PS 013 - The Rout of Glenfruin

Primary Sources

C1 Ruag Glen froin / MacGrigors March C1.11: 27
H Ruaig Ghlinne Freoir / The pursuit of Glenfrooig H.2: 3r
D1 Ruaig Ghlenne Fruin…Glenn a Bhroin / The Rout of Glen Fruin D1.8: 48
K2 Ruaig Ghlinne Fruin / The Rout of Glenfruin K2.31: 65

Notes on Gaelic Title

Ruaig Ghlinne Freòin Ruag Glen froin C1; Ruaig Ghlinne Freoir / The pursuit of Glenfroo… H (apparently cut off by the binder);Ruaig Ghlenne Fruin (Properly Glenn a Bhroin.) Valley of Sorrow. / The Rout of Glen Fruin D0;Ruaig Ghlinne Fruin / The Rout of Glenfruin K2. The Rout of Glenfruin. Donald MacDonald’s (D1) reading of the placename as ‘The Glen of Sorrow’, i.e. Gleann a’ bhròin, is not generally supported. For stories and a song about the battle, see M.D. Newton, Bho Chluaidh gu Calasraid[:] from the Clyde to Callander, Stornoway (1999), p. 191 ff.

Roderick Cannon, Gaelic Names of Pibrochs: A Concise Dictionary

Other Material

William Donaldson’s Set Tunes Notes (link)
William Donaldson’s Set Tunes Notes (link)

Archive Recordings

Hester 2014 - Rout of Glenfrooin (Hannay-MacAuslan)
1971 George Moss
1971a George Moss

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