* Aran Islands: These islands off the west coast of Ireland, ( not to be confused with the Isle of Arran in Scotland's Firth of Clyde ), were unsuitable for arable farming because they were too rocky.

He was the eldest son of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley ( 4th son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran ), and of Margaret, daughter of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton.

* Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran ( 1639 – 1686 ), 1st Earl of Arran, marshal of the army in Ireland, lord deputy of Ireland

With Albany once more in France ( where he was to die in 1536 ), Margaret, with the help of Arran and the Hamiltons, brought James, now twelve years old, from Stirling to Edinburgh.

**: In Scottish Gaelic, the Firth of Clyde is treated as two bodies, with the landward end being called Linne Chluaidh () ( meaning the same as the English ), while the area around the south of Arran, Kintyre and Ayrshire / Galloway is An Linne Ghlas.

In Scottish Gaelic the landward end is called Linne Chluaidh () ( meaning the same as the English ), while the area around the south of Arran, Kintyre and Ayrshire / Galloway is An Linne Ghlas.

Among the manuscripts of Baum's original plays known to have been lost are The Mackrummins, Matches ( which was being performed the night of the fire ), The Queen of Killarney, Kilmourne, or O ' Connor's Dream, and the complete musical score for The Maid of Arran, which survives only in commercial song sheets, which include six of the eight songs and no instrumental music.

With the development of commercial Dublin in the 17th century, four new bridges were added between 1670 and 1684: Barrack, or Bloody Bridge, ( the forerunner of the current Rory O ' More Bridge ), Essex Bridge ( Grattan Bridge ), Ormond Bridge ( O ' Donovan Rossa Bridge ) and Arran Bridge.

In the North the Shaddadid ( 951 – 1174 ) ( in parts of Armenia and Arran ) and Rawadid ( 955 – 1221 ) in Tabriz and Maragheh, in the East the Hasanwayhids ( 959 – 1015 ), the Annazid ( 990 – 1117 ) ( in Kermanshah, Dinawar and Khanaqin ) and in the West the Marwanid ( 990 – 1096 ) of Diyarbakır.

Albania ( Latin:, Greek:, in Old Armenian: Աղուանք Ałuankʿ ( Aguank ), Parthian: Ardhan, Middle Persian: Arran ; usually referred to as Caucasian Albania for disambiguation with the modern state of Albania ; the native name for the country is unknown ) is a name for the historical region of the eastern Caucasus, that existed on the territory of present-day republic of Azerbaijan ( where both of its capitals were located ) and partially southern Dagestan.

The Armenian historian of the region, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, who left the only more or less complete historical account, also explains the name Aghvank as a derivation from the word ału ( Armenian for sweet, soft, tender ), which, he said, was the nickname of Caucasian Albania's first governor Arran and referred to his lenient personality.

Moses of Kalankatuyk and other ancient sources explain Arran or Arhan as the name of the legendary founder of Caucasian Albania ( Aghvan ) or even as the Iranic tribe known as Alans ( Alani ), who in some versions was son of Noah's son Yafet ( Japheth ).

Albania or Arran in Islamic times was a triangle of land, lowland in the east and mountainous in the west, formed by the junction of the Kura and Aras rivers, including the highland and lowland Karabakh ( Artsakh ), Mil plain and parts of the Mughan plain, and in the pre-Islamic times, corresponded roughly to the territory of modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan.

They include The Fortunes of Glencore ( 1857 ), Tony Butler ( 1865 ), Luthell of Arran ( 1865 ), Sir Brooke Fosbrooke ( 1866 ), Lord Kilgobbin ( 1872 ) and the table-talk of Cornelius O ' Dowd, originally contributed to Blackwood.

The Duke of Sussex married a second time on 2 May 1831 ( again in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act ) to Lady Cecilia Letitia Buggin ( 1793 – 1873 ), the eldest daughter of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran and Elizabeth Underwood ; and the widow of Sir George Buggin.

* Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran ( 1453 – 1488 ), daughter of James II of Scotland

* Bastard of Arran, Sir James Hamilton of Finnart ( 1495-1540 ), Scottish nobleman and architect

George Bullough ( later Sir George ), built Kinloch Castle in 1900 using sandstone quarried at Annan in Dumfries and Galloway ( some sources say the stone was from Arran ).

Raised beaches are found in a wide variety of coast and geodynamical background such as subduction on the pacific coast of South America ( Pedoja et al., 2006 ), of North America, passive margin of the Atlantic coast of South America ( Rostami et al., 2000 ), collision context on the Pacific coast of Kamchatka ( Pedoja et al., 2006 ), Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Japan ( Ota and Yamaguchi, 2004 ), passive margin of the South China sea coast ( Pedoja et al., in press ), on west-facing Atlantic coasts, such as Donegal Bay, County Cork and County Kerry in Ireland ; Bude, Widemouth Bay, Crackington Haven, Tintagel, Perranporth and St Ives in Cornwall, the Vale of Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, Pembrokeshire and Cardigan Bay in Wales, the Isle of Jura and Isle of Arran in Scotland, Finistère in Brittany and Galicia in Northern Spain and at Squally Point in the Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, Nova Scotia.

