wife and I just returned to the states from Scotland, while there we went to Culloden Moor battlefield as we both have Jacobite ancestry that fought and died there. We did not see or hear the ghost, but we did most certainly feel them. We both placed a small stone upon the carin, we both wept. I did not need to take photos, I shall never forget the place.

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks very much for sharing your experience! I think being involved in History because of your ancestors makes the visit in Culloden even more emotional.

[@michaelcushing430]

+Robert Riddle Aye Drumossie Muir has that effect . Cumberland up there on the rock - well now my Family town( Birr , Co.Offaly ) had Cumberland on a pillar till 1909 when he was encouraged to quit - just like Nelson watching his world collapse in Dublin 1987 !! Memories never get banished

[@michaelcushing430]

+Robert Riddle Aye Drumossie Muir has that effect . Cumberland up there on the rock - well now my Family town( Birr , Co.Offaly ) had Cumberland on a pillar till 1909 when he was encouraged to quit - just like Nelson watching his world collapse in Dublin 1987 !! Memories never get banished

[@buchan448]

thanks

[@fraserwilcox1819]

Culloden moor does not exist, Culloden is a vilage 3 mls away, the Moor is called Drumossie Moor

[@14generationSCOT]

My fifth great grandfather Charles Stewart fought there. He survived, to be transported to North Carolina. We will never forget his Legacy of Honor.

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks very much for sharing about this piece of history of your family. I wish you Happy Easter!

[@candw87]

my kinfolk from Aberdeen suffered great losses at the hand of Cumberland

[@iloveejbgssnoopy]

God Bless your family and all who fought Soldiers Salute

[@maryrennie6357]

We may be related my grandfather name was charles stewart from stirling scotland and i love this song and what dignity they died

[@sophisticatedbear3374]

I find that extremely ironic and here's why. The Jacobites fought for the hereditary line of king James to return to the throne. The same king James who hated protestants resulting in the pilgrims who sought the new world. Reminder King James essentially was the God king of the Jacobites and like James they shared a dislike of protestants. So for a man who fought for the memory of James and house Stuart to seek sanctuary in America.....IS VERY IRONIC.

[@progressiverebel]

My ancestor Alexander Grant fought with the Glengaries Regiment at Culloden and after the battle was one of 69 men Sold as slaves into Chattel Slavery by the English in the Rum Islands. ...Only 7 of the men ever returned back to Scotland. Remember

[@newLucypupy]

+progressiverebel Thanks for sharing your family history!

[@barbaraclark1687]

@Ryan Wiggs My Gran was a MacIness.Good to 'meet' you, cousin. :) Saor Alba Gu Brath

[@sophisticatedbear3374]

He must have been branded a traitor sense Clan Grant did not support the return of Stuart to the English throne. All things considered he's lucky. Most Jacobites weren't given any quarter.

[@caileanmoore2835]

Everytime I hear this haunting song, it sends chills down my spine. The flower of Scotland slaughtered by a Hanoverian supported government army. Many of the Scots were only kids aged as young as 14 and were bludgeoned to death with a rifle butt after the battle and shown no mercy. Why the Hell can't Scots believe in themselves and their amazing country like the Scots who fought and died on Culloden Moor did?

[@scottferguson48]

Hi I understand where you're coming from. There's a lot of lowland Scots in the red coats. They practiced in the city of Aberdeen Scotland before going to the battlefield. My clan was in the Jacobites side . Ferguson. But we never got a mention on the battlefield. Scott

[@Peggyjp]

So very sorry

[@sophisticatedbear3374]

Many many Scots weren't on the Jacobites side. The Jacobites were a political party and did not represent the interests of all Scotland.

[@casperwallace9685]

Too many still suffer the Scottish Cringe, which has infected Scotland from 1707 as the Westminster Governments planned. HISTORY - TEACHES. To destroy a nation you must deprive the people of their national consciousness. Treat them as a tribe and not as a nation, dilute their national pride, do not teach their history, propagate their language as inferior, imply they have a cultural void, emphasise their customs are primitive and dismiss independence as a barbaric anomaly. Reinhard Heydrich, ‘Protector’ of Czechoslovakia for the Third Reich, and one of the architects of the Holocaust. Job Done - thankfully - some are now awakening.

