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Donald Monro (priest)

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Donald Monro (or Munro) (fl. 1526–1574) was a Scottish clergyman, who wrote an early and historically valuable description of the Hebrides and other Scottish islands and enjoyed the honorific title of "Dean of the Isles". [1]

61 relations: Ailsa Craig, Archdeacon of the Isles, Benbecula, Canna, Scotland, Clan Macfie, Clan Mackinnon, Clan Munro, Clann Somhairle, Coll, Colonsay, Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, Donald Monro, Easdale, Eigg, Eilean Liubhaird, Eilean Mhuire, Eilean-a-beithich, Etymology of Skye, George Munro, 10th Baron of Foulis, Gometra, Great Cumbrae, Gruinard Island, Gulf of Corryvreckan, Hebrides, Hermetray, History of St Kilda, Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde, Islay, Isle of Bute, Isle of Ewe, Jura, Scotland, Kiltearn, Kisimul Castle, Lismore, Scotland, Lord of the Isles, Lunga (Slate Islands), Muck, Scotland, Muldoanich, Nave Island, North Uist, Oronsay, Inner Hebrides, Ragnall mac Somairle, Rùm, Sanda Island, Scalpay, Inner Hebrides, Scarba, Seanna Chnoc, Shiant Isles, Skye, Sound of Islay, ..., South Rona, St Clement's Church, Rodel, St Kilda, Scotland, Sula Sgeir, Taransay, Texa, Thomas Knox (bishop), Tiree, Uist, 1549 in literature, 1582 in Scotland. Expand index (11 more) »

Ailsa Craig

Ailsa Craig (Creag Ealasaid) is an island of in the outer Firth of Clyde, west of mainland Scotland, upon which blue hone granite has long been quarried to make curling stones.

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Archdeacon of the Isles

The Archdeacon of the Isles (or Sodor) was the only archdeacon in the diocese of the Isles, acting as a subordinate of the Bishop of the Isles.

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Benbecula

Benbecula (Beinn nam Fadhla, or Beinn na Faoghla) is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland.

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Canna, Scotland

Canna (Canaigh; Eilean Chanaigh) is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

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Clan Macfie

Clan Macfie is a Scottish clan.

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Clan Mackinnon

Clan Mackinnon or Clan Fingon (Clann MhicFhionghain) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the islands of Mull and Skye, in the Inner Hebrides.

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Clan Munro

Clan Munro (Clann an Rothaich) is a Highland Scottish clan.

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Clann Somhairle

Clann Somhairle, sometimes anglicised as Clan Sorley, refers to those Scottish and Irish dynasties descending from the famous Norse-Gaelic leader Somerled, King of Mann and the Isles, son of Gillabrigte (†1164) and ancestor of Clann Domhnaill.

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Coll

Coll (Cola)Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 31 is an island located west of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Colonsay

Colonsay (Colbhasa) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull.

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Description of the Western Isles of Scotland

Description of the Western Isles of Scotland is the oldest known account of the Hebrides and the Islands of the Clyde, two chains of islands off the west coast of Scotland.

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Donald Monro

Donald Monro may refer to.

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Easdale

Easdale (Eilean Èisdeal) is one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland.

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Eigg

Eigg (italic) is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

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Eilean Liubhaird

Eilean Liubhaird or Eilean Iubhard is an island in the Outer Hebrides, to the east of Lewis.

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Eilean Mhuire

Eilean Mhuire (meaning "Virgin Mary's island") is the most easterly of the Shiant Islands in the Outer Hebrides.

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Eilean-a-beithich

Eilean-a-beithich or Eilean nam Beitheach ("island of the birches") was once one of the Slate Islands, located in Easdale Sound between Easdale and Seil, in the Inner Hebrides.

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Etymology of Skye

The etymology of Skye attempts to understand the derivation of the name of the island of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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George Munro, 10th Baron of Foulis

George Munro of Foulis is traditionally the 10th Baron and 13th successive chief of the Clan Munro.

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Gometra

Gometra (Gòmastra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, lying west of Mull.

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Great Cumbrae

Great Cumbrae (Scots, Muckle Cumbrae; Scottish Gaelic, Cumaradh Mòr; also known as Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is the larger of the two islands known as The Cumbraes in the lower Firth of Clyde in western Scotland.

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Gruinard Island

Gruinard Island ('Eilean Ghruinneard') is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately long by wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool.

