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	Colonsay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Colonsay [Colbhasa] is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull.
		Colonsay's main settlement is Scalasaig [Sgalasaig] on its east coast, from which ferries sail to Oban or Kennacraig via Port Askaig.
		The island is known for Colonsay House, the eighth century Riasg Buidhe Cross, its sandy beaches, its wild goats, and for birds including kittiwakes, cormorants, guillemots and golden eagles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colonsay (200 words)

	Rural Housing Service - Case Study: Colonsay
		Colonsay is largely owned by the Colonsay Estate which operates holiday accommodation and has an interest in most of the farms on the island.
		Colonsay is one of eight remote and fragile areas of Scotland that are part of the Initiative at the Edge/ Iomairt aig an Oir.
		Colonsay was selected to be part of the Iomairt aig an Oir because of the fragile nature of the island economy and community.
	www.ruralhousingscotland.org /case/colonsay (510 words)

	CalMac Scottish Island Ferries Tour Guide Ardnamurchan
		Colonsay itself is only 12km long but it is attached at low tide to the island of Oronsay which adds another 2km or so.
		Between 1700 and 1900 Colonsay was owned by the MacNeill family and the story goes that while the original MacNeill was sailing to the island for the first time, with all his possessions and livestock, his wife gave birth on board the boat.
		Colonsay and Oronsay are home to rabbits, seals, and all the usual sea-birds that you expect to find in the Hebrides.
	www.calmac.co.uk /tourguide/colonsayguide.html (378 words)

	Home
		Colonsay is a modern community of caring people offering a variety of services and activities, located 35 minutes east of Saskatoon on the Yellowhead Highway.
		Colonsay derived its name from a small island in the Herbrides off the west coast of Scotland.
		Colonsay is fortunate to have a unique group of residents- farmers, miners, professionals, trades persons and retirees, all of diverse cultures and backgrounds.
	www.townofcolonsay.com /home.htm (65 words)

	Introduction to the Isle of Colonsay
		The woodland gardens surrounding Colonsay House contain an enormous variety of exotic rhododendrons as well as mimosa, eucalyptus and palm trees and many other small plants which benefit from the shelter of the trees and the mild climate.
		Colonsay's 18 hole golf course harks back to the very earliest golf courses that were ever created in Scotland, the home of golf.
		Colonsay golf course is a members-only course but membership is open to all and probably one of the best deals in golf at £10.00 per year membership.
	www.colonsay.org.uk /intro.html (1282 words)

	The Selkies of Colonsay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Colonsay, also among these notable islands, was a great resort of seals and eider duck.
		The ship which was bringing the bride-to-be and her companions to Colonsay for the marriage sunk in a storm and all were lost.
		Folklore - The Selkies of Colonsay - !http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1071/24850
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/1071/24850 (498 words)

	Clan MACFIE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1609 Donald Macfie in Colonsay was one of the twelve chiefs and gentlemen who met the bishop of the Isles, the king's representative, at Iona, when, with their consent, the nine celebrated "Statutes of Icolmkill" were enacted.
		In 1615, Malcolm Macfie of Colonsay joined Sir James Macdonald of Isla, after his escape from the castle of Edinburgh, and was one of the principal leaders in his subsequent rebellion.
		In 1609, Donald MacPhee of Colonsay was one of the twelve chiefs and gentlemen who met the Bishop of the Isles, representing the King, and at lona gave assent to the nine celebrated " Statutes of Icolmkill." Shortly afterwards, however, the fortunes of the family seem to have taken an unhappy turn.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/m/macfie2.html (2027 words)

	Colonsay - Travelscotland
		Colonsay is the epitome of the island haven: remote, tranquil and undemanding.
		Colonsay's population lives in the three small villages, the largest of which is Scalasaig, the ferry port.
		Just off the southern tip of Colonsay is the island of Oronsay, two miles square with a population of six and one of the highlights of a visit to Colonsay.
	www.travelscotland.co.uk /guide/Colonsay (939 words)

	Colonsay
		Colonsay Community Development Company is involved in several projects to help the social and economic life of the island.
		Colonsay Community Development Company purchased the site from Colonsay Estate in March with help from the Scottish Land Fund and the new double tank and pump are being installed through the efforts of Argyll and the Islands Enterprise and the Rural Petrol Stations scheme.
		Colonsay is a popular holiday island and during the summer the population of 100 trebles as holiday cottages are occupied and the hotel and bed and breakfast establishments fill up.
	www.initiative-at-the-edge.org.uk /colonsay.html (574 words)

	Colonsay School Elevator Project
		I asked her what her thoughts were on the Elevator demolition were she felt it was “Very poor” and “This is going to mean a lot of planning to recoup the tax income we receive”.
		People of Colonsay used to be able to haul their grains to town, but now they have to go elsewhere to major inland terminals such as AGPRO.
		With the destruction of the Colonsay elevator this week, we sat down with one of the original builders, Tony Moldenhauer, who was 17 years old when he worked with the crew.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/colonsayschool (2335 words)