[@robbiethepict2783]

We are the sons and daughters of freedom loving Highlanders resisting monolithic London based imperialists. We keep our ancestors alive we still honor their memory and remember their bravery

[@scottferguson48]

Thank you for a great song. Our family was in the Jacobite's side. The red coats trained in Aberdeen Scotland . before the battle.

[@edbarry834]

Loved it, so melancholic, so sad. My heart goes out to all those brave men.

[@Whistor]

This song just tugs at my heart. I was putting together a playlist for the U.S. Veteran's Day and this got a spot of honor.

[@DuncanofAlba]

We stood with America at the Alamo The Confederate flag came from the Scottish Saltire! We will stand shoulder to shoulder with you again!you are our Kin! Ready!! Aye Ready!

[@brianbell3961]

The best song I have ever heard sung love it ❤

[@Douchkamuzuri]

So sweet, so melancholic and beautifull. I love this. Thank you Isla Grant.

[@rexstanley3595]

Isla Grant is scheduled to visit the Australian island State of Tasmania later in 2015 on her farewell tour. May I be spared the time to hear again in life this gloriously emotive singer with such a crystal clear voice that blesses old ears.

[@lilimarlene7813]

On this day, April 16, 2021, they are not forgotten.

[@newLucypupy]

True. Also, when we talk about wars (ex. when we study it for school) we only think about who wins and loses and about dates, we tend to forget about the people who actually fought and died on both sides :( But, thanks for watching and commenting on my video! ^^

[@larsdybvik9368]

norwegians and scots, we,re the i think!!! love scots and your country!! been 2 both west and east in Scotland, and always met good people!!!

[@martindewilde9478]

great song... great composition... great performance... amazing voice... mooi... schön... nice... bella cansion... magnifique chanson... baie mooj...

[@jimgraham6151]

Allways remember we were beaten bit not conquered and never give in to England

[@barbaraclark1687]

NEVER! Saor Alba Gu Brath

[@northscot9862]

AS LONG AS 100 REMAIN. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH

[@scottferguson48]

An comhnaldh cukmhnich caraid...

[@reinhardrust9948]

hab ich mir gleich 2mal hintereinander angehört - tolle Stimme alles stimmig

[@ivanj.conway9919]

What a beautiful, powerful, song!! My Best. Out.

[@BillDFC]

Many times I have visited this place, from the late 60's on....still no birds sing here and all is still...

[@jangriffiths1305]

Same here !

[@videofreekify]

...eine wundervolle schottische Countrysängerin, sehr authentisch !!!! Super !!!

[@Douchkamuzuri]

Heard this song some years ago. Still close to tears and my heart accelerating. So beautiful. Thank you.

[@andreamerten4613]

❤❤❤ Mein Herz und meine Seele für Schottland ❤❤❤

[@jamesconnolly3827]

I had ancestors that fought on both sides, but I am most proud of my irish ancestors that stood there ground alongside the royal French Scots. Alba agus Èirinn gu bràth. Cuimhnighidh ar Luimneach agus ar Feall na Sassanach!!

[@MCKevin289]

Tiocfaidh ár lá mo chara

[@annamartin2854]

So haunting makes you proud to be Scottish when you hear this song

[@newfie451]

This is a beautiful piece of music and well sung

[@texas2sis]

This song touches my soul. Was one of your first I ever heard. Your melodies and cadence sure touch a Teas girl's heart.

[@ruandted]

Wow ,this really hits home .

[@stephenalker9512]

Could listen to this lady all day😊

[@BillDFC]

Sends a shiver down the spine...

[@loganhannah54]

Beautiful voice and song....feel like I can see them. Melt my heart..:)

[@newLucypupy]

+stain glass Thanks very much for your comment! I agree this song is heart-melting :)

[@grahamgangell5753]

Inspirational. Beautiful words and a magnificent country artist. Love to you Isla from Perth Australia.❤

[@UtahMike41]

I really like this song. Very emotional.

[@gerardfetherston2135]

Beautiful song } Brave men. Lovely voice. Listen to it all day.

