Mull

Mull(orIsle o Mull), is the seicont biggest island in theInner Hebrides(Scots Gaelic:Muile,pronounced [ˈmulə]), it haes a little bit mair nor 2000 indwallers.

Backgrund

The Isle o Mull aff the wast coast o Scotland.

At 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi) Mull is the fowert biggest Scots island. Mull haes a coastline o 480 kilometers (300 mi) an its climate is moderatit bi theGulf Stream.In the 14t century Mull becam pairt o the Lordship o the Isles. Efter the collapse o the Lordship in 1493 the island wis taken ower bi theclan MacLean,an in 1681 bi theclan Campbell.Durin theHieland Clearancesin the 18t and 19t centuries, the population fell frae 10,000 tae less nor 4000 indwallers. The biggest muntain on Mull is ca'dBen Mull.The biggest toun isTobermorywhich wis also uised fur filmin the childer's BBC TV series,Balamory.It also has a distillery, makin Tobermory single maltwhisky.

Torran Rocks

Torran Rocks is a group o smaw islands anskerries,spans approximatly 15 square mile (39 km2), locatit twa mile (3 km) tae the sooth wast, atween the Ross o Mull an Dubh Artach.Robert Louis Stevenson's buikKidnappedwis set in pairt on ane o these islands. Frank Lockwood's Island naur Lochbuie is named efter the godbrither o the 21st MacLean o Lochbuie, wha wis Solicitor General frae1894or1895.

There are castles oan Mull, an ither auncient constructions, includin some frae the IXt century.

Notable Fowk frae Mull

• Martyn Bennett(1971–2005), Canadian-Scots muiseecianer,lived on Mull, buiriit in Calgary Bay seemetry.
• Duncan Livingstone (1877–1964) Scottish Gaelic baird, born at Torloisk, emigrated tae Sooth Africa in 1903.
• Agnes Maxwell MacLeod (1783–1879) baird an meenister's wife
• Margaret McKellar(1861–1941), medical meessionar
• Catherine MacKinnon (1778–1858), born in Uisken on the Ross of Mull, went tae Russia in 1804 as governess tae the future Tsar Alexander II, wha abolishit serfdom in Russia. She dee'd inFlorence,Italy.
• Norman Maclean(1902–1990), Scots-American scriever fraeMissoula,Montana, screived o alcoholism an gambling o Scots GaelicPresbyteriansinA River Runs Through It and Other Stories(1976).
• Mary Macleod, 17th-century baird, wis said to have been bainishit tae Mull.
• Lachlan Macquarie,(1762–1824), governor ofNew Sooth Wales,born oanUlva.
• Major General Colin Gubbins, heid o Special Operations Executive inWarld War II
• Peter Bonetti, (1941–2020), Inglis fitbaw player (goallie)

Torosay Castle on Mull

Sport

• The "Tour o Mull" is a closit road rally event hauden on the island ivery October bi the 2300 Club. While some competitors benefit frae superior motorcaurs, the local fowk benefit frae thair ken o the roads an thus onybody can win.The Best Rally In The Worldis a beuk scrieved bi the foonder o the event Brian Molyneux. Previously sponsorit biPhilips,it haes ben sponsorit since 2005 biTunnock's.
• The MullRugby 7's Competition taks place annually in Mey at the Isle o Mull R.F.C's rugby club at Garmony - on the road atween Salen an Craignure.

Fremmit airtins

• This airtin, in Inglis, concerns the geology o the IsleArchived2009-03-27 at theWayback Machine

Tobermory Kirk an bay