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

Islay is Ptolemy's Epidion, the use of the " p " hinting at a Brythonic or Pictish tribal name, although the root is not Gaelic and of unknown origin.

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.

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.

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: At the beginning, the firm offered a range of spirits: Campbeltown whisky from the Kintyre Peninsula ; whisky from the Inner Hebridean Island of Islay, with its pungent smoky flavor ; patent still, or grain, whisky ; and “ Glenlivat ” ( sic ), Speyside whisky.

* Laphroaig, a malt whisky from Islay

Bowmore ( ) is a distillery that produces scotch whisky on the isle of Islay, an island of the Inner Hebrides.

* Islay whisky

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

" The Scotsman's Return From Abroad ", Stevenson mentioned " The king o ' drinks, as I conceive it, Talisker, Islay, or Glenlivet.

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

Nearby stands a wishing well featuring a bronze sculpture of Queen Victoria's favourite dog " Islay ", which was sculpted by local Sydney artist Justin Robson.

The " Islay LIMPET ", constructed by Wavegen, became operational in 2000.

The Glenmorangie Company also owns the Ardbeg Distillery on Islay and The Scotch Malt Whisky Society based in Leith, Edinburgh.

Skyy Spirits is also the exclusive US distributor of Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky, The Glenrothes Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Bowmore Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Auchentoshan Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Glen Garioch Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Flor de Caña Rum, Carolans Irish Cream, Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey, Irish Mist Liqueur, Midori Melon Liqueur, ZEN Green Tea Liqueur and The Yamazaki Single Malt Whisky.

McClelland's Single Malt is a range of Single Malt Scotch whiskies from four of Scotland's key whisky distilling regions — Highland, Islay, Speyside and Lowland.

Most people today live in settlements far larger than anything known in early times, while some areas, such as Kilmartin and many of the islands, such as Islay and Tiree may well have had as many inhabitants as they do today.

There have been three well known battles in the town: The Battle of Inverurie ( 1308 ), the Battle of Harlaw ( 24 July 1411 ) between Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles ( MacDonald ) and an army commanded by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar ; and the Battle of Inverurie ( 1745 ) during the Jacobite Rebellion of that year.

They were known as ' sea beans ' in Scandinavia, where one has been found fossilised in a Swedish bog, and ' Molucca beans ' in the Hebrides, where a visitor to Islay in 1772 wrote of them as seeds of " Dolichos wrens, Guilamdina Bonduc, G. Bonducetta, and mimosa scandens.

John Francis Campbell ( Scots: Iain Frangan Caimbeul ; Islay, 29 December 1821 – Cannes, 17 February 1885 ), also known as Young John of Islay ( Scottish Gaelic: Iain Òg Ìle ) was a renown Scottish author and scholar who specialised in Celtic studies.

Islay Airport ( also known as Glenegedale Airport ) is located north northwest of Port Ellen on the island of Islay in Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of Scotland.

Clan MacInnes ' ancestors were among the early inhabitants of Islay, Jura and the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland, generally part of the region known as Argyll.

It is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands and also has a campus on Islay known as Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle.

Caol Ila Distillery (; Scottish Gaelic: Taigh-stail Caoil Ìle ) is a Scotch whisky distillery near Port Askaig on the isle of Islay, Scotland.

Caol Ila is derived from Gaelic Caol Ìle ( pronounced ) for " Sound of Islay " ( lit.