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ARGYLL
Gaelic Name
Earraghaidheal
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Argyll the ( high land of the Gael), is the part of Scotland that
points like the fingers of a hand south across the sea to Ireland.
Only twelve miles separate the Mull of Kintyre and the coast of
Ulster. Around the fifth century, the Gaels moved east to Carrick and
Galloway and north to Argyll where they founded the Kingdom of
Dalriada. Expanding north and east through Argyll, the Scots
assimilated the earlier Picts and brought their language and culture
to all of the north of Scotland. Argyll is a land of green peninsulas,
high mountains, fertile valleys and majestic lochs. Argyll is often
identified with the Campbells, whose chief is the Duke of Argyll. |
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