Holy Island, Firth of Clyde

Coordinates: 55°31′30″N 5°04′20″W / 55.52500°N 5.07222°W / 55.52500; -5.07222
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Holy Island
Marilyn
Administration
Council areaNorth Ayrshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population31[2]
Population rank58 [1]
Population density12/km2 (31/sq mi)[2][3]
Lymphad
References[3][4] [5]
Mullach Mòr
Gaelic
PronunciationScottish Gaelic: [ˈmul̪ˠəx ˈmoːɾ]
Geography
LocationFirth of Clyde, Scotland
OS gridNS063297
Topo mapOS Landranger 69

The Holy Island or Holy Isle (

Scottish Gaelic: Eilean MoLaise) is an island in the Firth of Clyde, off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the larger Isle of Arran
. The island is around 3 kilometres (1+7⁄8 mi) long and around 1 kilometre (5⁄8 mi) wide. Its highest point is the hill Mullach Mòr.

History

The island has a long history as a sacred site, with a spring or

Gaelic name for the island was Eilean MoLaise, Molaise's Island; this is the origin (via Elmolaise and Limolas) of "Lamlash
", the name of the village on Arran that faces Holy Island.

Some

Viking fleet sheltered between Arran and Holy Isle before the Battle of Largs
.

In 1549,

Dean Monro wrote of the "little ile callit the yle of Molass, quherin there was foundit by Johne, Lord of the iles, ane monastry of friars, which is decayit."[6]

Current ownership

In 1992, the island was in the possession of Kay Morris, a devout Catholic who reportedly had a dream in which the Virgin Mary instructed her to give ownership of the island to the

Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, on the north of the island. This is an environmentally designed residential centre for courses and retreats which extends the former farm house. It has solar water heating and a reed-bed sewage treatment system. The approach from the ferry jetty is decorated with Tibetan flags and stupas
. On the southern end of the island lives a community of nuns who are undertaking three-year retreats.

The remainder of the island is treated as a nature reserve with wild

Sorbus pseudomeinichii
. These are indigenous and unique to Arran.

There is a regular ferry service from Lamlash, and the island is popular with holiday makers staying on Arran. The usually resident population was recorded as 31 in 2011,[2] an increase from 13 in 2001.[8]

Gallery

  • The Centre for World Peace and Health, with Tibetan flags and stupas
    The Centre for World Peace and Health, with Tibetan flags and stupas
  • One of the Saanen goats
    One of the Saanen goats
  • One of the wild Eriskay ponies
    One of the wild Eriskay ponies
  • Map of the island
    Map of the island

References

  1. ^
    2011 census
    .
  2. ^ a b c National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7
    .
  4. ISBN 9780319229644
    .
  5. ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. ^ Monro (1549) "Molass" no. 5
  7. ^ "Holy Isle Buddhists fight power plant". The Scotsman. 29 July 2019.
  8. ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

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