Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: Orasaigh), also sometimes spelt and pronounced Oransay by the local community, is a small tidal island south of Colonsay in...
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SS Oronsay was the second Orient Line ship built after World War II. A sister ship to Orcades, she was named after the island of Oronsay off the west...
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This is a list of islands called Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: Orasaigh), which provides an index for islands in Scotland with this and similar names. It...
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Oronsay Priory was a monastery of canons regular on the island of Oronsay, Inner Hebrides, Argyll, off the coast of Scotland. It was in existence by 1353...
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For other ships called SS Oronsay, see List of ships named Oronsay SS Oronsay was a British ocean liner and World War II troopship. She was sunk by an...
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Oronsay commonly refers to the island of Oronsay, Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Oronsay may also refer to Oronsay, Loch Bracadale, Skye Oronsay...
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was born on the island of Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides, the son of John McNeill (1767–1846), laird of Colonsay and Oronsay, and his wife Hester (née...
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list of ships named Oronsay: SS Oronsay (1887) (renamed Hainaut after 1900) 2,070 GRT steamship wrecked off Skyros in 1911 SS Oronsay (1900) 3,761 GRT cargo...
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Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: Orasaigh) is an uninhabited tidal island in Loch Bracadale on the west coast of Skye, Scotland. It is c.1,000 metres (0.7miles)...
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Alison Steadman on Channel 4. The series visited Gigha, Jura, Colonsay and Oronsay in episode 1, Jersey, Alderney and Sark in episode 2 and the Isles of Scilly...
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Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks that also outcrop on the islands of Islay and Oronsay and the surrounding seabed. The sequence has been correlated with the Grampian...
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Keeping (Colonsay and Oronsay) Order 2013". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2018. "Colonsay and Oronsay to become honeybee...
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The Prior of Oronsay was the Religious Superior of Oronsay Priory, a community of canons regular on the island of Oronsay, Inner Hebrides, off the coast...
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in the south. At the estuary of Loch Teacuis lie the large islands of Oronsay, Risga and Càrna. There are numerous lochs in northern Argyll, the largest...
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Isles Kili Holm in Orkney, joined to Egilsay Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides, joined to Colonsay Oronsay in Loch Bracadale, joined to Skye Orosay in the...
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Oronsay is an uninhabited island in Loch Sunart, Scotland. It is low-lying, barren and rocky, deeply indented with sea lochs. The island encloses Loch...
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present around the coasts of Scotland. Colonies of seals are found on Oronsay and the Treshnish Isles. The rich freshwater streams contain brown trout...
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smallest municipality of San Marino. Sark 5.44 Island part of Guernsey. Oronsay (Colonsay) 5.43 Island part of Scotland. Navassa Island 5.4 Minor outlying...
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knife on 31 October 2009 while she was in the driveway of her home on Oronsay Road, Airdrie. It happened during a period of large-scale fighting in the...
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fields where areas such as Park Farm, Boglestone, Slaemuir and Devol and Oronsay were founded. This area has subsequently become known as upper Port Glasgow...
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Oronsay (Gaelic Orasaigh) is a tidal island off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Lying to the north of Vallaquie Strand, the island has been uninhabited...
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Resourceful SD Dependable STAN 2608-class tugs SD Jupiter Oban-class tenders SD Oronsay SD Omagh Personnel ferries SD Eva STAN 1505-class tenders SD Clyde Racer...
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List of bays of the Inner Hebrides (section Oronsay)
There is no bays on Càrna. There is no bays on Oldany. There is no bays on Oronsay. This island has no bays. Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap...
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formally merged in 1960 to form P&O-Orient Lines. In 1964, Orcades and Oronsay were transferred to the P&O fleet. The name Orient Line was dropped altogether...
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Rona (disambiguation) Soay (disambiguation) Muck Eigg Rùm Shuna Colonsay Oronsay Scarba Easdale Jura Islay Mull Ulva Gometra Iona Coll Tiree Lewis and Harris...
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the clan. The clan has a long history with the islands of Colonsay and Oronsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, and today many monuments to various lairds...
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Eilean Shona Eriska Erraid Helliar Holm Kili Holm Isle Ristol Sanday Torsa Oronsay means "ebb island" and there are several tidal islands of this name. The...
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the UK for Australia on the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme ship SS Oronsay. Settling in Sydney, the family first lived in the suburb of Bronte and...
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A carving of a birlinn from a 16th-century tombstone in MacDufie's Chapel, Oronsay, as engraved in 1772...
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