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Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small
tidal island where three sea lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh,
in the western Highlands of Scotland. A picturesque castle that frequently
appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies
about 1 kilometre (5⁄8 mi) from the village of Dornie. Since the castle's
restoration in the early 20th century, a footbridge has connected the island to
the mainland.
Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area,
one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just
one person, but there were no "usual residents" at the time of the
2011 census.
Eilean Donan, which means simply "island of
Donnán", is named after Donnán of Eigg, a Celtic saint martyred in 617.
Donnán is said to have established a church on the island, though no trace of
this remains.
The castle was founded in the thirteenth century, and became
a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan MacRae. In the
early eighteenth century, the Mackenzies' involvement in the Jacobite
rebellions led in 1719 to the castle's destruction by government ships.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap's twentieth-century reconstruction of
the ruins produced the present buildings.
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