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unusual facts about Ballachulish



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A82 road

After passing through North Ballachulish, the A82 turns to run northeast along the Great Glen, which it continues to do for the remainder of the route up to Inverness.

Alexander Mackonochie

His mental decline continued apace until on 14 December 1887 he got lost in the Forest of Mamore while out walking near the Bishop of Argyll's home in Ballachulish.

He travelled several times to the continent and often visited the Bishop of Argyll, his friend Alexander Chinnery-Haldane, in Ballachulish, Oban, a place which he loved.

Ballachulish Camanachd Club

In her article, When it's rational to hate a stranger, Scottish journalist Sylvia Patterson wrote that she hoped footballer Cristiano Ronaldo would be resurrected as "as a 5ft 2in winger of a Ballachulish shinty team" in order to teach him a lesson about humility.

Glencoe Ski area

Accommodation is available in the nearby villages of Glencoe and Ballachulish.

Kings House Hotel

By the late 18th century, the building had reverted to its original use as a coaching inn serving travellers that came from Ballachulish to Loch Lomond via Tyndrum.

William Lawrie

William Lawrie - Gaelic, Uilleam Labhruidh/Laobhrach (1881–1916) was born into a slate quarrying family in Ballachulish, Argyll and was the son of Hugh Lawrie, (Eòghann Thomais Uilleam) who gave him his first lessons on the Highland bagpipes.


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