OATH OF THE MACVICAR’S

Druim Dubh, Paiblegarry, North Uist 1566 AD

Eachdruigh na sinnsir a ghleidheadh falluin
Ga lirigeadh gun eismeil le iantruig
Bho bheul gu beul, bho ghluin gu ghluin
An tiomnadh agus an dileab as liurst an
Gun bheum air ni no neach
Gun fiaradh air firinn gu cothachadh ceilg
Gun neartachadh air olc, gun fannachadh air ceart
Fhad agus a bhios an fhull blath an com
Agus an duisg an Fheinn”

“To preserve unsullied the history of our ancestors,
To hand it down freely and in truth, without fear or favor,
From mouth to mouth, from knee to knee,
That patrimony and rich inheritance,
Which is most precious to all free people,
Steadfast against oppression and corruption,
Attributing no blemish to beast or man,
Without distortion of truth,
Relentless against deceit,
Giving no quarter to evil,
No weakening of Right or Justice,
No swerving from truth,
And that as long as the blood is warm,
Breath in the body,
Until the reawakening of the Feinn”

 
History of the Clann Bhiocair
By Angus MacVicar
Contributed by Bill Covington
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

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