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The by the Kirk of St Kieran ''). It was renamed in the Seventeenth Century and became an important centre for Shipbuilding and Whisky , and a busy Fishing Port . WHISKY Campbeltown is one of the handful of areas in Scotland categorised as a distinct whisky producing region, and is home to the Campbeltown Single Malts , at one point having thirty-four Distilleries and proclaiming itself "the whisky capital of the world". However, many of these whiskies were of rather poor quality and have disappeared. Today only three active distilleries remain in Campbeltown, which have, or in one case is expected to have, an excellent reputation for their quality. The well known Folk Song titled ''Campbeltown Loch, I wish you were whisky'' is based on the town's history in this industry. CULTURE Apart from the distilleries, Campbeltown boasts a and William Mackinnon . Near the museum is the ''Wee Picture House'', a small but distinctive Art Deco Cinema dating from 1913 and believed to be the oldest surviving purpose-built cinema in Scotland. These buildings are on the waterfront, as is a Fourteenth Century Celtic Cross . Saint Kieran lived in this area before the town existed. A cave named for him can be visited at low tide, as can the cave on nearby Davaar Island where pilgrims and tourists go to see a 19th century crucifixion painting. TRANSPORT Ferries originally sailed from Campbeltown to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland , but the service was suspended in June 2002 until further notice. Davaar Island can be reached on foot at Low Tide . Campbeltown Airport lies near the burgh. Campbeltown has been linked to Machrihanish by a canal (1794-mid 1880s) that was superseded by the Campbeltown And Machrihanish Light Railway that closed in 1932. Due to the town's isolated location near the far end of a long peninsula, in many ways it resembles sizable communities on the islands of the Inner Hebrides in that transport by sea is particularly important, although nonetheless it is linked to the rest of Scotland by a long minor road. LANGUAGE Campbeltown is traditionally one of the few communities in the Scottish Highlands where the Scots Language has predominated, rather than the previously widespread Scottish Gaelic Language . This was due to the Plantation of Lowland merchants to the burgh in the Middle Ages . Today the English Language , in the form of the Scottish English Dialect , is the predominant language in the town. NORTH CAROLINA Fayetteville , North Carolina was originally called Campbeltown. It was established by settlers from Campbeltown, Argyll . The name was later changed in honor of LaFayette . SEE ALSO
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