The Northern Isles (Scots: Northern Isles; Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; Old Norse: Norðreyjar; Norn: Nordøjar) are a chain (or archipelago)...
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the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand...
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Shetland (redirect from Shetland Isles)
a matter of some controversy. The later Iron Age inhabitants of the Northern Isles were probably Pictish, although the historical record is sparse. Hunter...
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The Kingdom of the Isles was a Norse-Gaelic kingdom comprising the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and the islands of the Clyde from the 9th to the 13th centuries...
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islands are to be found in the Hebrides and the Northern Isles to the north, and Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland. Not included...
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Firth (section Firths in the Northern Isles)
waters in the United Kingdom, predominantly within Scotland. In the Northern Isles, it more often refers to a smaller inlet. It is linguistically cognate...
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isolated isles. The archipelago is also known as The Seven Hunters. During the Middle Ages, they also may have been called the Seven Haley (Holy) Isles. Martin...
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The British Isles is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Continental Europe. It includes Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Shetland...
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Norn is an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland) off the north coast of mainland Scotland and in...
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Papar (section Papar in the Northern Isles)
"Linguistic patterns in the place-names of Norway and the Northern Isles" Northern Lights, Northern Words. Selected Papers from the FRLSU Conference, Kirkwall...
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Outer Hebrides (redirect from Western Isles)
h-Innse Gall, 'Islands of the Strangers'; Scots: Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Fada), is...
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Broughton House & Garden Bruce's Stone Grey Mare's Tail Nature Reserve Murray Isles Rockcliffe Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace Threave Castle & gardens Venniehill...
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settlement of the Northern Isles. By that time the croft lands had clearly been in use for centuries. Between the 9th and 15th centuries, Fair Isle was a Norwegian...
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Scotland (redirect from Northern Great Britain)
ritual sites are particularly common and well preserved in the Northern Isles and Western Isles, where a lack of trees led to most structures being built of...
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NorthLink Ferries (redirect from Northern Isles ferry services)
Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Since July 2012, it has been operated by international services company Serco. The subsidised Northern Isles ferry...
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Orkney (redirect from Orkney Isles)
Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago in the Northern Isles off the north coast of Scotland. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of...
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"Southern Isles" include: The Hebrides or Western Isles comprising: The Outer Hebrides, aka the "Long Island" to the west, separated from the northern Inner...
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Shapinsay (redirect from Isle of Shapinsay)
Fenton, Alexander (1997). The Northern Isles. East Linton: John Donald. Thomson (2001) pp. 360, 362, 369 "North Isles and beyond Wreck Database" Scapa...
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retrieved a "shipping-container" sized data center off the coast of the Northern Isles. Microsoft subcontracted Naval Group to spearhead the design and manufacture...
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Scots language (category Languages of Northern Ireland)
Ulster Scots). Most commonly spoken in the Scottish Lowlands, Northern Isles, and northern Ulster, it is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it...
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passing of the Isles of Scilly Order 1930, this authority has held the status of county council, and today it is known as the Council of the Isles of Scilly...
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July 2010. Isles of Mull and Iona MacDonald (2011), Moidart: Among the Clanranalds, page 132. History of Mull Isles of Mull and Iona "Isle of Mull & Mull...
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'Suðr-eyjar'), or South Isles of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, but on the death of Godred Crovan in 1095 all the isles came under the direct rule...
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fowk), meaning 'seal folk'. Selkies are mainly associated with the Northern Isles of Scotland, where they are said to live as seals in the sea but shed...
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attempts to reassert authority in the Isles. For instance, Rothesay Castle fell to a Norwegian-backed King of the Isles in 1230, and fell again to the Norwegians...
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Iona (redirect from Isle of Iona)
the Isles. Iona remained part of the Lordship of the Isles for the next century and a half. Following the 1491 Raid on Ross, the Lordship of the Isles was...
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Languages of the United Kingdom (redirect from Languages of the British Isles)
and the Western Isles region of Scotland has a policy to promote the language. In Northern Ireland, the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022...
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Norðoyatunnilin (redirect from Northern Isles Tunnel)
Norðoyatunnilin (The Northern Isles Tunnel) is a two-lane road tunnel under the Leirvíksfjørður in the Faroe Islands. It connects the islands of Eysturoy...
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Katharine Briggs called it "the nastiest" of all the demons of Scotland's Northern Isles. The nuckelavee's breath was thought to wilt crops and sicken livestock...
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Unst (redirect from Isle of Unst)
Norn: Ønst) is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third-largest island...
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