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	Western Isles - MSN Encarta
		The main administrative centre is Stornoway (population, 1991, 5,975) on the Isle of Lewis.
		The Western Isles Authority area was created under the 1975 Scottish local government reforms by the merger of parts of the former counties of Ross and Cromarty and Inverness-shire.
		The Western Isles are administered by an all-purpose unitary authority, the Western Isles Council (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar), which was established under the local government reforms implemented in 1975.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569353/Western_Isles.html (916 words)

	The Hebrides - LoveToKnow 1911
		Of these the Lewis portion of Long Island, the Shiants and the Flannan belong to the county of Ross and Cromarty, and the remainder to Inverness-shire.
		His son, Donald of the Isles, was memorable for his rebellion in support of his claim to the earldom of Ross, in which, however, he was unsuccessful.
		Alexander, son of Donald, resumed the hereditary warfare against the Scottish crown; and in 1462 a treaty was concluded between Alexander's son and successor John and Edward IV.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /The_Hebrides (1599 words)

	Flannan Islands
		In the 8th century the Flannan Group was saide to be in private use of a rich family living on Lewis.
		Since the mid of the 1970's the Flannan's are in the hand of the National Trust of Scotland.
		Before the Flannan lighthouse was built, the chain of Atlantic-lashed isles lying 20 miles west of Lewis had taken their toll of shipping, including, it is said, one of the smaller vessels from the much-dispersed Spanish Armada.
	www.425dxn.org /dc3mf/flannan.html (993 words)

	Flannan Isles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flannan Isles (Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan Flannach) are a small island group in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, lying approximately 20 miles west of the Isle of Lewis.
		However, it is unlikely that there were permanent residents on the islands once the Celtic Church fell into decline in the Hebrides (as a result of 9th century Viking invasions), until the construction of the lighthouse and its occupation very shortly before the dawn of the 20th century.
		The westernmost of the Flannan Isles: Eilean a' Ghobha and Roareim with Brona Cleit in the distance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flannan_Islands (2105 words)

	Behold the Hebrides - A Western Outpost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On one of the Flannan Isles the ruins of a very old chapel are still in a fair state of preservation.
		The Flannan Isles were long noted for their pasturage, which in the olden days supported a large number of sheep.
		When she reached the Flannans, however, the crew was surprised to find that the usual landing-flag was not hoisted; and, though the steamer’s whistle was sounded repeatedly and a rocket fired, no keeper appeared.
	www.electricscotland.com /books/hebrides31.htm (1213 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Exercise Flannan Flyby 98 was an expedition to the Flannan Islands over the period 31 May to 14 June 98 organised as an Adventurous Training (AT) expedition by the Society.
		The Flannans consist of 3 groups of small islands - the main group of Eilean Mor and Eilean Tighe, the southern group of Soray, Sgier Toman and Sgier Righinn about a mile to the south, and the western group of Roareim, Eilean a Ghoba and Brona Cleit, about 2 miles to the west.
		The Flannans are home to significantly important sea bird colonies, which Scottish Natural Heritage had invited RAFOS to survey and count.
	www.rafos.org.uk /exped3.htm (6091 words)

	Outer Hebrides
		They are administered by the unitary council region of Western Isles (link page for all islands in the Outer Hebrides).
		The islands are separated from the mainland by the stormy stretch of water known as the Minch[?].
		To the west lie a remote group of islands: Saint Kilda, Rockall, and the Flannan Isles[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ou/Outer_Hebrides.html (66 words)

	Lost Islands
		These were never permanently inhabited in historical memory, although a chapel dedicated to St Flannan was built there more than 1000 years ago.
		However, in December 1900 they were the centre of a great mystery after the three lighthousekeepers vanished from the island without trace, a disappearance so sudden that a meal of cold meat, pickles and potatoes was left untouched on their table.
		The underlying aim of the transport policy pursued on the Western Isles has been to prevent islands like Great Bernera,Vatersay, Scalpay, Berneray and Eriskay from the joining the roll-call of casualties.
	www.w-isles.gov.uk /eriskay/lost.htm (1286 words)

	Flannan Isle Poem, c. 1912-1917
		Light-keepers James Ducat, Principal, Thomas Marshall, second Assistant, and Donald McArthur, a occasional Keeper were victims of extreme weather conditions and had probably been swept into the sea by an exceptionally large and unexpected wave according to the Northern Lighthouse Board official report yet, the nearby coastal towns reported that the weather had been calm.
		Flannan Isles, also known as The Seven Hunters, is a uninhabited archipelago located 15-miles northwest of Lewis (HÈbrides) island.
		Before the Flannan Isle Lighthouse was built, The Seven Hunters were a hazardous group of isles so named for destroying ships en route to Scottish Ports.
	home.comcast.net /~debee2/NNNS/FlannanIsle.html (399 words)

