Luib ( gd, Lùib) is a crofting and fishing settlement on the south east shore of the sea loch,
Loch Ainort near
Broadford, on the island of
Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...
in Scotland. It is in the council area of
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
.The settlement of
Dunan is directly east of Luib, along the
A87 coast road.
The
Game of Luib was founded in the town of Luib, Scotland, in 1987 by
Richard Calland, Martin Cook, Martin Curlew & Andrew Feeley (“The Founding Fathers of the Game of Luib”).
Gallery
Image:Luib, Skye - geograph.org.uk - 19034.jpg
Image:Luib Folk Museum - geograph.org.uk - 215491.jpg, Luib folk museum
File:Scotland, Isle of Skye, Loch Ainort, Luib.jpg, Luib seen from across Loch Ainort
References
Populated places in the Isle of Skye
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