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Gulf of Corryvreckan

The Gulf of Corryvreckan (from the Gaelic Coire Bhreacain meaning "cauldron of the speckled seas" or "cauldron of the plaid"), also called the Strait of Corryvreckan, is a narrow strait between the islands of Jura and Scarba, in Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

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Hebrides

The Hebrides (Innse Gall,; Suðreyjar) compose a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

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Hermetray

Hermetray (Theàrnatraigh) is an uninhabited island off North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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History of St Kilda

St Kilda was continuously inhabited for two millennia or more, from the Bronze Age to the 20th century.

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Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde

The Holy Isle (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean MoLaise) is one of a number of islands in the United Kingdom which go under the name "Holy Island".

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Islay

Islay (Ìle) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Isle of Bute

The Isle of Bute (Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bhòdach), properly simply Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland.

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Isle of Ewe

Isle of Ewe (Eilean Iùbh) is a small Scottish island on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty.

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Jura, Scotland

Jura (Diùra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and to the north-east of Islay.

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Kiltearn

Kiltearn (Gaelic: Cill Tighearna) is a parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.

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Kisimul Castle

Kisimul Castle (Caisteal Chiosmuil) and also known as Kiessimul Castle, is a small medieval castle located on a small island off Castlebay, Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

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Lismore, Scotland

Lismore (Lios Mòr, possibly meaning "great enclosure", or "garden") is an island of some in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Lord of the Isles

The Lord of the Isles (Triath nan Eilean or Rìgh Innse Gall) is a title of Scottish nobility with historical roots that go back beyond the Kingdom of Scotland.

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Lunga (Slate Islands)

Lunga is one of the Slate Islands in the Firth of Lorn in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Muck, Scotland

Muck (Eilean nam Muc) is the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Muldoanich

Muldoanich is an uninhabited island in the Barra Isles archipelago at the southern extremity of the larger island chain of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.

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Nave Island

Nave Island lies to the north of Islay in the Inner Hebrides near the mouth of Loch Gruinart.

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North Uist

North Uist (Uibhist a Tuath) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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Oronsay, Inner Hebrides

Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: Orasaigh), also sometimes spelt and pronounced Oransay by the local community, is a small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides with an area of.

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Ragnall mac Somairle

Ragnall mac Somairle (also known in Gaelic as Raghnall, Raonall, Raonull; in English as Ranald, Reginald; in Latin as Reginaldus; and in Old Norse as Rögnvaldr, Røgnvaldr, Rǫgnvaldr; died 1191/1192–/1227) was a significant late twelfth century magnate, seated on the western seaboard of Scotland.

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Rùm

Rùm(), a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum, is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, in the district of Lochaber, Scotland.

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Sanda Island

Sanda (Sandaigh) is a small privately owned island in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, off the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, near Southend and Dunaverty Castle.

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Scalpay, Inner Hebrides

Scalpay (Sgalpaigh) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Scarba

Scarba (Sgarba) is a small island, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, just north of the much larger island of Jura.

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Seanna Chnoc

Seanna Chnoc (English: "old hill"), also known as Seana Bheinn is an islet in outer Loch Ròg, Lewis, Scotland.

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Shiant Isles

The Shiant Isles (Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Seunta or Na h-Eileanan Mòra) are a privately owned island group in the Minch, east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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Skye

Skye, or the Isle of Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Sound of Islay

The Sound of Islay (Caol Ìle) is a narrow strait between the islands of Islay and Jura off the west coast of Scotland.

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South Rona

Rona (Rònaigh), sometimes called South Rona to distinguish it from North Rona, is a small island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

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St Clement's Church, Rodel

St Clement's Church (Tùr Chliamhainn, meaning Clement's Tower) is a late fifteenth-century or early sixteenth-century church in Rodel, Harris, Scotland, built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris.

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St Kilda, Scotland

St Kilda (Hiort) is an isolated archipelago situated west-northwest of North Uist, in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Sula Sgeir

Sula Sgeir is a small, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic, west of North Rona.

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Taransay

Taransay (Tarasaigh) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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Texa

Texa (Scottish Gaelic: Teacsa) is a small island directly south of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

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Thomas Knox (bishop)

Thomas Knox (died 1627 or 1628) was a Scottish prelate from the 17th century.

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Tiree

Tiree (Tiriodh) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Uist

Uist or The Uists (Uibhist) are two islands and part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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1549 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1549.

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1582 in Scotland

Events from the year 1582 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Monro_(priest)

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