Tiroran is hamlet and country estate on the

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, Scotland. Tiroran House is the principal house and small estate which is currently a well established holiday business with several properties & also home to the Whitetail gin distillery, shop and cafe (2020) This small estate ( in total) has been owned by the Mackay/Munro family since 2004

History

In the late 18th century Tiroran House was associated with the McKinnon family. Several family members are documented to have lived in the area and then served in the war with America in 1775. In Victorian times, the Tiroran Estate was owned by Maude Cheape (known as the Squire of Bentley) but was sold several times over - in the late 20th century Sue and Robin Blockey purchased various estate properties and turned the main Tiroran House into an hotel, purchased in 1997 by Colin and Jane Tindal and then subsequently by Laurence and Katie Mackay (2004) Tiroran is home to the first distillery to be opened on the Isle of Mull (2017) in over 200 years and produces the islands first gin
Whitetail Gin
and other products from its copper still. Historical archives and ancestry documents can be checked and searched through the local Museum calle
Pennyghae in the Past
which is located within Tiroran.

Geography

The hamlet of Tiroran lies on the South West side of the

on the northern shores of

Loch Scridain Loch Scridain is a sea loch, with a west-south west aspect, on the western, or Atlantic coastline of the Isle of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Geography Loch Scridain extends inland as far as the island's only Munro ...

, just off the

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. The immediate surrounding area is dominated by the fertile Victorian woodland gardens and forests of Tiroran House as well as the large community owned Tiroran Forest, There is a river, or burn known as Alt Orian which runs through Tiroran and down to an original Victorian trout pond and waterfall within the Tiroran Estate grounds. The Seilisdeir (or the Kilfinichen River) is nearby and approximately in length, both rivers enter the north shores of Loch Scridain at Kilfinichen Bay. Salmon are caught on the river and permits are available from the Pennyghael Post Office. To the northeast is Ben More.

Tiroran House

Tiroran House, A multi award-winning country house estate with several holiday properties, lies within of gardens and grounds and is also home to Whitetail Gin. The main house, formerly a Victorian hunting lodge owned by the Squire of Bentley (Maude Cheape) is set in manicured gardens, with woodland and glen walks that lead down to the private shores of Loch Scridain
Tiroran
is now a small, exclusive estate and has been in the Mackay/Munro family since 2004. From this small estate the family run various business interests including accommodation and a distillery
distillery

References

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