	Isle of Colonsay : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		The most remote of the islands of Argyll, Colonsay shares some of the same characteristics as Iona, Tyree, and Coll.
		Go to the Isle of Colonsay Hotel, whose staff can rent you a bike (£5/$8 per day or £15/$24 per week) or put you in touch with local fishermen and entrepreneurs; the boat should cost around £15 ($24) per hour.
		The gardens of the 1722 Colonsay House (not open to the public) are filled with rare rhododendrons, magnolias, and eucalyptus, even palm trees; from April to October, Wednesday from noon to 5pm and Friday from 2 to 5pm, you can visit the gardens for £3 ($4.80).
	www.frommers.com /destinations/isleofcolonsay/2105010001.html (379 words)

	Colonsay Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Colonsay is a remote island off the west coast of Scotland.
		But Colonsay is far from bleak as you will see by the photographs I took while visiting the island.
		The Oransey tile to the right, was developed with the inspiration of the lichen which is found all over the rock strata of coastal Oransey and Colonsay.
	www.btinternet.com /~hannah.maher1/colonsay.htm (314 words)

	Colonsay
		Colonsay, a delightful little island only eight miles in length, can be reached by ferry from Oban three times a week.
		The island has around one hundred inhabitants most of whom live in the main village of Scalasaig (where the ferry terminal is located), with most of the remaining population split between the hamlets of Kiloran and Kilchattan.
		Colonsay is an ideal place for those with an interest in archaeology as artefacts dating back to the Stone Age have been found here.
	www.calmac.co.uk /colonsay (223 words)

	Lonely-Isles Colonsay
		For books specifially on Colonsay there is a bookshop on the Islands itself called House Of Lochar which stocks some of the titles listed here.
		As Head Gardener and Estate Manager he found time to catalogue the native species of the island and his work was to be the basis of all such studies for the next 80 years and more.
		Colonsay - Climbing The MacPhies - Story of a trip to Colonsay suplemented by an excellent selection of photographs.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/t/atra04/lonelyisles/colonsay/Home.htm (707 words)

	The Americans, The Earl of Selkirk, and Colonsay's 1806 Emigrants to Prince Edward Island
		Colonsay's population went from 786 in 1811 to 905 in 1821, but islanders still left, in part, due to the laird's heavy hand.
		Colonsay and Oronsay lost another 15% of the population by the 1851 census, thus entering decades of emigration and 150 years of depopulation.
		In Colonsay, Malcolm's "70" year-old father John and "20" year-old brother Alexander were "Agricultural labourers" for John McNeill, living on the east coast with fishermen and their families at Riasg Buidhe (Yellow Marsh).
	www.islandregister.com /colonsay_selkirk.html (6628 words)

	Colonsay - Colonsay - Climbing the MacPhies
		Kept off the Lake District hills by the foot and mouth epidemic we searched the internet for somewhere to walk and were attracted by the friendly invitation on the excellent Isle of Colonsay Home Page which assured us that after obeying simple disinfectant rules we would be able to walk anywhere on the island.
		The summit is crowned by three large cairns and several aerials so we felt there should be a track somewhere but we found no trace of it and had a most uncomfortable descent amongst more heather and eventually gorse bushes to the northern end of the loch.
		We had no idea whether this notice applied to the whole of the island or just to a part of it which was the bird reserve but we were certainly encouraged by seeing two other couples setting out across the sands [picture 26].
	web.ukonline.co.uk /mountains/colonsay.htm (2056 words)

	Colonsay: the Obscure Ending (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		More or less implicit in Mcphee's descriptions of Colonsay is an understanding that the central figures in his narrative -- Donald and Margaret Gibbie -- are representative samples of the island population.
		When the Colonsay hostess feels that the day is over and there has been enough of talking, she heats the teakettle and opens the tin of pancakes she has prepared earlier in the day.
		Mcphee's final statement in the passage -- that on Colonsay there are "no obscurities about when things should end" -- seems ironic in light of the fact that Colonsay, itself, seems to embody its own sort of obscurity of "ending." In the last hundred years its population and job market have crashed.
	www.victorianweb.org /victorian/courses/nonfiction/mcphee/aviv9.html (401 words)

	Corncrake Body 1
		Colonsay Fire Brigade was quickly at the scene of each incident and the fires were extinguished with a minimum of collateral damage.
		Colonsay House Gardens are open (see sign for details) and light lunches are served in the Loggia on Wednesdays and Fridays.
		Thanks to the new Colonsay land acquisition program I have assembled a container load of goodies that are on their way to the Isle of Jura.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~hotel/old1/cornb54.html (6247 words)

	Independent, The (London): TRAVEL SPECIAL: BEST FOR GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL COLONSAY
		EVEN TODAY the island of Colonsay is pretty remote - a good two and a half hours by ferry from the major West Highland port of Oban - but in 1944 it was even more so.
		The woodland gardens of "the big house", Colonsay House, are stocked with a wonderful range of trees and shrubs, including a famous rhododendron collection.
		The majority belong the Colonsay Estate, including the largest on the island, Machrins, which sleeps 12, a handsome and comfortable farmhouse with fine views out to sea.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_200501/ai_n9691953 (922 words)

