Duirinish, Highland
Duirinish or Diùirinis can refer to several places in Scotland: * Duirinish, Skye - a peninsula on the island of Skye *Duirinish, Lochalsh - a settlement in Lochalsh **Duirinish railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Duirinish railway station, Highland (geograph 4413992).jpg , borough = Duirinish, Highland , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager ...

Duirinish, Skye
Duirinish ( gd, Diùirinis) is a peninsula and Civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish on the island of Skye in Scotland. It is situated in the north west between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Bracadale. Geography Skye's shape defies description and W. H. Murray wrote that "Skye is long, but what might be its breadth is beyond the ingenuity of man to state". Malcolm Slesser suggested that its shape "sticks out of the west coast of northern Scotland like a lobster's claw ready to snap at the fish bone of Harris and Lewis", which would make Duirinish one of the claws. The main peaks are Healabhal Mhòr and Healabhal Bheag, which reach and respectively, and are better known as MacLeod's Tables. They lie in the centre of the peninsula and their distinctive shapes are visible throughout much of north west Skye. Dunvegan Head marks the north end of the peninsula and Idrigill Point the south. The west coast is now uninhabited and offshore there are only a few small islets: An Dubh Sgeir ...
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Duirinish, Lochalsh
Duirinish () is a hamlet in Lochalsh near Plockton in Ross-shire Ross-shire (; gd, Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire – a county consisting of ..., Scottish Highlands and is in the Scotland, Scottish council area of Highland Council area, Highland. Duirinish is served by the Duirinish railway station which is located to the west. References

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