Port Ellen With Music On History Visit To Island Of Islay Inner Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Port Ellen, Scottish Gaelic: Port Ìlein, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the Island Of Islay, Inner Hebrides. The town is named after the wife of its founder, Walter Frederick Campbell. Its previous name, Leòdamas, is derived from Old Norse meaning Leòd's Harbour. Port Ellen is built around Loch Leodamais, Islay's main deep water harbour. It is the largest town on Islay, only slightly larger than Bowmore and provides the main ferry connection between Islay and the mainland, at Kennacraig. The the newly resurrected Port Ellen Distillery was first established in the 1820s and ceased production of Scotch whisky in 1983. The large malting continues to produce for the majority of the distilleries on Islay. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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