The Scottish Gaelic college, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, is based on Skye and Islay.

Robert's first appearance in history is on a witness list of a charter issued by Alexander Og MacDonald, Lord of Islay.

* July 24 – The Battle of Harlaw is fought between Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles and an army commanded by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar.

The Kildalton Cross on Islay is similar.

Islay whisky is Scotch whisky made on Islay ( ) or Ìle in Gaelic, the southernmost of the Inner Hebridean Islands located off the west coast of Scotland.

Islay is a centre of " whisky tourism ", and hosts a " Festival of Malt and Music " known as Fèis Ìle each year at the end of May, with events and tastings celebrating the cultural heritage of the island.

The whiskies of the distilleries along the southeastern coast of the island, Laphroaig, Lagavulin, and Ardbeg, have a smoky character derived from peat, considered a central characteristic of the Islay malts, and ascribed both to the water from which the whisky is made and to the peating levels of the barley.

George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, ( born 12 April 1946 ) is a British Labour Party politician who was the tenth Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and early January 2004 ; he succeeded Javier Solana in that position.

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.

Due to its distinctive flavor, American rye whiskey is sometimes referred to as America's equivalent of an Islay whisky.

Born in Purbrook, Canada West, ( near what is now Orillia, Ontario ) he was the son of Royal Naval Captain Elmes Yelverton Steele, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, and his second wife, Anne Macdonald, the youngest daughter of Neil Maclain MacDonald of Ardnamurchan, a native of Islay, grandson of Captain Godfrey MacNeil of Barra and nephew of Colonel Donald MacNeil.

The exception is Islay, which is considered a separate whisky producing region ( see Islay whisky ).

Although people sometimes think that " Island " whiskies have similar smoky or peaty overtones to the whiskies of Islay, this is far from true.

Larne is 25 miles from the Scottish mainland, with stunning views across the North Channel towards the Mull of Kintyre, Rhins of Galloway, Islay and Paps of Jura often visible from the Larne area-this proximity to Scotland has had a defining influence on Larne's history and culture.

* Baron Robertson of Port Ellen KT, GCMG, FRSA, FRSE, PC ( born 12 April 1946, George Islay MacNeill Robertson ,) is a British Labour politician who was the tenth Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and January 2004.

Baron Margadale, of Islay in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Lagavulin Single Malt is an Islay single malt Scotch whisky produced at Lagavulin on the island of Islay, United Kingdom.

Port Ellen is a small town on the island of Islay, in Argyll, Scotland.

Some Scotch whisky distilleries, such as those on Islay, use peat fires to dry malted barley.

Some distilleries, notably in the Islay whisky producing region, use the smoke from peat fires to dry the barley used in making Scotch whisky.

A popular spirit to use as " Pimm's No. 7 " is Tequila although cups based on bourbon, absinthe and Islay whisky also exist.

There was an artificial platform there and this apparent verification of Thom's long alignment hypothesis ( Kintraw was diagnosed as an accurate winter solstice site ) led him to check Thom's geometrical theories at the Cultoon stone circle in Islay, also with a positive result.

Examples include Cairn Holy I and Cairn Holy II near Newton Stewart, a cairn at Port Charlotte, Islay, which dates to 3900-4000 BC, and Monamore, or Meallach's Grave, Arran, which may date from the early fifth millennium BC.

* Aonghas Óg of Islay, Lord of Islay at the time of Robert the Bruce

So many soldiers ' bodies washed ashore among the rocks at Islay that a temporary burial ground was necessary.

However the dates assigned to most of the early crosses surviving in good condition, whether at Ruthwell and Bewcastle, the Western Ossery group in Ireland, Iona or the Kildalton Cross on Islay, have all shown a tendency to converge on the period around or slightly before 800, despite the differences between the Northumbrian and Celtic types.

Born in Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, Scotland, the son of a policeman, he was educated at Dunoon Grammar School and studied Economics at the Queen's College, Dundee.

Fifteen years later, in 1452, it was at Stirling Castle that James stabbed and killed William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, when the latter refused to end a potentially treasonous alliance with the John of Islay, Earl of Ross and the Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford.

He complained that James had sent his Islay Herald agreeing that they would join in battle on Friday between 12. 00 and 3. 00 pm, and asked that James would face him on the plain at Milfield as appointed.

In August 2003, Runrig played their 30th Anniversary concert on the esplanade at Stirling Castle, celebrating 30 years since the band's formation, and including visitors from previous line-ups, as well as guest artists including the Glasgow Islay Choir and Paul Mounsey.

It is the largest town on Islay, only slightly larger than Bowmore and provides the main ferry connection between Islay and the mainland, at Kennacraig.

It is named for the area of land at the head of Loch Laphroaig on the south coast of the Isle of Islay.

Much of the film was shot on location at Islay.

During World War II, over 1, 500 Royal Air Force ( RAF ) personnel were stationed at Islay Airport.

Michael " Mickey " Heads, an Islay native and former manager at Jura who had worked at Ardbeg years earlier, took over on March 12, 2007.

James II of Scotland, exasperated at his overmighty vassal, William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, and his refusal to break a league entered into with the Earl of Crawford and John of Islay, stabbed him to death with his own hands, even though Douglas had been issued a safe conduct.

All bottlings are 100 per cent natural, non-chill-filtered, colouring-free, bottled at 46 % or cask strength on the isle of Islay.

Alternatively, rather that representing an alternative name for all of Dál Riata, it has been suggested Corcu Réti was the name given to the kin group which later divided to form the Cenél nGabráin of Kintyre and the Cenél Comgaill of Cowal, thus excluding the Cenél nÓengusa of Islay and the Cenél Loairn of middle and northern Argyll.

Laphroaig ( ), is an Islay single malt Scotch whisky distillery and brand name.

The name may be related to a placename on the east coast of Islay, " Pròaig ", again suggested as meaning " broad bay ".

This transition did little to relieve the islands of internecine strife although by the early 14th century the MacDonald Lords of the Isles, based on Islay, were in theory these chiefs ' feudal superiors and managed to exert some control.

In these circumstances older castles could frequently remain viable defensive features, although the siege of Cahir Castle in 1599 and the attack on Dunyvaig Castle on Islay in 1614 proved that if artillery could be brought to bear, previously impregnable castle walls might fall relatively quickly.

This migration from Scotland was cemented when the king's successor, James V, chose to maintain favourable relations with the rival Clan Campbell, although he did swing around to favour the MacDonnells in the 1530s, restoring certain lands to them in Kintyre and Islay while encouraging their expansion in Ireland.