The largest and most populous are Arran and Bute, and Great Cumbrae and Holy Isle are also served by dedicated ferry routes.

There are also numerous standing stones dating from prehistoric times, including six stone circles on Machrie Moor, Arran and other examples on Great Cumbrae and Bute.

He is also described as treasurer to James, but the regent Arran appointed him secretary in the new government of the infant Queen Mary ( January 1543 ).

They may also have controlled the isle of Arran to the south.

James Darmesteter, translator of the Avesta, compared Arran with Airyana Vaego which he also considered to have been in the Araxes-Ararat region, although modern theories tend to place this in the east of Iran.

There is also an obscure reference in The Prophecy of Berchán hinting that King Máel Coluim mac Cináeda of Scotland may have been active in Islay and Arran at about this time, emphasising the potentially fluid nature of Scandinavian, Norse-Gael and Scots influence during this period.

The Dukes of Abercorn also claim the French title of Duc de Châtellerault, as heirs-male of the second Earl of Arran, who was granted the title in 1548 by Henry II of France.

The only secondary school and only hospital in Arran are also located in Lamlash.

It is also the first time that statutory protection has been given to a marine area as a result of proposals being developed at a grassroots level ; in this case after a long campaign by the Community of Arran Seabed Trust ( C. O. A. S. T.

The whisky of Arran is mostly used to produce their Single Malt Whisky, but a small proportion also goes into the production of their range of blended whiskies: Lochranza Blend, Robert Burns Blend and Arran Gold Single Malt Whisky Cream Liqueur.

Arran also had large numbers of guns, but these were apparently not as mobile or as well-served as Somerset's.

* The North Colony, also known as the " Thunder Hill Colony " or " Swan River Colony ", in the Pelly and Arran districts of Saskatchewan.

Blavod vodka is produced by Blavod Wines and Spirits plc which also acts as UK distributor for numerous other alcoholic beverages including Bruichladdich single malt whisky, Arran Malt Whiskey and several Fratelli Branca products including Fernet Branca, Punt e Mes vermouth and Caffè Borghetti coffee-liqueur.

According to some legends and ancient sources, such as Movses Kagankatvatsi, ( Albanian ) Arran or Arhan was the name of the legendary founder of Caucasian Albania, who in some versions was son of Noah's son Yafet ( Japheth ) and also, possibly the eponym of the ancient Caucasian Albanians ( Aghvan ), and / or the Iranic tribe known as Alans ( Alani ).

* Arran ( Caucasus ), historical region ( also known as Caucasian Albania )

The Vital spark also makes it to Arran and, notably, Loch Fyne which were more adventurous destinations but also accessible to city dwellers by the railway steamers which Para Handy so often envies.

It is also known in English as Aran Island ( not to be confused with the Aran Islands off Galway Bay or the Scottish Isle of Arran ).

There are also youth organizations such as Arran ( the union of Maulets, Coordinadora d ' Assemblees de Joves de l ' Esquerra Independentista and other organizations ), and the student unions SEPC and FNEC.

George Buchanan, who thought the abduction plot was real and Arran a hero, said Arran was imprisoned first at St Andrews Castle, then at Edinburgh Castle where Bothwell was also held.

The company would eventually establish bases in Brodick, Isle of Arran and Dunoon, Argyll also.

Ailsa Craig, which lies some south of Arran, has been quarried for a rare type of micro-granite containing riebeckite known as " Ailsite " which is used to make curling stones.

While Baum was touring with The Maid of Arran, the theatre in Richburg caught fire during a production of Baum's ironically-titled parlor drama, Matches, destroying not only the theatre, but the only known copies of many of Baum's scripts, including Matches, as well as costumes.

The same area is known as Ayrshire and Arran in other contexts.

All the right bank of the Kura river until it joined with the Aras was attributed to Arran ( the left bank of the Kura was known as Shirvan ).

The western side of Bute is known for its beaches, many of which enjoy fine views over the Sound of Bute towards Arran and Bute's smaller satellite island Inchmarnock.

It is known locally on Arran as " Spoon Island " because of its resemblance to an upturned spoon when viewed from the South coast of the island.

The area in which Ganja is located was known as Arran from the 9th to 12th century ; its urban population spoke mainly in the Persian language.

It was known as Aghvania, Alvan-k in Armenian, and Al-ran ( Arabized form of Arran ) in Arabic.

All the right bank of the Kura river until it joined with the Aras was attributed to Arran ( the left bank of the Kura was known as Shirvan ).

The MV Caledonian Isles ( known locally as the Arran Ferry ) in Ardrossan harbour

On 3 September 1543 there was panic in Edinburgh when it became known that Arran had quietly left town.

When his father, then known as ' Regent Arran ,' became a French Duke, James was made Earl of Arran.

In their correspondence, Arran was known by the codename ' Crito ', Randolph as ' Pamphilus ' and Elizabeth as ' Glycerium.

This district was probably bounded on the North by the river Cyrus ( today Kura, in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan, historically known as Arran and Caucasian Albania ), and on the South by the river Mardus ( today Sefid River ), and corresponds with the modern Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil.

Their party became known as the " Lords Enterprisers ," their opponents were the King's favourite, the French Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, and James Stewart, Earl of Arran, who shared control of the government.