The story of Tirindrish...
After Donald MacDonell launched the skirmish of the Jacobite rebellion near here at High Bridge. He fled the vengeful Government troops and fought bravely at Culloden. However he was captured, taken to Carlisle, and executed. His son, Ranald, escaped to France and there is a book about his exploits called the Diary of Ranald.
There are theories that the air Loch Lomond refers to him with the sad lines: “He'll take’ the high road and I’ll take the low And I’ll be in heaven afore him...”
The house was burned by the Government troops but rebuilt later and subsequently was owned by a number of prominent families, with additions to the building made in Victorian times. One account in a newspaper records how the family and servants lined up under an oak tree in the garden to watch Queen Victoria drive by in her horse drawn carriage during her Silver Jubilee tour of Scotland.
The old road is opposite Gorries Lair, the oldest of our cottages.