	Original Investigations by Mike Dash
		The Flannan Islands are a bleak place indeed to live and work: a group of barren crags rising from the waters of the north Atlantic about 17 miles north west of Gallon Head, at the westward tip of the Hebridean island of Lewis7.
		Consequently, the Flannans are exposed to the full fury of the frequent North Atlantic gales; because of this, the environment is a hostile one and the isles have seldom if ever supported a permanent human population.
		Because the Flannans experience frequent bad weather, the NLB constructed two landing places on Eilean Mór, one on the west side of the island and the other on the east, so that whatever the prevailing wind it would be possible to find a lee and effect a landing.
	www.mikedash.com /investigations_eilean_paper.htm (8032 words)

	Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Myths & Mysteries - The strange disappearance of the Flannan lighthousemen
		Flannan Isle described the accident in terms of such foreboding that many concluded an altogether more complex conclusion was possible.
		Incredible theories sprang up: one of the men went insane and killed his colleagues before throwing himself off the island; a sea-monster dragged the keepers to a watery grave; and finally, a much later theory claimed that the men were abducted by aliens.
		Of course, the mystery of the Flannan Islands is no mystery at all, but a story of three men who lost their lives trying to save others.
	heritage.scotsman.com /myths.cfm?id=39672005 (894 words)

	Flannan Isles History
		Before the establishment of the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles -named after St Flann - which consists of seven rocky, uninhabited islands called the Seven Hunters, the island of Eilean Mor on which the lighthouse stands had two other habitations.
		As there was no radio communication between the Flannans and Lewis at that time, a gamekeeper, Mr Roderick MacKenzie, was appointed as observer to the light for which he received payment of £8 per annum.
		The Flannan Isles Lighthouse remained as a manned Station, reliefs and water supplies being carried out by the MV POLE STAR from Stromness until 28 September 1971.
	www.nlb.org.uk /ourlights/history/flannan.htm (384 words)

	St Kilda, Outer Hebrides Scotland
		The archipelago of St Kilda (57°49'N, 8°34'W), is the remotest part of the British Isles, lying in the North Atlantic, 41 miles (66 kilometres) west of the Outer Hebrides.
		17 miles west (58°17'N 7°35'W) of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides lie the Flannan Isles or The Seven Hunters.
		The Flannan Isles are a group of six rocky islands, with outlying skerries.
	www.canoehebrides.com /aboutislands.htm (773 words)

	Happy Dogs Clup, The biggest dog resource center,breeds,cloths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ironically, given the status of the Western Isles as the last GÃ idhlig speaking stronghold in Scotland, the Gaelic language name for the islands - Innse Gall - means "Isles of the non-Gaels" which has roots in the time when they were under Viking occupation.
		The Scottish acceptance of Magnus III as King of the Isles came after the Norwegian king had conquered the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides and the Isle of Man in a swift campaign earlier the same year, directed against the local Norwegian leaders of the various islands.
		In the 1266 Treaty of Perth the Outer Hebrides, along with the Isle of Man, were yielded to the Kingdom of Scotland.
	www.happydogsclup.com /sdmc_Hebrides (603 words)

	Saints of December 18
		Legend says that Flannan was the disciple and successor to Saint Molua, founder of Killaloe monastery.
		His legend attributes to him churches at Lough Corrib and at Inishbofin, and an incident on the Isle of Man. Pope John IV consecrated the Flannan as the first bishop of Killaloe.
		Flannan labored in the Hebrides and gave his name to the Flannan Isles, west of Lewis and Harris in Scotland, where the ruins of Flannan chapel may be found.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1218.htm (1345 words)

	Virtual Vault - Lighthouse Records
		In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers of the Flannan Islands Lighthouse, to the west of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, disappeared in mysterious circumstances; what is commonly known as the 'Flannan Isle Disaster'.
		On 15 December 1900 the captain of a vessel passing the Flannan Islands noticed that no light was visible.
		26 December 1900, Telegram from the master of the Hesperus to the Secretary of the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners, Mr Murdoch, outlining the incident at Flannan Island Lighthouse.
	www.scan.org.uk /researchrtools/lighthouse.htm (331 words)

	GM3VLB SCOTIA (as distinct from "IOSA") Flannan Report
		The Flannans (DI25, or IOTA EU-118) lie some 30km off the north-west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
		This was to allow us to transfer from the fishing boat to the so-called 'west landing' of the Flannans, which consists of a small concrete ledge at the foot of a near-vertical cliff.
		It is also impossible to lift a boat of that size out of the water, either onto a cramped fishing boat or onto the Flannans, and it could not be left at anchor, as it would soon be swamped.
	www.gm3vlb.com /general/flannan_update.htm (1815 words)

	Scottish Islands and Faroes Wildlife and Whale-watching Cruise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The secret was to use one of the small expedition ships that normally spend their time in the Arctic and Antarctic, with the flexibility of zodiac craft, and an expedition team well-used to landing in complete safety on remote and 'difficult' islands.
		We'll try to land on the nearby isle of North Rona, an island of green and lush grasslands whose cliffs teem with seabirds, including myriads of Puffins, and whose rocky shores are home to impressive numbers of Grey Seals.
		But for many of the people who regularly visit Fair Isle (and so many return again and again!) it is meeting the islanders themselves that is one of the highlights of a stay here.
	www.naturalist.co.uk /tours2006/scottishislands.php (1782 words)

