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County of Argyll
Geography
Area
- Total		Ranked 2nd
1,990,471 acres (8055 km²)
County townInveraray
Chapman codeARL
Argyll, archaically Argyle (Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic), is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient Dál Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western seaboard between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath.

The early thirteenth century author of De Situ Albanie explains that "the name Arregathel means margin of the Scots or Irish, because all Scots and Irish are generally called Gattheli [=Gaels], from their ancient warleader known as Gaithelglas." However, it is often understood to derive from Earra-Ghàidheal, "East Gaels". Argyll was a medieval Bishopric too, with its cathedral at Lismore, as well as an early modern Earldom and Duchy, the Duchy of Argyll.

Today Argyll is a registration county for property.

County and district

Argyll (sometimes anglicised to Argyllshire) was a county of Scotland until 1975, when Scottish counties were abolished. At the time of abolition the county had boundaries as shown in the map. Argyll's neighbouring counties were Inverness-shire, Perthshire, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Bute. Renfrewshire and Ayrshire were the other side of the Firth of Clyde. Bute was a county of islands in the firth.

The county town was historically Inveraray, which is still the seat of the Duke of Argyll. Lochgilphead later claimed to be the county town, as the seat of local government for the county from the nineteenth century. Other places in the former county were Oban, Campbeltown, Dunoon and Inveraray.

The Small Isles were part of the county, until they were transferred to Inverness-shire in 1891, by the boundary commission appointed under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889.

In 1975 the County of Argyll was abolished, with its area being split between Highland and Strathclyde Regions. A local government district called Argyll and Bute was formed in the Strathclyde region, including most of Argyll and the Isle of Bute from former county of the same name. The Ardnamurchan, Ballachulish and Kinlochleven areas of Argyll became part of Lochaber District, in Highland.

In 1996 a new unitary council area of Argyll and Bute was created, with a change to boundaries to include part of the former Strathclyde district of Dumbarton.

Constituency

There was an Argyllshire constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1983 (renamed Argyll in 1950). The Argyll and Bute constituency was created when the Argyll constituency was abolished.

Notable residents

  • Patrick MacKellar, (1717-1778), born in Argyllshire, military engineer, considered the most competent engineer in America.[1]

Notes

  • 1. ^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 

Further reading

[1]About Argyll.

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Counties of Scotland


Coordinates:
Argyll is a registration county of Scotland, and part of the council area of Argyll and Bute.

Argyll can also refer to:
  • Argyll (automobile), a Scottish motor car marque manufactured from 1899 to 1932, and again from 1976 to around 1990

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This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by area.
Rank County Area (acres)
1 Inverness-shire 2,695,037
2 Argyllshire 1,990,471
3 Ross-shire 1,676,741
4 Perthshire 1,617,808
5 Sutherland 1,297,846
6 Aberdeenshire 1,251,451
7 Ayrshire 728,186
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Inveraray (Inbhir Aora in Gaelic) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located on the western shore of Loch Fyne near its head, and on the A83 road.
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Argyle is an archaic spelling of Argyll, now part of the Argyll and Bute council area in western Scotland. As a result, the name Argyle has also been used by Scottish emigrants as the name of several locations.
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Scottish Gaelic}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Language codes
ISO 639-1: gd
ISO 639-2: gla
ISO 639-3: gla

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig
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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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Dál Riata (also Dalriada or Dalriata) was a Gaelic kingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland with some territory on the northern coasts of Ireland. It was situated in what is now Argyll and Bute, Lochaber, and County Antrim.
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The Mull of Kintyre is the most southwesterly section of the long Kintyre Peninsula in southwestern Scotland. The name is an Anglicization of the Gaelic Maol Ceanntìre.
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Cape Wrath (Scottish Gaelic: Am Parbh) is a cape in Sutherland, Highland, in northern Scotland. It is the most northwesterly point on the island of Great Britain.
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De Situ Albanie (dSA) is the name given to the first of seven Scottish documents found in the so-called Poppleton Manuscript, now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
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Goídel Glas (Latinised as Gathelus) is the creator of the Goidelic languages and the eponymous ancestor of the Gaels.

Ireland

Main article: Lebor Gabála Érenn

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Diocese of Argyll was an ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Scotland in the Middle Ages. The Diocese was led by the Bishop of Argyll, and was based at Lismore.

During the Scottish Reformation, the majority of the Scottish established church broke communion with the Pope.
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Lismore, Scotland

Location
OS grid reference: NM840408

Names

Gaelic name: Lios Mòr
Norse name: Unknown
Meaning of name: 'great garden' or 'great enclosure'

Area and Summit
Area: 2,351 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 33
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Earl or Jarl was an Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian title meaning "chieftain" and referring especially to chieftains set to rule a territory in a king's stead. In Scandinavia, it became obsolete in the Middle Ages and was replaced with duke (hertig/hertug
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Duke of Argyll was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. The Earls, Marquesses, and Dukes of Argyll were for several centuries among the most powerful, if not the most powerful, noble family in Scotland.
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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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Inverness-shire or the County of Inverness (Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic) is one of the registration counties of Scotland. Until 1975 it was a local government county.
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Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic), officially the County of Perth, is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the
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Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn in Gaelic) or the County of Dumbarton, is a lieutenancy area and a registration county of Scotland. Between 1890 and 1975 it was a county.
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Renfrewshire
Siorrachd Rinn Friù

Location

Geography

Area Ranked 24th
 - Total 261 km²
 - % Water Unknown
Admin HQ Paisley
GB-RFW
ONS code 00RC
Demographics

Population Ranked 9th
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