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7 unusual facts about Isle of Bute


Arriva Scotland West

At the time, Clydeside's operating area was much larger, covering Inverclyde (including the towns of Gourock and Greenock), the Isle of Bute and much of the south side of Glasgow.

Clarence E. Macartney

The two met during a period when John McCartney was preaching on the Isle of Bute – Robertson's father was opposed to the marriage.

Inverclyde Line

The branch heads through the southern suburbs of Greenock to Wemyss Bay, where it connects with ferry services to Rothesay on the island of Bute.

Kirstin Cairns

Kirstin Cairns (born 11 January 1963 in Isle of Bute) is a British former alpine skier who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics and in the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Minuscule 64

In 1880 Dean Burgon found the manuscript in the library of the Marquis of Bute (Marquess of Bute, Ms. 82 G. 18/19).

My Father My King

Some international editions of the single include two live songs recorded at Rothesay Pavilion, Isle of Bute on 14 April 2001, and a video for the song "dial:revenge".

Western Scottish

Though the northern portion of the former Western SMT's operating area, covering Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and the Isle of Bute, was ceded to a new company, Clydeside Scottish, in June 1985 (in order to prepare the Scottish Bus Group for deregulation in 1986 and eventual privatisation), Clydeside Scottish was remerged with Western in May 1989.


Comgall mac Domangairt

The Cenél Comgaill are thought to have been centred in Cowal, which is plausibly derived from Comgall or Comgaill, and the isle of Bute.

Sleeping Warrior

Various interpretations of the profile exist although the view of The Witches Step and Caisteal Abhail from North Ayrshire and Bute is arguably the most convincing.


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