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. Family Iain Lom had a sister who was married to Alexander MacDonald of Inverlair who was deeply implicated in the Keppoch murders. The bard omitted any mention of this in his work and seems to have remained on good terms with his sister. While W.T. Kilgour says that he never married others say that he had a son, a good poet in his own right, who was killed in a skirmish at High Bridge by Dòmhnall Donn (Brown haired Donald) of Bohuntin, a bard with family ties to the Keppoch Murderers. Dòmhnall Donn was a famous cattle rustler and when he was awaiting execution in Inverness Iain Lom, a man of influence, made no move to help him. Burial Iain Lom is believed to be buried on the churchyard of Cille Choiril, east of Roy Bridge and near his home at Allt a' Chaorainn. The exact location of his grave is unknown but Charles Fraser-Mackintosh erected a fine memorial stone there to him in the late 19th century. In Fiction Iain Lom features as a character in Neil Munro's novel of the Little Wars of Lorn, John Splendid (1898). References Further reading Orain Iain Luim; the Songs of John MacDonald, bard of Keppoch, edited by Annie M. Mackenzie, Edinburgh, 1964. 17th-century Scottish Gaelic poets Scottish Jacobites Jacobite poets Jacobite propagandists Clan Donald Clan MacDonald of Keppoch Scottish Catholic poets 17th-century Scottish people 18th-century Scottish people 1620s births 1710s deaths 18th-century Scottish Gaelic poets