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DIRECTORY.]
APPIN", or Port Appin, is a village on
the shore of Loch Linnhe, 12 miles north
from Oban and 35 north-west of Inveraray,
in the united parish of Lismore and Appin
and the poor combination of Lome. There
is a ferry here to Lismore island. The
nearest railway station is at Appin, 3
miles distant, on the Callander and BaJla-
chulish branch of the Caledonian line,
and there is communication by steamer
from Glasgow to Airds pier, Appin. The
parish is of great extent, chiefly occupied
as grazing farms. About 5£ miles to the
north is Appin House, the seat of James
M'Alpine Downie esq. of Appin ; this
mansion is surrounded by some of the
finest timber on the coast. The ruins of
the old parish church, built in 1649, are
still standing on the Strath of Appin, a
little off the high road, a distance of
2 miles from Appin pier. The present
parish church was opened in July, 1890.
The Episcopal church, at Portnacroish,
stands a 6hort distance from Rose place,
and in its churchyard rest the remains of
the Stewarts of Fasnacloich. The United
Free church, built in 1846, stands on the
south side of the bay running in past
the Castle of Stalker up to Kenlochlaich,
the much admired strath. On a small
island near Portnacroich, full 2 mites
north, is the ancient and partly dilapi-
dated castle of Stalker, which is nearly
square, of considerable height, and has
evidently been a place of some strength ;
though its area is not extensive, it occu-
pies almost a moiety of the little islet on
which it stands; it was the seat of the
Stewarts of Appin. Shuna island also
contains the ruins of a castle. About half
a mile from the pier, situated in a park on
the road to Shian, is Airds House, the
residence of Col. William Macfie C.B.,
V.D. of Airds and Oban, which commands
a fine view of the head of Airds Bay.
Beyond this, at a distance of a quarter of
a mile, is Drimneil House; and near the
village are Barriemore House, the resi-
dence of John Maclntyre, of Invernahoile ;
Achnacone House, that of Alexander K.
Stewart esq. and Kenlochlaich House, of
D. H. Campbell -Munro esq. This parish
includes G-lencoe, for which see Balla-
chulish (South). Col. William Macfie C.B.,
V.D. of Airds; Alexander K. Stewart esq.
Achnacone House ; Tom Bullough esq.
Fasnacloich ; Duncan H. Campbell -Munro
esq. of Kenlochlaich; W. M' Alpine Leny
esq. of Duror; George W. Anderson esq.
Ardsheal; James M' Alpine Downie esq. of
Appin, and John Montague Spencer Stan-
hope esq. of Invercroran, are the principal
landowners. The area of the parishes of
Lismore and Appin is 92,656 acres;
rateable value, £18,040, and the population
in 1891, 3,242, and in 1901, 3,707, of which
940 are in Appin ecclesiastical parish.
Post, T. & M. O. O., T. M. 0. & S. B. &
A. & I. Office, Appin; Alex. M'Arthur,
sub-postmaster. Letters arrive through
Port Appin R.S.O. Delivery, 4= p.m.;
dispatch, 8.20 a.m
Post, T. & M. 0. 0., T. M. 0., S. B. &
A. & I. Office, Port Appin ; Alexander
M'Lachlan, sub-postmaster (Railway Sub-
Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Ar-
gyllshire added). Delivery, 2 p.m. ; dis-
patches, 11 a.m. & in summer at 5.30 p.m
Post, T. & M. 0. 0., T. M. 0., S. B. &
A. & I. Office, Fasnacloich; Miss Cath
erine Finlay, sub-postmistress. Letters
through Ledaig & by Oban R.S.O. Ar-
gyllshire. Delivery, 4 p.m. ; dispatch,
10 a.m
PARISH COUNCIL.
Lismore & Appin.
Chairman, Rev. William Torrie
Inspector of Poor, Donald M'Intyre, Port
Appin
Police Station, Port Appin, Duncan
M'Alpine, constable
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Church, Appin, Rev. Simon
Macgregor M.A
Episcopal Church, Glencreran & Appin
(Strath), Rev. Thomas Pennock M.A
United Free Church, Appin, Rev. Duncan
C. Ross M.A
Congregational, Appin,
SCHOOL BOARD.
Lismore & Appin.