[@tomfitzsimons4376]

Beautiful song and singer

[@RenePezolt]

Dankeschön ❤ Gott schütze uns alle und bleibt Gesund ❤️ Die Freiheit ist Menschenrecht ❤ das Böse wird nie gewinnen 😊 viele Grüße aus Berlin

[@douglasdon218]

My Ancestors are from Crieff Perthshire and Stirling Loved it when we visited

[@threefeatherscolby547]

Thank you for bringing to mind just how horrible war is.

[@gloriamcallister1880]

threefeathers Colby

[@arnLin7158]

Im from Sweden to and I visit the area with the battle place, and after that I heard isla Grant, its a very graet music, I play this song ofen. AL

[@newLucypupy]

I understand what you mean: though I'm in no way linked with this fact or with Scottish blood or heritage, I cried when I firstly heard this song, and I almost cry every time I hear that...

[@tonyquirke6648]

I am Irish but every time I hear this the hair stand on my head well done for writing about the battle

[@Canna-se8ds]

Have visited Drumossie Moor many times, in all kinds of weather. If there is ever a place where ghosts walk the earth, it is here.beautiful version of this song, especially with the pipes towards the end. Just when you think the tune is "Scotland the brave" it goes into this background melody..........

[@newLucypupy]

+Canna1320 Must be a beautiful, sad and haunting place at the same times... thanks for your comment!

[@MariaCristianaPfeifer]

Beautiful... amazing.... without words ..... Thanks for this video....

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks very much to you for your kind words!!! :) I'm happy you enjoyed it so much!

[@Bigbadjohn562]

You are most welcome, I had ancestors who fought for the Bonnie Prince and came to the American Colonies afterwards.

[@sophisticatedbear3374]

I find that extremely ironic and here's why. The Jacobites fought for the hereditary line of king James to return to the throne. The same king James who hated protestants resulting in the pilgrims who sought the new world. Reminder King James essentially was the God king of the Jacobites and like James they shared a dislike of protestants. So for a man who fought for the memory of James and house Stuart to seek sanctuary in protestant America.....IS VERY IRONIC.

[@joycewetherbee7421]

I followed a link by a Scottish author I'm facebook friends with sent me. A beautiful and powerful song.

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks for your comment!

[@newLucypupy]

Alba Go Bragh, Scotland For Ever! :-) Thanks very much for your comment!!!

[@edbarry834]

Always remember them, Scotland

[@barbaraclark1687]

Always!

[@gerardfetherston2135]

Beautiful song. Well sung } Sad.

[@sunniecampos8840]

I feel them...I cry for them...

[@Gwenelan]

Bellina la song, me ne ricorda un'altra di Kay MacKarthy (o come si scrive -__-)! Anche l'immy è bella e molto adatta!

[@carlaboeglen3886]

Can you hear them, can you see them Marching proudly across the moor, Hear the wind blow thru the drifting snow, Tell me can you see them, the ghosts of Culloden. Many bravely fought and sadly they were slain, But they died with such pride and dignity, Their lives were not in vain, We still remember them, They fought to save their land, and died for liberty. Can you hear them, can you see them Marching proudly across the moor, Hear the wind blow thru the drifting snow, Tell me can you see them, the ghosts of Culloden. Thru the mist you'll hear - a lonely piper play, Listen carefully - you'll hear - a mournful cry, Swords and bayonets crash - as man to man they clash, They came to fight to live - and now they die. Can you hear them, can you see them Marching proudly across the moor, Hear the wind blow thru the drifting snow, Tell me can you see them, the ghosts of Culloden. Can you hear them, can you see them Marching proudly across the moor, Hear the wind blow thru the drifting snow, Tell me can you see them, the ghosts of Culloden.

[@chrispearo38]

We shall remember 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@newLucypupy]

@Whistor I say my respect to all the Veterans and the fallen of every war. Thank you very much for your comment! :)

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks for your words! Of course, during wars, I think it's easy for the soldiers to become "evil" even if they are on the right side -and again, your right side may be the wrong side for another-, but still if one fights for high ideas, to protect his family and his country, and he dies for them, and he does no wrong to women or children (I think of the battlefields in the past, where men fought each other), they deserve respect in my opinion.

[@nicolagrager1374]

newLucypupy

[@peacec47]

I heard this today very touching ❤

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks very very much for your comment, I'm happy you enjoyed this video!!! ^_^

[@iangraham9750]

Isla at her best. Ian.

