Title : Argyll
Author : Donald Omand (Ed)
Publisher : Birlinn Press
Year : 2003 (November)
Price : £20.00
Argyll, Dalriada or Earra-ghaidheal, ‘the
Coastland’ or ‘Boundary of the Gael’, is
one of the most beautiful and historically significant
parts of Scotland. Bounded by Inverness-shire to the north
and stretching as far south as the Mull of Kintyre, it has
a coastline measuring a staggering 2220 miles and takes in
ninety islands. The story of Argyll is a staggering litany
of great names, deeds and institutions, of places such as
Dunadd, Iona and Islay, which played key roles in the
political and religious development of the nation, as well
as of the Gaelic culture whose influence stretched
throughout Scotland and beyond.