Chairman, Rev, B. MacMurchy
Clerk, Donald M'Intyre, Port Appin
Schools: —
Appin, Donald M'Pherson M.A. master
Port Appin, Miss M'Glashan, mistress
Glencreran, Miss Margt. McKenzie, mist
ARGYLLSHIRE.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To Oban, Ballachulish & Fort William,
steamboats 6 times daily in summer, &
a mail boat daily all the year
There are Goods steamboats from Appin
northwards on tuesday & friday, &
southwards on monday & thursday
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bullough Tom, Fasnacloich(letters through
Ledaig R.S.O)
Campbell-Munro Duncan H. Kenlochlaich
Downie James M'Alpine, Appin house (let-
ters through Port Appin R.S.O)
Macfie Col. Wm. C.B., V.D., J.P. Airds ho
M'Gregor Rev. Simon M.A. (Established),
Appin manse
Mclntyre Donald, Linnhe view
Maclntyre John, Barriemore
Mackay Archibald J. P., M.D. Dalnashean
Pennock Rev. M. A. (Episcopal) (letters
through Port Appin R.S.O)
Ross Rev. Duncan Campbell M.A. United
Free Church manse
Rowan Allan, Hazelwood
Stanhope Col. Spencer, Invercreran (let-
ters should have Ledaig R.S.O. added)
Stewart Alexander K. Achnacone
COMMERCIAL.
Black Angus, grocer, Portnacroish
Black John, carpenter, Tynrippie
Cameron Archibald, butcher
Cameron Hugh, grocer, Tynrippie
Carmichael Duncan, lime burner, Sheep
Island lime works
Drummond Donald, coal mer. Achosrigan
Finlay Catherine (Miss), grocer & post-
mistress, Glencreran, by Ledaig
Jeffrey James, innkeeper & ferryman,
Crigan ferry
M'Coll Ronald, carpenter, Portnacroish
M'Coll Sarah (Miss), dress ma. Achnacone
Macfadyen Hector, boot maker, Tynrippie
M'Intyre Donald, inspector of poor, regis-
trar, sanitary inspector & school board
clerk
Mackay Archibald M.D. & CM. surgeon, &
parochial medical officer & medical officer
of health & public vaccinator for Appin
& Lismore
M'Lachlan Alexander, coal merchant, pier
& post master & steamboat agent
M'Lean Alexander, tailor, Achosrigan
M'Millan Alex. Airds temperance hotel
M'Nicol John, blacksmith
M'Nicol John, miller, Inverfolla
M'Taggart Coll, blacksmith, Tynrippie
M'Taggart Dunoan, boot maker
Rankin The Misses, dress mas. Achnacone
Rowan Alexander, tailor
Rowan James, carpenter & contractor
FARMERS.
Marked thus * should be addressed Appin
R.S.O.
Allison William, Ardnaclach
Baptic Robert, Lauringnish
Cameron Jn., Donald & Hugh, Glacheriska
Corson Robert H. Crigan
M'Coll Archibald, Ardtur
Mclnnes Hugh, Shuna
M'Lachlan Duncan, Kenlochlaich
M'Millan Alexander, Airds
M'Vean John, Invernahyle
*Stanhope Col. Spencer, Fasnacloich
ARDCHATTAN & MUCKAIRN
is a united parish including Duirinish
Eriska and Innischonan islands; it is in
the Lome poor combination ; the kirktovm
of Ardchattan lies close to the north shore
of Loch Etive, 5 miles north-east of Oban
and 25 south of Fort William; the parish
extends 25 miles from north to south by 13
in breadth, and is bounded west and north-
west by Lismore and Appin, east by
Glenorchy and south by Kilchrenan and
Kilninver, and is bisected from north-east
to south-west by the river and Loch of
Etive ; on the south of the loch are the
remains of an ancient priory of the Bene-
dictines, founded in 1232 by M'Coull,
ancestor of the Lords of Lome. Here
Bruce is thought to have held a Gaelic
council after the battle of Methven, The
railway station ©f Connel Ferry, on the
Caledonian line, is in the south of this
parish, and also those of Taynuilt and
Loch Awe. Ben Cruachan stands in the
south-east of the parish^it. is 3,670 feet
above the sea level and 20 miles in cir-
cumferenoe at its base ; the view from its
summit includes the whole archipelago of
the Western Isles from Islay to Skye. A
church was erected at Ardchattan in 1836,
at an expense of about £1,000; it contains
sittings for 400. Archibald A. L, Camp-
bell esq. of Lochnell; Mrs. Ogilvie, of Bar-
caldine, and Allan G. Campbell esq. are
the principal landowners. The area com-
prises 114,916 acres j rateable value,
ARDCHATTAN. 175
£19,279; population in 1891 was 1,975.
and in 1901 was 2,126 j the population of
the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was,
Ardchattan 1,494, Muickairn 632.
