Nae Streets in Drumchapel - Glasgow Life

from an old Drumchapel boy
we played games of hide and seek the ‘big boulder’ was always the
den. One of our best games was called “one man hunt”. Everybody
hid everywhere and one person was het. The het-man had to hunt all
the rest. But each person he caught joined the hunters. This game
went on all day. Sometimes you had to be careful If you were too
good at hiding and nobody caught you. When you came out of your
secret hiding place nobody was there. The other boys and girls had
all gone home for their supper. They forgot you were still hiding.
That happened to me.
We wondered if the ‘big boulder’ guarded the secret entrance to
a cave from the olden days. We wondered where the cave would lead
to and there was treasure down there. One of my pals heard a story
from his grandpa who heard a story from his grandpa. This story said
that the cave was the secret hideout of the bravest leader and the best
fighter of all the Gaelic Clans. He alone put the big boulder there to
cover the entrance to his secret cave. His name was Fionn MacCuill
and he was with the warriors of Erin.
The warriors of Erin [Ireland] and the warriors of Alba
[Scotland] were cousins and fought the same enemies. In Erin
[Ireland] their Clan names were O’Donnell and O’Neill. In Alba
[Scotland] their Clan names were MacDonald and McNeil. The
McNeills were great singers too. One of the best is a woman called
Flora McNeil. She is now an old lady but is still singing. She lives in
Glasgow. Many of the old McNeil Clan are found in the islands of
the Inner Hebrides. One is called Barra. The MacDonalds were the
biggest clan in all of Scotland. Their main place was the island of
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