Ardrishaig

Ardrishaig Scottish Gaelic Rubha Àird Driseig
Main street of Ardrishaig
Coordinates	56 ° 1 ′  N , 5 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 1 ′  N , 5 ° 27 ′  W
Ardrishaig
Residents	1349 2011 census
administration
Post town	LOCHGILPHEAD
ZIP code section	PA30
prefix	01546
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Argyll and Bute
British Parliament	Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute

Ardrishaig ( Gaelic Rubha Àird Driseig ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area Argyll and Bute . It is 48 km south of Oban and 77 km west of Glasgow on the banks of Loch Gilp , a tributary of Loch Fyne . In 2011 Ardrishaig had 1394 inhabitants.

Between 1831 and 1937 Ardrishaig was the location of the nationally important whiskey distillery Glenfyne , also known as Glendarroch .

traffic

The A83 , which connects the Kintyre peninsula to the trunk road network, crosses Ardrishaig. There is no connection to the railway network, but there is a regular bus connection to Glasgow. Ardrishaig is the eastern terminus of the Crinan Canal at Loch Fyne and a pier for steamers was built in the 19th century. There were regular ship connections to Oban and Glasgow, among others.

Personalities born in Ardrishaig

• John Smith (1938–1994), Labor politician

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  Street in Ardrishaig

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  Crinan Canal Basin

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  Crinan Canal at Ardrishaig

Web links

Commons : Ardrishaig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
2. ↑ 2011 census
3. ↑ Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Entry on the Glendarroch distillery at scotlandsplaces.gov.uk ( Memento from August 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
5. ↑ Timetable of the Glasgow-Campbeltown bus route ( Memento from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 142 kB)
6. ↑ Entry at scotlandsplaces.gov.uk ( Memento from August 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
7. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland