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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Deputy Lieutenants of Ayrshire and Arran, Lord-Lieutenants of Ayrshire and Arran, People from the Isle of Arran, Villages in the Isle of Arran, Lamlash, Jack McConnell, Murray MacLehose, Arran Whitebeams, Hutton's Unconformity, Lochranza, Sleeping Warrior, Brodick, James Kay, Goat Fell, Daniel Hamilton, Arran Single Malt, Sorbus pseudomeinichii, Arran High School, Corrie, Arran, Caisteal Abhail, Kildonan, Arran, Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow, Alexander Macmillan, Cladach, Whiting Bay, Beinn Tarsuinn, Daniel MacMillan, Kilmory, Arran, Catacol, Sannox, Creag Ghlas Laggan, Sliddery, Pirnmill, Tighvein, Dugald Campbell, Blackwaterfoot, Shiskine, Cir Mhor, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Machrie, Home Farm, Brodick, Kilbrannan Sound, Eas a' Chrannaig, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran, Eas Mor, Arran, Eas Ban, Arran, A841 road, King's Cave, Strathwhillan, Easa Cumhang, Arran Coastal Way, Eas Geal, Whitefarland. Excerpt: Arran or the Isle of Arran (Scots Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and with an area of 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi) is the seventh largest Scottish island. It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire and the 2001 census had a resident population of 5,058. Although commonly associated with the Hebrides, with which it shares many cultural and physical similarities, these latter islands are located to the north and west beyond Kintyre. Arran is mountainous and has been described as a "geologist's paradise." There has been continuous habitation since the early Neolithic period, from which time on there are numerous prehistoric remains. From the 6th century on Goidelic-speaking peoples from Ireland colonised the island and it became a centre of religious activity. During the troubled Viking Age Arran became the property of the Norwegian crown before b...
