Old Photograph Oa Islay Scotland

Old photograph of islanders collecting seaweed on the coast at Oa, Isle of Islay, Scotland. The Oa is a rocky region in the south west of Islay. It used to have a population of 800 in 1830 but became deserted due to the Highland Clearances. An American Monument was erected on the south coast by the American Red Cross to commemorate the loss of two ships in 1918, SS Tuscania, a passenger liner, and HMS Otranto.



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Old Photograph River Kelvin Kelvingrove Park Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph the River Kelvin in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of a drive to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. The gallery is located on Argyle Street, in the West End of the city, on the banks of the River Kelvin. It is adjacent to Kelvingrove Park and is situated near the main campus of the University of Glasgow on Gilmorehill.

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Old Photograph Calva Beach Island Of Iona Scotland

Old photograph of Calva Beach, Island of Iona, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Inn Cairnryan Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Inn in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Cairnryan is a linear settlement, looking across the main A77 road to Loch Ryan. It was established in 1701, when Lochryan House was built, along with many of the houses, in the North End of the village, for workers on the Lochryan Estate. Into the 1800s, Cairnryan was an important staging post on the coach route to Ayr, with half a dozen inns along this short stretch of coast. It also achieved a less desirable reputation as a haunt of highwaymen preying on that same passing traffic. WWII saw the building of some sections for the two Mulberry harbours in Cairnryan, these were floating ports on which the allies depended after D-Day. The village is important in maritime history, with two ferry services connecting Scotland and Northern Ireland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Our Lady of Perpetual Succour And St Cumin Morar

Tour Scotland photograph of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and St Cumin, Morar, Lochaber, Scotland. This Catholic church was built and dedicated by the Lovat family in 1889 for the people of the area. It is built of local grey stone with a detached bell tower. Among those present at the opening service were Lady Lovat, Lord Lovat, the Honorable Misses Fraser, the Honorable Lady Mostyn, the Honorable Lady Sausse, the Lord Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, the Right Reverend Angus MacDonald, Colonel MacDonald of Glenaladale, the Right Reverend A. MacIntosh of Fort William, the Reverend D.A. MacPherson, Arisaig, the Reverend D. MacLellan, Morar, The Reverend John MacElmail, Knoydart, Mr and Mrs MacLellan, Mr Johnstone, Mr Walker, Mr MacNab etc. The congregation also included a large number of persons from the neighbouring districts of South Morar, Arisaig, Knoydart; while others were present from the Isle of Skye, Eigg and places even more remote.



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