Flodigarry

Flodigarry

Flodigarry

Human settlement in Scotland

Flodigarry (Scottish Gaelic: Flòdaigearraidh) is a scattered settlement on the north east side of the Trotternish peninsula on the island of Skye, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]

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The small island of Eilean Flodigarry (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Fhlòdaigearraidh) lies less than 1 kilometre (5⁄8 mile) off the coast with Sgeir na Éireann just beyond to the north east.

In 1750 the Jacobite Flora MacDonald and her fiancé Allan MacDonald were married and lived in a cottage in Flodigarry.[2]

Flodigarry Hotel

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Flodigarry". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Flora MacDonald - a brief history". flodigarry.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
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