Isleornsay (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Iarmain ) is a village located on the main Armadale to the Sleat Path (A851) on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is overlooking, but not over the top, Ornsay Island. The island itself houses one of the finest natural harbors in southern Skye. The location was exploited from the 18th century or earlier by MacDonalds who owns this Skye section.
There is a hotel in the village called The Isle Ornsay Hotel and a local company PrÃÆ' ban na Linne founded by Iain Noble who produces a poor whiskey called Poit Dhubh (literally "Black Pot "or" Illicit Still "and two blends, TÃÆ' Â © Bheag nan Eilean (" small dram of the islands ") and Mac na Mara (" Son of the sea ").
Ornsay is the premier location for international bestsellers, The Ice Twins, by S K Tremayne, published in 2015.
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Emigration
Emigration from the highlands and islands was endemic in the 19th century and the companies that run the Isleornsay, MacDonald and Elder stores, acted as emigration agents from the early 1800s. In 1822 they advertised that they were able to "customize transport to transport passengers from Inverness & West Coast" Scotland to the east coast of Canada. In 1830, an aid program to Australia from the Sleat peninsula was held. The William Nicol sailed to Sydney from Isleornsay in July 1837 with 322 passengers including 70 families from Sleat. At the time it was reported that so many local people wanted to emigrate that the ship could not accommodate everyone who wanted to start.
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Train
In 1898, the proposed Hebride Light Railway Company had to be stopped at the new ferry port at Isleornsay, but the line was never built.
See also
- Camuscross
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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