Silvia Muras
Early churches in the Kyle of Sutherland
A few place names, records and stone remains are the only traces of Celtic saints and early monks left in the area.
Saint Maelruba
Maelruba of Applecross (642-722) was an Irish saint active in Scotland who founded the monastic community of Applecross. He also founded a church on an
Paul Mactire, 'Paul the Wolf'
Owner of extensive lands in Strathcarron, Strath Oykel and Gairloch through his marriage to Mary of Grahame, he was a notorious robber or freebooter and centuries old tradition links him to the construction of the vitrified fort on the top of Dun Creich.
Paul Mactire or Mactyre was a 14th
More than one ‘Amat’
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history
and origins of place names in and around our area
The name Amat (Amot 1561, Almet 1643) comes from the Old Norse á-mót, meaning river-meet or confluence. In Strathcarron, this is the confluence of the rivers Carron and Blackwater.
Amat
Kyle Chronicle #12
The Fuath and the Brollachan
Along a burn by Loch Migdale, there was once a mill named Moulin na Vaugha /Fouadh, ‘Mill of the Fuath’, haunted by the Fuath and her son, the amormphous Brollachan.
The Fuath (from Scottish Gaelic, meaning ‘hate’, and pronounced ‘vough’ in English) was a class of malevolent spirits in Scottish
Balnagown Arms Hotel: The inn around which Ardgay village was built
Once described as one of the best known hotels of the Highlands “where royalty and statemen have frequently stayed”, the Balnagown Arms Hotel started off as a farm house converted into an inn in 1817 to serve people travelling along the new Telford road.
By Silvia Muras & Donald Brown