# Bohuntine

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'''Bohuntine''' ({{langx|gd|Both Fhionndain}}) is a settlement located close to [Roybridge](/source/Roybridge), in [Lochaber](/source/Lochaber), within the [Scottish Highlands](/source/Scottish_Highlands), and is in the [Highland Council area](/source/Highland_Council_area).

==History==
The first [tacksman](/source/tacksman) of Bohuntine, [Iain Dubh MacDhòmhnaill](/source/Iain_Dubh_MacDh%C3%B2mhnaill), was born [illegitimately](/source/illegitimacy) during the early [16th-century](/source/16th-century) to Ranald, the 7th [Chief](/source/Scottish_clan_chief) of [Clan MacDonald of Keppoch](/source/Clan_MacDonald_of_Keppoch), and a weaver woman from [Clan Cameron](/source/Clan_Cameron) whose name does not survive. Her father, however, was Lachuinn Mòr Mac a' Bhàird ("Big Lachuinn, son of the Poet").<ref>Effie Rankin (2004), ''As a' Braighe/Beyond the Braes: The Gaelic Songs of Allan the Ridge MacDonald'', [Cape Breton University](/source/Cape_Breton_University) Press. Page 9.</ref>

For this reason, Iain Dubh's descendants were referred to as ''Sliochd an Taighe'' ("The Family of the Household")<ref>Effie Rankin (2004), ''As a' Braighe/Beyond the Braes: The Gaelic Songs of Allan the Ridge MacDonald'', [Cape Breton University](/source/Cape_Breton_University) Press. Page 8.</ref> and as ''Sliochd na Ban-fhigich'' ("The Family of the Weaver-Woman").<ref>Effie Rankin (2004), ''As a' Braighe/Beyond the Braes: The Gaelic Songs of Allan the Ridge MacDonald'', [Cape Breton University](/source/Cape_Breton_University) Press. Page 9.</ref>

After they fought for [Prince Charles Edward Stuart](/source/Prince_Charles_Edward_Stuart) during the [Jacobite rising of 1745](/source/Jacobite_rising_of_1745), the two sons of the Tacksman were sold into [indentured servitude](/source/indentured_servitude) in the Carolinas as punishment for having taken part in the rebellion.<ref>Effie Rankin (2004), ''As a' Braighe/Beyond the Braes: The Gaelic Songs of Allan the Ridge MacDonald'', [Cape Breton University](/source/Cape_Breton_University) Press. Page 46.</ref>

Through shared descent from the [tacksmen](/source/Tacksman) of Bohuntine, [Bard](/source/Bard)s Fr. [Allan MacDonald](/source/Allan_MacDonald_(poet)) of [Eriskay](/source/Eriskay) and [Ailean a' Ridse MacDhòmhnaill](/source/Ailean_a'_Ridse_MacDh%C3%B2mhnaill) of [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia), who are both very important figures in [Scottish Gaelic literature](/source/Scottish_Gaelic_literature), were very near relatives. In commenting upon their shared lineage, literary historian Effie Rankin has argued that Fr. Allan MacDonald and Ailean a' Ridse MacDhòmhnaill, "may rightfully be regarded as the foremost Keppoch [bard](/source/bard)s of the nineteenth century."<ref>Effie Rankin (2004), ''As a' Braighe/Beyond the Braes: The Gaelic Songs of Allan the Ridge MacDonald'', [Cape Breton University](/source/Cape_Breton_University) Press. Page 49.</ref>

==In literature==
In his poem ''Sliochd an Taighe'', which was composed in [Canadian Gaelic](/source/Canadian_Gaelic) upon the Ridge of [Mabou](/source/Mabou), [Ailean a' Ridse MacDhòmhnaill](/source/Ailean_a'_Ridse_MacDh%C3%B2mhnaill) praised the warrior history of his Bohuntine ancestors. He related the courage and leadership shown upon the battlefield by Iain Dubh MacDhòmhnaill, by his descendants against [Clan MacIntosh](/source/Clan_MacIntosh) at the [Battle of Mulroy](/source/Battle_of_Mulroy), and as supporters of the [House of Stuart](/source/House_of_Stuart) during the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War) and the [Jacobite risings](/source/Jacobite_risings). He ended by arguing that the [House of Hanover](/source/House_of_Hanover) was indebted to the Scottish [Gaels](/source/Gaels) for their subsequent victories in the [Seven Years' War](/source/Seven_Years'_War) and the [Napoleonic Wars](/source/Napoleonic_Wars), as it is always the manner of Keppoch to be accustomed to winning victory upon the battlefield.<ref>Effie Rankin (2004), ''As a' Braighe/Beyond the Braes: The Gaelic Songs of Allan the Ridge MacDonald'', [Cape Breton University](/source/Cape_Breton_University) Press. Pages 124-135.</ref>

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