[@kiltycauldbum]

WOW, hauntingly beautiful !

[@breenirwin2356]

🇮🇪🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Forever Brothers

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks very much for commenting on my video, I'm glad you like it!!! ^-^

[@richardconnolly2524]

well done isla grant

[@newLucypupy]

@arnLin7158 Thanks very much for sharing about your travel, I'm glad you enjoyed this song! ^-^

[@stephenalker9512]

Best song I have heated for years of ever love it ❤

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks for sharing about your family history, it's really good to know about our ancestors and being able to going back many years in our knowledge. Also thanks for your subscription to my channel!^^

[@traceywoolston7924]

I love this tune for what is was,....but i appriciate if it would be in our own style. ( but that being said.....we did influence the country tunes !!!)

[@shutthegate8232]

RIP Brave Souls!

[@newLucypupy]

@domaren100 Oh, I will visit Edinburgh too one day, it must a beautiful city! :))) Thanks so much for watching and commenting on my video!!!

[@billbrown8006]

Beautiful song

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks a lot for watching my video! :))))

[@doreenhanna3795]

Love song I wish.all live in peace for very one

[@newLucypupy]

Indeed it is... Thanks very much for watching and for your comment! :)))

[@janetneatby6586]

Lachlan McLachlan, was the McLachlan chief of the clan who died on the grounds of Culloden.

[@mjh6523]

I first heard this mournful tribute beginning of 2020 when it was used to honor the Benghazi martyrs and seal team #6 who were all killed to further an American political agenda. It was removed this week as purging/censorship continues. Just as relevant in our day as in the days past that it commemorates. May God bless all brave patriots worldwide.

[@sophisticatedbear3374]

Kinda ironic sense the Jacobites were fighting for a political agenda. The believed in the hereditary right of king James and despised protestants as he did. Most of the Jacobites were roman catholic and sought Scottish dominion. Neither side of this tale were in the right.

[@ancarcla]

Honor y gloria, para los estuardos

[@winnietominey6242]

o how true love it she sing it great

[@newLucypupy]

Yes, this singer is really good ... Thanks very much for your comment!

[@noellec-l5825]

The world certainly did not get better after the slaughter of the 16th april 1746 !

[@prowse102]

remember this from year's and year's ago still beautiful and poignant.

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks very much for your comment and I agree!

[@johngallagher2293]

richard prowse .

[@TheSteamtramman]

Indeed yes and it all gets muddled up. Many of Cumberland's men were Lowland Scots who hated the Highlanders. As a Freebooter I saw some horrible happenings and in one peace keeping force one of our allied tribes were cannibals - to their minds quite logical. Our main enemies were United Nations troops who were absolutely foul and we ended up flying out some of the female wreckage, 50% died on the flight and our best Dakota got shot up by 'friendly fire' to my disgust as the pilot!!

[@scottferguson48]

Hi I'm Scottish my ferguson clan was in the highland Jacobite side . just to say that your right the were a lot of lowland Scots in the red coat side . before the Battle the red coats practised for months in my birth city of Aberdeen Scotland. .. Scott

[@SRHurst-kj5mx]

We remain strong and proud.

[@Strachone]

Alba Go Brath - Strachan Clan

[@jimgraham6151]

Very true we remain strong and proud despite the slaughter afterwards by the English einsatzgruppen

[@barbaraclark1687]

We do indeed, They live on in us. Loved, honoured and remembered always. Saor Alba Gu Brath.

[@winnietominey6242]

love this

[@johnduggan2751]

hi John Duggan , my mutters last name wos stowert,,listing to this song my son is going out Witt a donnle,so at the moment no signes of solders on this plckcher ,Duggan donnleDS stowert ,family xxx John Duggan

[@muduwaallenafrica103]

Men and women in uniform the life we live is not ours but for our great Nation that we serve peacefully

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks also for telling me about the story of your family *-* I have no sharing of blood with Scottish people (I'm Italian), but my Mom grew quite passionate for the Scotland and so I started liking this music as well :)

[@barbaraclark1687]

Ah but the Scots and Italians share a great deal. :)

[@newLucypupy]

@MyFingernail Thanks a lot for watching and for your comment!!! :)))

[@이태운-v3h]

Good song thanks ~ ~ * *

[@newLucypupy]

+이태운 Thanks you for your comment!!

