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Above is the link to the holiday section of Saturday's Mail.A very good piece of free advertising for Kintyre in general,and Saddell in particular.


Who said The Mail is rubbish ?

I heard this journalist (richard coles) on the radio 4 show "have i got news for you", they were talking about the vocanic ash and he said he didn't mind because he was on the mull of kintyre and was happy to stay there forever, he said it was the best place ever to be "stranded". I believe he is a vicar and used to be in the communards. Is Cul na Shee to the north of saddell bay, I know Shee means fairy but what does Cul na mean? x

witchnettle wrote: Is Cul na Shee to the north of saddell bay, I know Shee means fairy but what does Cul na mean? x

To the south "witchnettle".Go through the arch at the castle, walk on past the cottages and ferry port house round the gravel beach and hey presto.

Cul na Shee (or Cul na Sythe) means ‘nook of peace’ in Gaelic, which in this case refers to a minute bay, backed by steep woods

http://bookings.landmarktrust.org.uk/Bu ... ul_na_Shee

I always remember visiting Cul Na Shee in the early 70's with my friend
and his dad who was a well known postman, the Saddell area being his
run.
The people who lived there were a very old lady and gentleman, typically
when you are young you don't bother to retain names to memory.

When I was young "Cul-na Shee " was the home of Graham Mc Kinley who was related to the Mc Kinleys who were farmers at "Whitestone ", North of Saddell.
Their neighbours were Donald Galbraith,and his widowed sister Mrs Macalister. The house at the Port was built by their Father, Lachie Galbraith,who was the ferryman, in the days when the steamer called in at Saddell,on the way to and from Campbeltown. Lachie built the house,with stone he brought by boat from a ruined house on the North side of the "Pluck "
I got this information from Lachie's Granddaughter, and this is really a repeat,as I posted this info a year or so ago.

My mother was reared at the Lodge at the top of the avenue, the Campbells were
in Shore Cottage, coicidently 2 brothers and a sister whose surname was Morrison lived
in Port na Gael next to the Pluck were 1st cousins of my paternal grandfather

bill wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1285942/Scottish-weekend-breaks-Getting-away-Mull-Kintyre.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Above is the link to the holiday section of Saturday's Mail.A very good piece of free advertising for Kintyre in general,and Saddell in particular.


Who said The Mail is rubbish ?

its still shite,sorry but its a fact.