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    Raasay (/ˈrɑːseɪ/; Scottish Gaelic: Ratharsair), sometimes the Isle of Raasay, is an island between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Scotland. It...
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  • of Raasay are a minor Scottish noble family and branch of Clan MacLeod of Lewis. At their height they held extensive lands on the Isle of Raasay. In...
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    Isle of Raasay distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on the Inner Hebridean Isle of Raasay in Northwest Scotland. The distillery is owned by R&B Distillers...
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    the Island of Raasay, Scotland. He was Local Assistant Keeper of Rona Lighthouse and the part-time postman for the north end of Raasay. Calum was the...
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    of the Garrygualach Adventure Centre is now operated by Raasay House on the island of Raasay. Bluebird, a half sized (16 ft) Sgoth, is based in Ness....
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    Sìol Tormoid ("seed of Tormod") and the Clan MacLeod of Lewis Assynt and Raasay, known in Gaelic as Sìol Torcaill ("seed of Torcall"). Both branches claim...
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  • Category C(S) 13928 Upload Photo Raasay House 57°21′14″N 6°04′44″W / 57.353969°N 6.07902°W / 57.353969; -6.07902 (Raasay House) Category A 13932 Upload Photo...
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  • poetry. He was raised in a strict Presbyterian family on the island of Raasay, immersed in Gaelic culture and literature from birth, but abandoned religion...
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    Report". Historic Scotland. "Culloden House Stables And Yard Wall: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. "Raasay House: Listed Building Report". Historic...
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    Commons has media related to Angus MacKay (piper). The Piper’s House - Feature on the house where Angus MacKay was born History of the MacKays of Raasay...
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    Macleod of Raasay. Later in 1988 he was officially recognised as "Torquil Roderick Macleod of The Lewes and Chief and Head of the baronial House of Macleod...
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  • transcribed by Elizabeth Jane Ross, 1812” which she left in the Library of Raasay House and which were given to the Edinburgh University Library in the 1950s...
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    conspicuous. The next day, the Prince was taken from Portree to the island of Raasay, while MacDonald remained on Skye. MacDonald was subsequently arrested and...
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    MacFarlane (1834–1926), who was the Free Church of Scotland minister of Raasay, walked out of the General Assembly in protest. At the 1892 Free Church...
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  • Clachan, Skye, Highland Clachan, Sutherland, Highland Clachan, Raasay on the Isle of Raasay, Highland Clachan, South Uist, Outer Hebrides Clachan of Campsie...
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    eastern shores enable a lush growth of hedgerows and crops. The islands of Raasay, Rona, Scalpay and Pabay all lie to the north and east between Skye and...
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    surname: Clan MacLeod of Harris and Skye, and Clan MacLeod of Lewis and Raasay. The earliest record of these two families, using a form of the surname...
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  • Lowland 2023 Muckle Brig Pulteney Wick Highland 1826 Inver House Distillers Raasay Isle of Raasay Island 2014 R&B Distillers Rosebank Falkirk Lowland 1798...
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    supply of electricity to the island. Because the location of the turbine house was not easily accessible, it is served by an electric funicular railway...
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    from John McKay's More West Highland Tales runs thus: A blacksmith from Raasay lost his daughter to the each-uisge. In revenge the blacksmith and his son...
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    Hebrides with significant percentages of Gaelic speakers are Tiree (38.3%), Raasay (30.4%), Skye (29.4%), Lismore (26.9%), Colonsay (20.2%), and Islay (19...
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    1957 in Scotland BUTEC (British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre) at Raasay Luce Bay in Dumfries and Galloway RAF Tain on the Moray Firth "East Anglian...
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    Fergussone (c.1708-1767), whose ship was then cruising off the island of Raasay (Scottish Gaelic: Ratharsair). Even though, "defiance of this kind always...
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    Springbank Machrihanish Distillery, by R&B Distillers, owners of the Isle of Raasay distillery Dál Riata Distillery, by Dál Riata Distillers Witchburn Distillery...
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    on the Isle of Skye, one of the Inner Hebrides, overlooking the Sound of Raasay, on the north-west coast of Scotland, formerly in the county of Ross and...
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    western Highlands of Scotland Eilean Fladday and Eilean Tigh off the Isle of Raasay Eilean Shona in Loch Moidart, Lochaber, Highland Eilean Tioram, in Loch...
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  • George Rainy (category Raasay)
    slave-owners following the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, he purchased the islands of Raasay, Rona and Fladda from Clan MacLeod in 1846: he removed from the land twelve...
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    August 1815, Daniell journeyed around the islands of Eigg, Rum, Skye, and Raasay, together with the Hebridean Islands of Harris and Lewis. He continued up...
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    movement, the formative Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), to go to the house of prayer, offer up their sacraments, rest from their labors, and pay their...
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  • Augustus. From there they went on to the islands of the Hebrides: Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Inch Kenneth, and Iona. Returning to the mainland in Argyll...
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