[@jimjones8208]

The Duke of Cumberland did a great job, the song is so fitting to the great battle, even though the battle only lasted an hour a lot of soldiers were fatally wounded.

[@alistermaceachen4130]

Nobody dies with pride Isla Grant? Well sung though x

[@newLucypupy]

Thanks you for watching the video! The song is beautiful though it says of horrible things.

[@newLucypupy]

@kiltycauldbum Thanks a lot for watching and commenting!!! :-)

[@threefeatherscolby547]

Have you watched the videos of the battle/

[@newLucypupy]

@lawrie277b Thanks very much for leaving your comment! ^-^

[@David-lu4gq]

A sad loss of life. Did the Jacobites learn nothing from us Irish who were butchered at Aughrim fighting for the Stuarts?

[@barbaraclark1687]

But in 1922 you got your freedom and soon if we are as brave you (despite all the english incomers here who are allowed to vote) we will too. But my love is always to all our Celtic cousins and kin. And my heart to my own land, Saor Alba Gu Brath.

[@David-lu4gq]

I didn't mean it as that, but thanks for the reply anyway. :)

[@barbaraclark1687]

@@David-lu4gq Misunderstandings abound on the internet. Thank you too. :)

[@sophisticatedbear3374]

@@barbaraclark1687 I'm pretty sure he meant the Stuart's where willing time and time again to throw human lives away simply so they could return to the throne, whilst never allowing themselves to be in harms way. All respect to those scots who died for there country but....I do not respect the 'Bonnie' prince Charles who completely abandoned his people at the end, in order to slink away disguised as a maid.

[@lewis1936]

Sorry for removing the rose tinted spectacles but this was a ragtag army of pressganged serfs ,with a leader with just as many connections to Poland as Scotland. The highlands were decimated because of this ill fated adventure and never recovered.

[@candw87]

lewis1936 You.re talking out of the back of your Tiny little mind--my ANCESTORS were no ragtag bunch-you mean Butcher Cumberland and his gang of thugs so called soldiers who murdered 300 wounded Camerons

[@lewis1936]

The expression was "ragtag "denoting their general dress. I am unaware of their musical preference .Otherwise a magnificent contrarian argument put with such grammatical eloquence.

[@candw87]

Sorry-it was a misquote -l meant ragtag

[@michaelcushing430]

+candd87 The battles ower was not part of the redcoat etiquette - they carried on for years hunting

[@michaelcushing430]

+candd87 The battles ower was not part of the redcoat etiquette - they carried on for years hunting

[@maghealy8101]

why didnt ye vote for independance all the men on the moor would have voted yes

[@barbaraclark1687]

I asked the same question but 300 years of mind games/abuse and SO many english incomers who are allowed to vote and the big guns of project fear along with vote rigging swung it last time. Watch this space, we are still here :) We WILL be free

[@edbarry834]

@@barbaraclark1687 I visited from Ireland and was amazed how much of the Scotch Gaelic I could understand. Keep your heart up, your day will come. I do wish that all people could get together in equality and peace.

[@northscot9862]

@@barbaraclark1687. So true. And we will never stop till we are free again. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH

[@barbaraclark1687]

@@edbarry834 Thank you X

[@barbaraclark1687]

@@northscot9862 YES! SAOR ALBA GU BRATH X

[@maghealy8101]

why do no one ever taik about the 500Irish men that stood and held back the english charge while the highlinders retreated just wondering

[@northscot9862]

We do remember our Irish brothers. Alba agus Éire Gu Brath

[@scottferguson48]

I'm Scottish and half lrish. Yes you are right the lrish did help the Scots in the battlefield

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

Total drivel - no Highlander retreated.

[@sophisticatedbear3374]

@@Sabhail_ar_Alba actually by the end of the war many Highlanders just gave up and returned home....take of your rose tinted glasses. P.S. many highlanders fought for the English clans such as Clan Sutherland, Clan MacKay, Clan Ross, Clan Gunn, Clan Grant etc. There's more but I digress.