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Kilmuir Cemetery
Kilmuir (Gaelic: Cill Mhoir or Cille Mhoire) is the name of a number of settlements in Scotland: *Kilmuir, Skye Kilmuir (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Mhoire) is a village on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the island of Skye. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland and is the only place in Scotland (apart from the Western Is ..., on the Trotternish peninsula * Kilmuir, Black Isle, near North Kessock and Inverness, in the historic parish of Kilmuir Wester * Kilmuir, Easter Ross, near Kildary and Invergordon, in the historic parish of Kilmuir Easter * Kilmuir, Duirinish, an area of Dunvegan, on Skye {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmuir, Skye
Kilmuir (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Mhoire) is a village on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the island of Skye. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland and is the only place in Scotland (apart from the Western Isles) where Scottish Gaelic is spoken by about half of the population.Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2004 ''1901–2001 Gaelic in the Census'' (PowerPoint) Linguae Celticae. Retrieved 1 June 2008. Flora MacDonald, who assisted Bonnie Prince Charlie to escape from Scotland after his defeat at Culloden, and fashion designer Alexander McQueen are buried in the cemetery here. History Within the parish lies Blàr a' Bhuailte (), the "field of the stricken", where Vikings are said to have made their last stand A last stand is a military situation in which a body of troops holds a defensive position in the face of overwhelming and virtually insurmountable odds. Troops may make a last stand due to a sense of duty; because they are defending a ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmuir, Black Isle
Kilmuir (from the Scottish Gaelic ''Cille Mhoire'', meaning Mary's Church) is a former fishing village, located on the north coast of the Moray Firth in the Black Isle and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Kilmuir is located northeast of Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori .... References External links Populated places on the Black Isle {{Highland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmuir, Easter Ross
Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, southeast of Kildary and northeast of Invergordon. Geography The village of Kilmuir is within the former parish of Kilmuir Easter. The parish was situated partly in the county of Ross-shire and partly in the county of Cromartyshire. At the last census (2011), the population of the civil parish was 1100.Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland, web site www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk - See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish Retrieved April 2021. The area of the parish is 11,008 acres.Census of Scotland 1931. Preliminary Report. Table 17 - Population and Acreage of Civil Parishes alphabetically arranged. Publ. H.M.S.O. 1931 History A document dated 30 January 1747 records six men aged over 16 who lived in the village of Kilmuir (Kilmuire), in the parish of Kilmuir-Easter, Ross-shire who did not ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
