This is a list of islands called Eilean Fraoch or Fraoch Eilean, which provides an index for islands in Scotland with this and similar names. Literally meaning " heather island" in Scottish Gaelic, it is a common Scottish island name. It may also represent the forename " Fraoch" from Gaelic mythology. "Eilean Fraoch" is also a nickname for the

Isle of Lewis The Isle of Lewis ( gd, Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis ( gd, Leòdhas, ) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as ...

in the Outer Hebrides and "Fraoch Eilean" was the war-cry of Clan MacNaughton. The coat of arms of the current chief of

Clan Donald Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald ( gd, Clann Dòmhnaill; Mac Dòmhnaill ), is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans. The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry i ...

includes the motto "Fraoch Eilean" which is set "on a compartment of rocks and heather proper issuant from the waves". Fraoch Eilean has the same meaning in English as Linga or

Lingay Lingeigh or Lingay is an unpopulated islet in the Outer Hebrides. It lies towards the southern end of the archipelago, just north of Rosinish and south of Vatersay The island of Vatersay (; gd, Bhatarsaigh) is the southernmost and wester ...

, island names of Norse derivation, also commonly found in Scotland.

Eilean Fraoch

* Eilean Fraoch on Loch Avich * Eilean Fraoich,

Burnt Islands The Burnt Islands ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Loisgte) are three small islands that lie in the Kyles of Bute, on the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, on the West coast of the Scottish mainland. The islands are located at . Individually the Islands ...

* Eilean Fraoch, in

Fionn Loch Fionn (, ) is a masculine given name in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. In English, it is pronounced "Finn" ( ) or "Fee-on" ( ). It is derived from a byname meaning "white" or "fair-haired". It is the modern variant of Old and Middle Irish: Find and Fin ...

in Wester Ross

Fraoch Eilean

Fraoch Eilean, Loch Awe Fraoch Eilean/Ejlean is a small island situated at the northern end of Loch Awe, a freshwater lake in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is notable for being the site of a medieval royal castle, now ruined, which was given into the keeping of Clan ...

Fraoch Eilean, Loch Lomond Fraoch Eilean is a small island in Loch Lomond, Scotland. Its name means "heather island" in Scottish Gaelic. It is near Luss on the mainland, and according to legend, was used as its prison, indeed on Charles Ross's 1792 ''Plan of Dunbartonshir ...

near Luss * Am Fraoch Eilean, or Fraoch Eilean off Jura, the location of Claig Castle * The name of two islets off Luingbr>
* Fraoch-eilean, an inhabited island north of Grimsay at . * Am Fraoch-eilean, an uninhabited rocky islet at the mouth of Loch nan Ceall () near Arisaig.

Other uses

* "Fraoch Eilean" is the name of a reel played on the

bagpipes Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, No ...

."The Glencoe Collection of Bagpipe Music: Book 1"
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References

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