Work
A thoroughly political poet, he was a fierce opponent of the English Puritans and the Scottish Covenanters. Later he opposed the accession of William of Orange and later governments. He remained a loyal devotee of the Stuart family, and thus was an early Jacobite. As a clan bard, he commented on the battles and engagements the Keppoch clan engaged in while campaigning for the Stuarts, especially under Great Montrose, as well as on contemporary matters. His known works include the following:
- The Battle of Inverlochy
- Alasdair MacColla
- Keppoch murders
- The Massacre of Glencoe (in which MacDonald kinsmen were killed)
- The Restoration
- The Hanoverian succession
- Act of Union 1707 which removed Scottish sovereignty.
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