JOYCEAN PICS 2009
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
(Pairc Naiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Troisichean)
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  Information Board
  Luss
  [FW 340.09 & 520.27] Loch Lomond
  Glen Croe
  
CONTENTS 2009
   1  Glasgow IASIL 2009@University of Glasgow
   2  Glasgow (Glaschu) and Joyce
   3  Glasgow (Glaschu): miscellanea
   4  Edinburgh (Dun Eideann)
   5  New Lanark, South Lanarkshire
   6  Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park (Pairc Naiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Troisichean)
   7  Oban (An t-Oban)
   8  Kilchurn Castle, Argyll and Bute
   9  Inveraray Castle (Caisteal Inbhir Aora), Argyll and Bute
  10  Glen Coe (Gleann Comhann), the Central Highlands
  11  Loch Lochy (Loch Lochaidh) and Loch Oich (Loch Omhaich) of the Caledonian Canal
  12  Loch Ness (Loch Nis) of the Caledonian Canal
  13  Inverness (Inbhir Nis)
  14  Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath) and Joyce
  15  Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath): miscellanea
  16  Moneygall (Muine Gall), County Offaly
  17  Limerick (Luimneach)
  18  The Burren (Boireann), County Clare
  19  Doolin (Dulainn), County Clare
  20  The Cliffs of Moher (Aillte an Mhothair), County Clare
  21  Connemara (Conamara)
  22  London and Joyce
  23  London: miscellanea
  24  Bognor Regis, West Sussex
  25  Sidlesham, West Sussex
  26  Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park (Pairc Naiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Troisichean)
31 July, 2009


  Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park (Scottish Gaelic Pairc Naiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Troisichean) is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond, and includes several ranges of hills, the Trossachs being the most famous.  It was the first of the two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament in 2002, the second being the Cairngorms National Park.
  The park is the fourth largest in the British Isles, with a total area of 1,865 sq km (720 sq mi) and a boundary of some 350 km (220 miles) in length.  It includes 21 Munros (including Ben Lomond, Ben Lui, Beinn Challuim, Ben More and two peaks called Ben Vorlich), 20 Corbetts, two forest parks (Queen Elizabeth, and Argyll) and 57 designated special nature conservation sites.  About 15,600 people live in the park, which is customarily split into four sections: Breadalbane, Loch Lomond,  The Trossachs, and Argyll Forest Park.
  
  Loch Lomond (Scottish Gaelic Loch Laomainn) is a freshwater Scottish loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault (West Dunbartonshire, Central Scotland).  It is the largest lake in mainland Britain, by surface area (71 sq km [27 sq mi]), and contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh water island in the British Isles.  Traditionally a boundary of Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire, Loch Lomond is located in the current council areas of Stirling, Argyll and Bute, and West Dunbartonshire, and its southern shores lie approximately 23 kilometers (14 mi) north of Glasgow, the country's largest city.  It is a popular leisure destination and is featured in song.  
  The loch is featured in the well-known song "Loch Lomond", which was first published around 1841.  The chorus is:
  
  Oh, ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road,
  And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
  But me and my true love will never meet again
  On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
  
  The song has been recorded by many performers over the years including the Mudmen.  Both Runrig and Quadriga Consort used to perform Loch Lomond as their concert's final song.  While the original author is unknown, it is widely believed that he may have been a Scottish soldier who awaited death in enemy captivity.  In his final letter home he wrote this song, portraying his home and how much he would miss it.  Another tale is that during the 1745 Rebellion a soldier on his way back to Scotland during the 1745-6 retreat from England wrote this song.  The "low road" is a reference to the Celtic belief that if someone died away from his homeland then the fairies would provide a route of this name for his soul to return home.  (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")
  
  


  
Extracted from Louis O. Mink's A "Finnegans Wake" Gazetteer
(Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1978), p.387

  
  
LOMOND, LOCH.  Lake, S cen Scot; largest lake in Gt Brit. "By the bonny, bonny banks of Loch Lomond" is where me and my true love will never meet again.
  
  340.09  the lomondatioms of Oghrem
  520.27  on the bibby bobby burns of...ye lamelookond fyats
  
  

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      Information Board of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park (Pairc Naiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Troisichean), Luss
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 (Friday 31 July) Information Board of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park (Pairc Naiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Troisichean), Luss
  
  
   
Luss
  
   Luss is a designated Conservation Village at the eastern end of Glen Luss on the western shores of Loch Lomond, Britainfs largest inland waterway.  This setting is famed for its natural beauty and as a haven for wildlife.  The history of the area stretches back millennia evidenced by the remains of hilltop forts, Neolithic burial chambers and crannogs (artificial islands created as loch dwellings from around 5000 BC) that dot the landscape.  (Quoted from the site of "scotac.com")
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 (Friday 31 July) A pretty house, Luss
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 (Friday 31 July) A pretty house, Luss
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 (Friday 31 July) Luss
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 (Friday 31 July) Luss
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 (Friday 31 July) "Highland Arts" or "C. John's Studios, Isle of Seil, A4 Route A816," Luss
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 (Friday 31 July) A stone cross, Luss
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 (Friday 31 July) Luss
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 (Friday 31 July) Luss on the western shores of Loch Lomond
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 (Friday 31 July) Luss on the western shores of Loch Lomond
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 (Friday 31 July) Luss
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 (Friday 31 July) The Village Shop and the car park, Luss
  
  
   
Loch Lomond
  
   [FW 340.09 & 520.27] The western shores of Loch Lomond.
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 (Friday 31 July) [FW 340.09 & 520.27] The western shores of Loch Lomond
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 (Friday 31 July) [FW 340.09 & 520.27] The western shores of Loch Lomond
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 (Friday 31 July) [FW 340.09 & 520.27] The western shores of Loch Lomond
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 (Friday 31 July) [FW 340.09 & 520.27] The western shores of Loch Lomond
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 (Friday 31 July) [FW 340.09 & 520.27] The western shores of Loch Lomond
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 (Friday 31 July) [FW 340.09 & 520.27] The western shores of Loch Lomond
  
  
   
Glen Croe
  
   Glen Croe on the way (A83) to Oban
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 (Friday 31 July) Glen Croe along A83
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 (Friday 31 July) Glen Croe along A83




        


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