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    1. [ARGYLL] MacDonald vs. Campbell
    2. Eileen
    3. Extract from today's "Scottish Snippets: >"MacDonalds Revenge" The massacre of 38 Macdonalds in Glencoe in 1692 by government forces led by Captain Robert Campbell, reverberates still in Scotland, especially amongst MacDonalds, many of whom blame the clan Campbell for the incident. The latest evidence for this cropped up this week when Andrew McDonald, general manager of the Edinburgh Dungeon visitor attraction, sent out letters to over 1,000 Campbells in the telephone directory to tell them about their new feature "Clan Wars" which is based on the massacre at Glencoe. But the letter went on to say that as an "act of extracting a modicum of revenge" the Campbells were being given a voucher which entitled them to "one ticket for the price of two". But instead of taking the letter as a publicity stunt, a number of the Campbell recipients complained and now Mr McDonald has been reprimanded by his head office. McDonald commented: "The fact that so many Campbells complained about the tongue-in-cheek letter proves the feud between the clans is still on-going." Of course, the publicity about the letter will probably mean more people going to the new presentation, so Mr McDonald may get a letter of commendation as well?

    06/08/2003 04:43:18