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unusual facts about Tobermory, Mull



America 2-Night

In 2001, Martin Mull and Fred Willard reprised their roles in a stage appearance and retrospective at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.

Balamory

Balamory was filmed mostly in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, with the exception of scenes at Archie's castle filmed at Fenton Tower in North Berwick.

British Punjabi writers

Amongst these writers are Amarjit Chandan, Harjeet Atwal, Veena Verma (writer of Mull Di Teeveen) and Shivcharan Gill.

Church of St Michael the Greater, Stamford

The conversion, by Arthur Mull Associates of Huntingdon was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as “an unsympathetic use and an appalling conversion”.

Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie

Over the years, the Lochbuie branch has held lands in Mull, Scarba, Jura, Morvern, Locheil, and Tiree.

Dresden Zoo

At the end of the short story "Tobermory" (1909) by Saki, the visiting Englishman Cornelius Appin is killed by an elephant at the Dresden Zoological Garden.

HMS Western Isles

HMS Western Isles was a command ship of the Royal Navy during World War II, serving as the flagship of the Anti-Submarine Training School at Tobermory on the Isle of Mull under Vice Admiral Gilbert Stephenson.

Isle of Mull Railway

Was used on the Suffolk Miniature Railway at Kessingland, Suffolk before entering service on the Isle of Mull Railway.

Loch Gruinart

The Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart was fought on the sands at the south end of the loch on 5 August 1598 between a force from Mull led by Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean of Duart and the Islay men led by Sir James MacDonald, 9th of Dunnyveg, son of Angus MacDonald of Dunyvaig and the Glens, in which Macleans were defeated and all killed including Sir Lachlan save one whom survived by swimming to Nave Island.

Mairi nighean Alasdair Ruaidh

Most of her life was spent at Dunvegan, Skye, but at one time she was exiled by her chief to Mull for being too profuse in her praise of his relative, Sir Norman Macleod of Bernera.

MS Chi-Cheemaun

A trip aboard Chi-Cheemaun is a long standing Great Lakes tradition dating back to the 1930s when a small, wooden vessel, Kagawong, first ferried automobiles across the Georgian Bay between Tobermory and South Baymouth.

Mull Historical and Archaeological Society

Mull Historical & Archaeological Society were originally called simply Mull Historical Society but changed their name to underline the importance of archaeology in their work and partly to avoid confusion with Colin MacIntyre's pop creation.

Mull Historical Society

Mull is an island off the west coast of Scotland – the name comes from a genealogical society on the island, who have since changed their name to the Mull Historical and Archaeological Society.

Mullillatha Roja

Mull illadha roja is a 1982 Indian Tamil film, directed by K.Ramraj, starring Chakravarthi and Vijayakala in lead roles.

Pres Mull

Mull moved to Lexington, North Carolina in 1954 after his application for head football coach at Lexington High School was successful.

Ross of Mull

The 1945 film I Know Where I'm Going! directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger was principally shot on Mull using Carsaig as a headquarters and references the fictional "Isle of Kiloran", which was based on Colonsay.

Sound of Iona

The Sound of Iona is a sound between the Inner Hebridean islands of Mull and Iona in western Scotland.

Stephen Mull

Prior to his assignment in Jakarta, Mull worked as Deputy Director of the State Department Operations Center, as Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, as Director of the Office of Southern European Affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs, and as Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State.

Stephen Young

Sir Stephen Young, 3rd Baronet, Scottish official who headed the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the 1994 Chinook crash on Mull of Kintyre

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides, including Skye, Coll, and Mull.

Tobermory Cat

There is also an illustrated children's book, The Tobermory Cat published 12 October 2012, by Debi Gliori published by Birlinn.

Tobermory, Ontario

In the heart of a World Biosphere Reserve, the Peninsula is a place of global ecological significance.

Tunnock's

Since 2005, Tunnock's has sponsored The Tour of Mull, an annual car rally held on the Isle of Mull.

Werner Maihofer

In 1975, in a covert operation called "Operation Müll" ("operation trash"), the BND, under the supervision of Maihofer planted a number of wiretaps in Traube's home.


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