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This article is about the Scottish region. For other uses of the name, see Argyle (disambiguation page).
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Archaically Argyle (''Earra-Ghàidheal'' in
Modern Gaelic ), is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient
Dál Riata that was located on the island of
Great Britain , and can be used to mean the entire western seaboard between the
Mull Of Kintyre and
Cape Wrath . The early
Thirteenth Century author of ''
De Situ Albanie '' explains that "the name ''Arregathel'' means margin of the Scots or Irish, because all Scots and Irish are generally called ''Gattheli''
{Link without Title} , from their ancient warleader known as ''Gaithelglas''." Argyll was a medieval Bishopric too, with its cathedral at
Lismore , as well as an early modern
Earldom and
Duchy , the
Duchy Of Argyll .
Today Argyll is a
Registration County for property.
Argyll (sometimes
Anglicised to ) was a
County of
Scotland until 1975, when Scottish counties were abolished. At the time of abolition the county had boundaries as shown in the map. Argyll's neighbouring counties were
Inverness-shire ,
Perthshire ,
Dunbartonshire ,
Renfrewshire ,
Ayrshire and
Bute . Renfrewshire and Ayrshire were the other side of the
Firth Of Clyde . Bute was a county of islands in the
Firth .
The county town was historically
Inveraray , which is still the seat of the
Duke Of Argyll .
Lochgilphead later claimed to be the county town, as the seat of local government for the county from the nineteenth century. Other places in the former county were
Oban ,
Campbeltown ,
Dunoon and
Inveraray .
The
Small Isles were part of the county, until they were transferred to
Inverness-shire in 1891, by the boundary commission appointed under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 .
In 1975 the County of Argyll was abolished, with its area being split between
Highland and Strathclyde Regions. A
Local Government district called was formed in the
Strathclyde Region , including most of Argyll and the
Isle Of Bute from former county of the same name. The
Ardnamurchan ,
Ballachulish and
Kinlochleven areas of Argyll became part of
Lochaber District, in Highland.
In 1996 a new
Unitary Council Area of
Argyll And Bute was created, with a change to boundaries to include part of the former Strathclyde district of
Dumbarton .
There was an
Argyllshire Constituency of the
Parliament Of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom from 1801 to 1983 (renamed ''Argyll'' in 1950). The
Argyll And Bute Constituency was created when the Argyll constituency was abolished.
- Patrick MacKellar , (1717-1778), born in Argyllshire, military engineer, considered the most competent engineer in America. 1
{Link without Title} About Argyll.