	ScotClans - Clan MacNeill of Colonsay - Clan History
		In the eleventh century, Anrothan, son of Kin Aodh O'Neill married a princess of Dalriada and it was from this union that sprang the house of Torquil of Taynish.
		In 1530 Torquil MacNeill of Gigha was described as the chief of the clan, but when Gigha passed to the Campbells Colonsay became the seat of the chiefs, with the brothers Neill MacNeill and John Og MacNeill trying to re-establish the fortunes of the house.
		In 1780 Donald MacNeill of Colonsay repurchased the island of Gigha and a period of island prosperity began.
	www.scotclans.com /clans/MacNeill_of_Colonsay/history.html (407 words)

	Islay, Jura and Colonsay area profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Islay, Jura and Colonsay are located off the west coast of Kintyre and Knapdale areas of Argyll and the Islands.
		Colonsay's static population of around 100 people is spread throughout a network of little villages/townships, the most prominent being Scalasaig where the ferry terminal is located.
		Colonsay is served through the port of Oban (althrough there is a weekly sailing from Kennacraig in the summer months) which is about 2 hours and 30 minutes from Glasgow following the A82 and A85.
	www.hie.co.uk /aie/islay.html (775 words)

	Comunn Birlinn:
		MacNeil of Barra used his to send his wife to Colonsay, where she was expected to bear a child for fosterage.
		Next morning they arrived safely in Colonsay and the son eventually made it his home; Iain a’ Chuain ('John of the Ocean') thus founded the branch of the MacNeil of Barra family which still thrives in Colonsay today.
		Colla Ciotach’s harbour at Balerominmore in Colonsay was renamed after his death, and is now known as Port a’ Chrocaire, 'The Port of the Hangman’s Victim'.
	www.birlinn.org /byrne.htm (2487 words)

	Colonsay and Oransay
		lies immediately to the south of Colonsay is three miles long and two miles wide, and joined to Colonsay by a tidal causeway.
		The islands are rich in archaeological and historical remains, from the standing stones known as Fingal's Limpet Hammers to the burial cairns at Scalasaig and Milbuie.
		St Oran and St Columba are said to have stopped here on their way to finally settling on Iona: there is a well called Tobar Oran at Colonsay House.
	www.virtualhebrides.com /location/colonsay.htm (277 words)

	Shawna's Genealogy Page
		In 1593, the MacLeans from the island of Mull attacked Colonsay and killed Murdock, the MacFie Chief.
		He was later freed and returned to Colonsay, but in 1623 he was captured and killed at the Standing Stone on Colonsay by Colla Ciotach.
		The rights to Colonsay were given to the other family on the island, the MacNeills, with whom it remained until 1930.
	www.shahall.com /cathey.html (806 words)

	BBC - Argyll and Clyde Islands - Colonsay
		Fifteen miles South of the Ross of Mull and two hours by ferry from Oban, Colonsay is a beautiful and isolated island.
		To the east the Paps of Jura and Islay, while on a clear day the coast of Donegal in Ireland can be seen.
		Colonsay is one of the most remote communities in Britain.
	www.bbc.co.uk /scotland/islandblogging/argyllandclyde/colonsay.shtml (272 words)

	BBC Scotland - Island Blogging - Lonely Colonsay
		I hope to visit Colonsay one day (with Barra) before it all but disappears of human inhabitants.
		To think Colonsay produced all these McPhees around the world (numbering in their hundreds and thousands)...I do wonder whether these descendants of Colonsadachs will return to the island to repopulate it...
		Hi Jaqueline, Keith Johnston who runs the Colonsay local newsletter, 'the Corncrake' is keen to publicise your story.
	www.bbc.co.uk /scotland/islandblogging/blogs/000019/0000000026.shtml (1302 words)

	Isle of Colonsay Hotel ,Colonsay , Argyll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Colonsay is approximately 10 miles by 2 miles in total, including Oransay and the total population is approximately 100.
		The island is largely agricultural and is favoured with low rainfall and long summer sunshine, with mild winters - snow and frost being almost unknown - and has numerous sandy coves, beautiful lochs and cliffs teeming with birds.
		The walking in Colonsay is easy and the landscape full of variety.
	www.accomodata.co.uk /020399.htm (493 words)

	Islay, Jura & Colonsay - guided walking / hiking holiday in Scotland
		Colonsay, with neighbouring Oronsay, is perhaps the most peaceful and remote of all the inner Hebrides; the ruined but inspiring 14th century Oronsay Priory, with its 4 m tall 'high cross', is accessible from Colonsay across the tidal Strand.
		The low platform of both Colonsay and this western peninsula, dotted with lochs and knobbly little hills, is reminiscent of the outer Hebrides.
		Kiloran Bay via Colonsay House is one option; another, tide permitting, is to cross the sands to Oronsay, with its high cross and ruined priory.
	www.scotlandwalking.co.uk /aauk/pages/islay.htm (2408 words)

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