Muckairn, besides being the joint civil
parish with Ardchattan, gives its name to
a quoad saora parish, erected out of the
original ecclesiastical parish of Ardchattan
and Muckairn. The church was built at
the expense of General D. Campbell, of
Lochnell, in 1827. A rude block of granite,
the first monument erected in Britain to
the memory of Lord Nelson, stands on ant
eminence.
TAYNUILT is a village, in the united
parish of Ardchattan and Muckairn. Here
is a station on the Callander and Oban
branch of the Caledonian railway, about 13-
miles east from Oban and about half a mile
south of Loch Etive. Near the station is a
temperance hotel, and anglers can obtain
fishing in the famous salmon river Awe.
Two miles east of Taynuilt, where a stone
bridge crosses the river Awe, is the scene
of Sir Walter Scott's tale of the "High-
land Widow," and 2 miles further is the
Pass of Cruachan or Brander, where King
Robert Bruce defeated Macdougal of Lome
in 1309.
ACH-NA-CLOICH, in this parish, about
9 miles from Oban, is a station on the
Callander and Oban branch of the Cale-
donian railway. A pier has been erected.
from which a steamer runs to the head of
Loch Etive.
Post, T., M. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery
& Parcel Post Office & S. B. Ledaig;
Miss Annie Campbell, sub-postmistress
(Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have
R.S.O. Argyllshire added). Delivery,
2.10 p.m. : dispatch, 10.25 a.m
Post, T., M.' 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery
6 Parcel Post Office & S. B. Taynuilt;
John Maclaren, sub-postmaster (Railwav
Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O.
Argyllshire added"). Deliveries, winter
months, 7 & 11.10 a.m.; summer months,
7 a.m. & 8.15 p.m. ; dispatches, 12.45 &
4.20 p.m
PARISH COUNCIL.
Ardchattan, Muckairn & Inishael District.
Chairman, Rev. Malcolm M'Callum
Inspector of Poor, Archibald M. Sinclair,
Taynuilt
Registrars of Births,Deaths & Marriages : —
Inishael & Muckairn, Archibald M. Sin-
clair, Taynuilt
Ardchattan, Donald Mackay, Ardchattan,
Ledaig
Police Station, Taynuilt, Donald McMilla-n,.
constable
PLACES' OF WORSHIP.
Established Churches: —
ArflohaHan. vacant
Muckairn. R^v. Malcolm M'Callum
Uni+^d Free Churches : —
Ardchattan. Rev. John Sutherland
Mnckrum. Rpv. Malno'm Munro M.A
Roman Catholic Church, Rev. Frederick
McClymont
SCHOOL BOARDS.
Ardchattan & Muckairn.
Ohairmnn. James McKechni* 1
CWk & Treasurer, Archibald M. Sinclair,
Tavnuilt
Board School? : —
A.rdnhattan, Thorns M. Jack, master
•Vchalevpn, W. W. Ewjns - . master
Rarcalrh'np, Miss Mary Campbell, mistress
Glprieti T 'e.
Lnphnell. Donald Ma^kav. master
Munkiirn. Kenneth Beaton, mastefc
CONVEYANCE RT RAILWAY,
On the Callander & Oban line.
Station, Taynuilt, James M'Laren, station
master
Station, Achnacloich, Edward Bayne, sta-
tion master
Ardchattan & Muckairn.
PRTTATE RESIDENTS.
Campbell Archibald Argyle Lochnell,
Lochnell
M'Callum Rev. Malcolm Oiistab.V Manse
Munro Rev. Malcolm M.A. fUnited Free
Church"), Muckairn. Taynuilt
Nelson Tan T. Glen Etive
Nelson Thomas Arthur, Ach-na-cloicb
Stuart Mrs. Dalnpss
Sutherland Rev.John(United Free Church),
Ardchattan
COMMERCIAL.
Ardchattan Salmon Fishery (Dugald
M'Niven, lessee}
Mclntyre Sarah fMrs.V srrocer