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List Of Islands Called Eilean Dubh
''Eilean Dubh'' means 'Black Island' in Scottish Gaelic. Several islands in Scotland are called ''Eilean Dubh'', including: * Eilean Dubh, Balnakeil Bay, an island in Balnakeil Bay, near Durness in Sutherland *Eilean Dubh, Kyles of Bute, an island in the Kyles of Bute * Eilean Dubh, Loch Craignish, an island in Loch Craignish, south of Oban in Argyll * Eilean Dubh, Sound of Jura, an island in the Sound of Jura * Eilean Dubh, Summer Isles, an island in the Summer Isles group *Eilean Dubh, two separate islets neighbouring Erraid, Inner Hebrides *Eilean Dubh a small fresh water island in Loch Shiel *Eilean Dubh, an islet connected to Eilean Mòr, Loch Dunvegan at low tide * Eilean Dubh a' Chumhainn Mhòir, an island in Loch Tarbert, Jura *Eilean Dubh Mòr an island in the Firth of Lorne * Eilean Dubh Beag an island in the Firth of Lorne *Eilean Dubh Beag an islet north of Eilean Dubh in Loch Dunvegan *Eilean Dubh Mòr, a freshwater islet in Loch Sgadabhagh, North Uist * Dubh Eilea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language revival, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 2001 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands Of Scotland
This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and lists. The definition of an offshore island used in this list is "land that is surrounded by seawater on a daily basis, but not necessarily at all stages of the tide, excluding human devices such as bridges and causeways". Scotland has over 790 offshore islands, most of which are to be found in four main groups: Shetland, Orkney, and the Hebrides, sub-divided into the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides. There are also clusters of islands in the Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, and Solway Firth, and numerous small islands within the many bodies of fresh water in Scotland including Loch Lomond and Loch Maree. The largest island is Lewis and Harris which extends to 2,179 square kilometres, and there are a further 200 islands which are greater than 40 hectares in area. Of the remainder, several such as Staffa and the Flannan Isles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides is a chain of more than 100 islands and small skerries located about west of mainland Scotland. There are 15 inhabited islands in this archipelago, which is also known as the Western Isles and archaically as the Long Isle ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada). Lewis and Harris is the largest island in Scotland and the third largest in the British Isles, after Great Britain and Ireland. It incorporates Lewis in the north and Harris in the south, both of which are frequently referred to as individual islands, although they are joined by a land border. The largest settlement in Lewis and in the Outer Hebrides is Stornoway. To the south across the Sound of Harris lie the Uists and Benbecula, which were joined by a series of causeways constructed between 1940 and 1960 to improve transport links."Fleet Histories" |
List Of Inner Hebrides
This list of Inner Hebrides summarises a chain of islands and skerries located off the west coast of mainland Scotland. There are 36 inhabited islands in this archipelago, of which Islay, Mull and Skye are the largest and most populous. The islands of Scotland's west coast are known collectively as the Hebrides; the Inner Hebrides are separated from the Outer Hebrides by The Minch to the north and the Sea of the Hebrides to the south. The Inner Hebrides that lie respectively north and south of Ardnamurchan are administered by two separate local authorities as part of larger territories. The northern Inner Hebrides, including Skye, the Small Isles and the Summer Isles, are part of the Highland unitary council region. The southern group, including Islay, Jura, the Slate Islands and Gigha are part of the Argyll and Bute council region. In the past, the Hebrides as a whole were a strong Scottish Gaelic-speaking area, and in 1921 more than 50% of the populations of most of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eilean Dubh (other)
Eilean Dubh (Scottish Gaelic, 'Black Island') may refer to: * List of islands called Eilean Dubh * ''Eilean Dubh'' (ferry) See also *Black Island (other) Black Island may refer to: Places Antarctica * Black Island (Ross Archipelago) * Black Island (Wilhelm Archipelago) Asia * Black Island (Calamian Group), Palawan, Philippines * Kunashir Island, possibly meaning Black Island, Kuril Islands * Kuros ... * Black Isle (Scottish Gaelic: ''an t-Eilean Dubh'') {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Island (other)
