Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations

CHAPTER IV.--EWAN MAC GABHAR, THE SON OF THE GOAT.

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Ardlair--The cave of the king's son--Old Oighrig and her son Kenneth--The goat Earba nourishes Ewan in the cave--Flora and Ewan come to Letterewe--Ewan's sword and mantle of state--The lord of Kintail comes to hunt--Flora and Ewan suspected--Kenneth and Flora carried off to Eileandonain--Oighrig and Ewan conveyed to Colin Mor Gillespie--Colin Mor brings up Ewan--Great war against the queen widow of Olamh Mor--Ewan gets a command--His slender page--Mull plundered--The invaders surprised at night and captured--The queen condemns the chiefs to death--Ewan led forth to die--The execution arrested--Ewan identified and proclaimed king--Prophecy fulfilled 14