	GM3VLB SCOTIA (as distinct from "IOSA") Summer 2002 Expedition to the Flannans
		W.W. Gibson, "Flannan Isle", describes the impressions of those who were sent to investigate some days later.
		We intended to be on the Flannans for 4 or 5 days but had emergency food, water and fuel to stretch the stay to perhaps 10 days.
		We thought for a while they might lead us all the way to the Flannans but we must have reached the outer limits of their current territory, as they were gone as suddenly as they had arrived.
	www.gm3vlb.com /general/summer_2002.htm (6725 words)

	Transcripts of documents from the Flannan Isles
		Donald Jack, the second Assistant Storekeeper was also despatched to Flannan Islands, the intention being that these two men, along with Joseph Moore, the third Assistant at Flannan Islands, who was ashore when the accident took place, should do duty pending permanent arrangements being made.
		I also proceeded to Flannan Islands where I was landed, along with Milne and Jack, early on the 29th ulto.
		The HESPERUS arrived at Flannan Islands for the purpose of making the ordinary relief about noon Wednesday, 26 December and, as neither signals were shown, nor any of the usual preparations for landing made, Captain Harvie blew both the steam whistle and the siren to call the attention of the Keepers.
	www.lighthousemuseum.org.uk /history/FlannanIslesdocuments.htm (1364 words)

	Some Strange Scent Of Death
		The true story of the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers from a remote outpost in the Outer Hebrides, the men simply vanishing on December 15, 1900.
		Cathy MacDonald explores the Flannan Isles lighthouse mystery of December 1900, when the three lightkeepers on board disappeared, leaving the lighthouse like the Marie Celeste.
		Cathy MacDonald travels to Lewis to find out how the true story of the mysterious disappearance of three Flannan Isles lighthouse keepers in 1900 is still alive in the Hebridean consciousness.
	www.radiolistings.co.uk /programmes/some_strange_scent_of_death.html (92 words)

	Overview of Flannan Isles Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Located on the northern side of Eilean Mor, the largest of the Flannan Isles, the Flannan Isles lighthouse lies 21 miles (34 km) west of Lewis.
		These islands posed a significant danger to shipping and to mitigate this danger the lighthouse was built in 1899 by engineer David Alan (1854 - 1938) with the assistance of his brother Charles Alexander Stevenson (1855 - 1950).
		The incident gained national publicity and is remembered in the poem Flannan Isle by English poet Wilfred Wilson Gibson (1878-1962).
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst10274.html (225 words)

	Some Strange Scent of Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A tale of the dramatic disappearance of lighthouse keepers from the Flannan Isles lighthouse in 1900.
		Set in the Outer Hebrides in the year 1900, Some Strange Scent of Death is based on a true story - the mysterious disappearance of the Flannan Isles lighthouse keepers.
		Locals believed they had been spirited away by the phantom of the isles; others thought that an enemy vessel had taken the men, or that a monster from the deep had lifted them bodily from the island.
	www.whittlespublishing.com /nautical/strange-scent.html (220 words)

	Flannan Isles, Lighthouses, Western Isles, Puffins
		The Flannan Isles or Seven Hunters, lie about 40 miles off the west coast of Lewis in the Western Isles.
		Their main claim to fame is the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keeepers in December 1900 who are thought to have been washed into the sea at the west landing due to a very large wave.
		10:00 arrived at Flannan Islands, landed at west landing on Eilean Mor.
	www.charles-tait.co.uk /trips/flannan.html (355 words)

	Island Cruising - Cruises in the Outer Hebrides
		Island cruises take you to remote Islands around the Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland as they are also known.
		We specialise in trips to St Kilda and some of the following Islands en route, Scarp, Taransay, Monach Isles and the Flannan Isles.
		North Rona, Sula Sgeir and the Shiant Isles can also be visited, as can Mingulay and the Southern Isles if a group so wishes.
	www.island-cruising.com (195 words)

	Innsegall - the Western Isles
		There are many ancient chapel sites in the Western Isles, and while there is no evidence that St Columba ever visited any of the Isles, the people must have felt the influence of the Irish seaborne monks from the late 6th century onwards.
		St Ronan’s sister is said to have gone there where she was later found dead with a shag nesting in her chest cavity.
		St Flann’s Chapel on Eilean Mhor in the Flannan Isles is another small stone-built chapel of Irish type on an inaccessible island.
	www.innsegall.co.uk /guide/intro/arch_church.htm (735 words)

	Stories - The Mysterious case of the Flannan Isle Men
		Everyone has heard of the strange case of the Mary Celeste, the ship that was found with no crew aboard and with no sign of their departure.
		The Lighthouse there is one of the most isolated in Scotland and it was here that an eerie tale unfolds of three light keepers that disappeared without trace in December 1900.
		We seemed to stand for an endless while, though still no word was said,three men alive on Flannan Isle, who thought on three men dead.
	www.lighthousemuseum.org.uk /history/stories1.html (292 words)

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