The MacLeod massacre of the MacDonald inhabitants of Eigg in 1577 — suffocating them in a cave — provoked a series of MacDonald retaliatory raids. A MacLeod force sent to press the advantage was defeated by MacDonalds from North Uist. The cycle of raid and counter-raid between the island clans was one of the most prolonged feuds in Hebridean history and drew repeated government intervention.
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