Black Island may refer to: Places Antarctica * Black Island (Ross Archipelago) * Black Island (Wilhelm Archipelago) Asia * Black Island (Calamian Group), Palawan, Philippines * Kunashir Island, possibly meaning Black Island, Kuril Islands * Kuroshima (Okinawa) (''Black Island''), Japan Europe * Black Island Platform railway station, in an area known as the Black Island, Blair Atholl, Scotland *Black Island, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland *Black Island, Dartrey Forest, County Monaghan, Ireland *Duvillaun (''Black Island''), North Mayo, Ireland * Pico Island, traditionally Black Island, Azores North America * Black Island (Bahamas), an island of the Bahamas * Black Island, Friday Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada * Black Island, Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada * Black Island (Ontario), an island of Ontario, Canada * Black Island, Georgia, U.S. * Black Island, Missouri, U.S. * Black Island, the name of several islands of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oronsay, Inner Hebrides
Oronsay ( gd, Orasaigh), also sometimes spelt and pronounced ''Oransay'' by the local community, is a small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides with an area of . The island rises to a height of at Beinn Orasaigh and is linked to Colonsay by a tidal causeway called ''An Tràigh'' (The Strand) consisting of sands and mud flats. In the 2001 census Oronsay was recorded as having a population of five people, who lived at the farm adjacent to Oronsay Priory. In 2011 the population had risen to eight. The island has no facilities for visitors and is now privately owned, with the RSPB farming the island for the American owner. It is dependent upon tidal access to and from Colonsay. There is a small grass air strip south of the priory that "fights a losing battle with the rabbits". Etymology There are two theories for the origin of the name from Old Norse. Either it is ''Oran's Isle'', St Oran being imagined as the founder of the island's original monastery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubh Eilean
Dub mac Maíl Coluim ( Modern Gaelic: ''Dubh mac Mhaoil Chaluim'', ), sometimes anglicised as Duff MacMalcolm, called ''Dén'', "the Vehement" and, "the Black" (born c. 928 – died 967) was king of Alba. He was son of Malcolm I and succeeded to the throne when Indulf was killed in 962. While later chroniclers such as John of Fordun supplied a great deal of information on Dub's life and reign, and Hector Boece in his 'The history and chronicles of Scotland' tell tales of witchcraft and treason, almost all of them are rejected by modern historians. There are very few sources for the reign of Dub, of which the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba and a single entry in the Annals of Ulster are the closest to contemporary. The Chronicle records that during Dub's reign bishop Fothach, most likely bishop of St Andrews or of Dunkeld, died. The remaining report is of a battle between Dub and Cuilén, son of king Ildulb. Dub won the battle, fought "upon the ridge of Crup", in which Duchad, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Sgadabhagh
Loch Sgadabhagh or Loch Scadavay is a body of water on the island of North Uist, Scotland. The name may be of Old Norse derivation meaning "lake of tax bay" although if so, the reason is obscure. Loch Sgadabhagh is the largest loch by area on North Uist although Loch Obisary has about twice the volume.Murray and Pullar (1908"Lochs of North Uist"Pages 188-89, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2009. Geography According to Murray and Pullar (1908) "there is probably no other loch in Britain which approaches Loch Scadavay in irregularity and complexity of outline. It is an extraordinary labyrinth of narrow channels, bays, promontories and islands" The loch is crossed by the main A867 road and the northern and southern portions are "connected by such a small channel under the road that in time of flood the south loch may temporarily rise some feet higher than the other, though normally they are at the same level". Located at , it stretches for ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eilean Dubh Mòr
Eilean Dubh Mòr ( gd, big black island) is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It lies at the mouth of the Firth of Lorn, between the islands of Lunga and Garbh Eileach Garbh Eileach is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest of the Garvellachs and lies in the Firth of Lorne between Mull and Argyll Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), s .... The area of the island has been measured variously—at by Livingstone and by Haswell-Smith, the latter including the nearby islet of Eilean Dubh Beag ( gd, small black island), which is joined to Eilean Dubh Mòr at low tide. Footnotes External links Uninhabited islands of Argyll and Bute {{Argyll-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
