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  2. Kintyre - Wikipedia

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    Kintyre (Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Tìre, Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [kʲʰiɲˈtʲʰiːɾʲə]) is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute.The peninsula stretches about 30 miles (50 kilometres), from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to East and West Loch Tarbert in the north.

  3. Mull of Kintyre - Wikipedia

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    The Mull of Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip of the Kintyre Peninsula (formerly Cantyre) in southwest Scotland. From here, the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland is visible on a calm and clear day, and a historic lighthouse , the second commissioned in Scotland, guides shipping in the intervening North Channel .

  4. Kintyre Way - Wikipedia

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    The Kintyre Way is a waymarked footpath through the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.It runs between Machrihanish near the southern end of the peninsula's west coast, and Tarbert at the northern end of Kintyre where the peninsula is linked to Knapdale, via Campbeltown.

  5. Southend, Argyll - Wikipedia

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    Southend (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann mu Dheas, pronounced [ˈkʲʰaun̪ˠ mə ˈʝes̪]) is the main settlement at the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies 8 miles (13 km) south of Campbeltown, the main town in the area.

  6. North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    The North Channel (known in Irish and Scottish Gaelic as Sruth na Maoile, in Scots as the Sheuch [1]) is the strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland. The Firth of Clyde merges with the channel, between the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula and Corsewall Point on the Rhins of Galloway. [2]

  7. Ballochroy - Wikipedia

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    Ballochroy standing stones. Ballochroy is a megalithic site in Kintyre on the Argyll peninsula in Scotland. [1] It consists of three vertical stones, side by side, aligned with various land features 7–19 miles (11–31 km) away.

  8. Island near Mull of Kintyre for sale for $3.1 million - AOL

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    An idyllic 453-acre private island is up for sale off the west coast of Scotland and it comes with sandy beaches ... made famous by the 1977 song “Mull of Kintyre” by Paul McCartney and Wings. ...

  9. Tarbert, Kintyre - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Scotland parish church occupies a fine situation on high ground and has a crown spire. Overlooking the harbour are the ruins of a castle built by Robert I of Scotland in 1326. The isthmus connecting the districts of Knapdale and Kintyre is little more than 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, and boats once used to be dragged across to the head ...