Flodigarry
Encyclopedia
Flodigarry is a scattered settlement on the north east side of the Trotternish
Trotternish
Trotternish or Tròndairnis is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland.One of its more well-known features is the Trotternish landslip, a massive landslide that runs almost the full length of the peninsula, some...

 peninsula on the island of Skye
Skye
Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills...

, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

The small island of Eilean Flodigarry  lies less than 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) off the coast with Sgier na Éireann just beyond to the north east.

In 1750 the Jacobite
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...

 Flora MacDonald and her fiancee Allan MacDonald were married and lived in a cottage in Floddigarry.

In 2008 the singer KT Tunstall
KT Tunstall
Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist from St Andrews, Scotland. She broke into the public eye with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland...

was married at the Flodigarry Hotel which abuts the cottage.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK