Lochmaddy

Lochmaddy ; Scottish Gaelic Loch nam Madadh
	View over Lochmaddy
Coordinates	57 ° 36 ′ N , 7 ° 10 ′ W Coordinates: 57 ° 36 ′ N , 7 ° 10 ′ W
	Lochmaddy
	Lochmaddy
administration
Post town	ISLE OF NORTH UIST
ZIP code section	HS6
prefix	01876
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Outer Hebrides
British Parliament	Na h-Eileanan to Iar
Scottish Parliament	Na h-Eileanan to Iar

Lochmaddy ( Scottish Gaelic : Loch nam Madadh , German: " Lake of the dogs / wolves" or "Lake of the shells") is the administrative center of the island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland .

Lochmaddy is located at the end of an estuary and is the only well-known settlement on the east coast of North Uist because of the rocky coast on this side of the island.

The first historical mention of Lochmaddy was a complaint about piracy and murder in a 1616 report: "Lochmaldie on the coast of Uist is a meeting place for pirates". The caves and bays that characterize the area around the village were excellent hiding spots from which ships were ambushed that were destined for the clan leaders with valuable goods. Smuggling activities were carried out here until modern times.

Today the same port makes Lochmaddy the ferry terminal for North Uist. The MV Hebrides commutes on the route to Skye . The ferry terminal has attracted businesses and public works, making it the only bank, courthouse and tourist office, and only youth hostel on North Uist. Lochmaddy Hospital closed in March 2001 and was replaced by the newly opened Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh ("Hospital for Uist and Barra") in Balivanich on Benbecula .

Lochmaddy was an important fishing town before the commercial decline of the herring fishery . During the reign of Charles I , there was a Royal Fishing Station here .

Dun Torcuill is on the west side of Loch an Duin, northwest of Lochmaddy.

Hut of the Shadows

Web links

Commons : Lochmaddy - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Colin Mark: The Gaelic-English Dictionary . Routledge, London and New York 2003, ISBN 0-415-29760-5 , pp. 411 : "madadh, ..., 1. dog - not as common as cù 2. brown mussel"
^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
^ Martin, Martin: A description of the Western Islands of Scotland . London 1703, p. 54 (English): “… south of the island Hermetra in Harris lies Loch Maddy, so-called from the three rocks without the entry on the south side. They are called Maddies from the great quantity of big mussels, called Maddies, that grows upon them. "
^ An account of Harris by John Knox . leverburgh.co.uk. 1787. Retrieved October 4, 2008.

[:0-1] A ^b Colin Mark: The Gaelic-English Dictionary . Routledge, London and New York 2003, ISBN 0-415-29760-5 , pp. 411 : "madadh, ..., 1. dog - not as common as cù 2. brown mussel"

[2] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[3] Martin, Martin: A description of the Western Islands of Scotland . London 1703, p. 54 (English): “… south of the island Hermetra in Harris lies Loch Maddy, so-called from the three rocks without the entry on the south side. They are called Maddies from the great quantity of big mussels, called Maddies, that grows upon them. "

[note1-4] An account of Harris by John Knox . leverburgh.co.uk. 1787. Retrieved October 4, 2008.