Flodigarry
Flodigarry
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  Flodigarry Location within theIsle of Skye | |
| OS grid reference | NG461716 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Portree |
| Postcode district | IV51 9 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Flodigarry(Scottish Gaelic:Flòdaigearraidh) is a scattered settlement on the north east side of theTrotternishpeninsula on the island ofSkye,and is in the Scottish council area ofHighland.[1]
The small island ofEilean Flodigarry(Scottish Gaelic:Eilean Fhlòdaigearraidh) lies less than1 kilometre (5⁄8mile) off the coast with Sgeir na Éireann just beyond to the north east.
In 1750 theJacobiteFlora MacDonaldand her fiancé Allan MacDonald were married and lived in a cottage in Flodigarry.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^"Flodigarry".The Gazetteer for Scotland.School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society.Retrieved19 June2018.
- ^"Flora MacDonald - a brief history".flodigarry.co.uk. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2010.Retrieved2 March2009.
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