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O chionn ghoirid bha mi anns a鈥� Mh貌igh, faisg air Inbhir Nis. 鈥橲 e 脿ite s脿mhach a th鈥� ann, le loch 脿lainn air a chuairteachadh le coille. Ach cha robh e s脿mhach air an t-siathamh latha deug dhen Ghearran, seachd ceud deug, ceathrad 鈥檚 a sia (1746). Bha Te脿rlach 脪g Sti霉bhart ann 鈥� d脿 mh矛os ro Bhl脿r Ch霉il Lodair.聽

Thig mi gu sin an ceartuair. Ach an toiseach, tha mi airson innse dhuibh mu bhean-uasal na M貌ighe, Anna Nic an T貌isich. B鈥� e a h-athair Iain MacFhearchair 脿 Inbhir Call. Bha esan na Sheumasach gu a smior. Bha, agus Anna fh猫in.

Bha Anna b貌idheach. Nuair a bha i gu bhith ochd bliadhn鈥� deug a dh鈥檃ois, ph貌s i fear a bha m貌ran na bu shine na i. B鈥� esan Aonghas, ceann-cinnidh Clann 鈥檌c an T貌isich. Cha robh esan na Sheumasach. 鈥橲 ann air taobh nan Hanoibh猫irianach a bha e. Bha e ann an r猫isimeid a鈥� Mhorair Loudon.

Bha Anna, ge-t脿, a鈥� t脿ladh shaighdearan do dh鈥檃rm a鈥� Phrionnsa. Air an t-siathamh latha deug dhen Ghearran seachd ceud deug, ceathrad 鈥檚 a sia (1746), bha Aonghas ann an Inbhir Nis cuide ri r猫isimeid a鈥� Mhorair Loudon. Air an dearbh latha sin, th脿inig am Prionnsa 脪g a dh鈥檉huireach anns a鈥� Mh貌igh c貌mhla ri Anna. Fhuair Loudon fios gun robh Te脿rlach 脪g anns a鈥� Mh貌igh, gun ach feachd beag de Chamshronaich ga dh矛on.

Bha am Prionnsa ann am f矛or chunnart. Rinn am Morair Loudon agus m矛le gu leth saighdear air a鈥� Mh貌igh. Ach bha gille air a dhol na dheann 脿 Inbhir Nis gu ruige a鈥� Mh貌igh airson rabhadh a thoirt don Phrionnsa.聽

Sa mhionaid a fhuair i an naidheachd, chuir Anna gobha na M貌ighe, D貌mhnall Friseal, agus ceathrar luchd-taice gu 脿ite eadar Inbhir Nis agus a鈥� Mh貌igh. Bha an c貌ignear fhear sgapte sa mhonadh eadar cruachan m貌nach. Bha iad ann an 脿ite far am biodh muinntir na M貌ighe a鈥� buain na m貌nach.

Nuair a chunnaic iad na saighdearan Hanoibh猫irianach a鈥� tighinn, th貌isich D貌mhnall agus an ceathrar eile air fuaim a dh猫anamh agus an cuid ghunnaichean a losgadh. Agus d猫 rinn r猫isimeid Loudon? Innsibh mi dhuibh an-ath-sheachdain!

Recently I was in Moy, near Inverness. It鈥檚 a quiet place, with a beautiful loch surrounded by forest. But it wasn鈥檛 quiet on the sixteenth of February 1746. Bonnie Prince Charlie was there 鈥� two months before the Battle of Culloden.

I鈥檒l come to that presently. But to begin with, I want to tell you about the lady of Moy, Anne Mackintosh. Her father was John Farquharson of Invercauld. He was a Jacobite to his core. So was Anne.

Anne was beautiful. When she was nearly eighteen years old, she married a man who was much older than her. He was Angus, the clan chief of the Mackintoshes. He wasn鈥檛 a Jacobite. He was on the Hanoverian side. He was in Lord Loudon鈥檚 regiment.

However, Anne was recruiting soldiers for the Prince鈥檚 army. On the sixteenth of February 1746, Angus was in Inverness along with Lord Loudon鈥檚 regiment. On the very same day, Bonnie Prince Charlie came to stay with Anna at Moy. Loudon got intelligence that Prince Charles was in Moy, protected only by a small force of Camerons.

The Prince was in real danger. Lord Loudon and fifteen hundred soldiers headed for Moy. But a lad had hurried from Inverness to Moy to warn the Prince.

As soon as she got the news, Anne sent the smith of Moy, Donald Fraser, and four assistants to a place between Inverness and Moy. The five men were scattered on the hill between peat stacks. They were in a place where the folk of Moy would cut peat.

When they saw the Hanoverian soldiers coming, Donald and the four others started to make a noise and fire their guns. And what did Loudon鈥檚 regiment do? I鈥檒l tell you next week!