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{{Infobox town
[[File:River at Clachan of Glendaruel - geograph.org.uk - 362759.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The River at Clachan of Glendaruel]]
|name=Glendaruel
{{county|Argyll}}
|county=Argyll
'''Glendaruel''' is a glen in the [[Cowal]] Peninsula in the south of [[Argyllshire]].  Its main settlement is the [[Clachan of Glendaruel]].
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|picture caption=River at Clachan of Glendaruel
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|latitude=56.01308
|longitude=-5.16427
|post town=
|postcode=PA22
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|LG district=Argyll and Bute
|constituency=Argyll and Bute
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'''Glendaruel''' is a glen in the [[Cowal]] Peninsula in the south of [[Argyllshire]].  Its main settlement is the Clachan of Glendaruel.


==About the glen==
==About the glen==
The present Kilmodan Church was built in the Clachan of Glendaruel in 1783. The Clachan of Glendaruel is the current location of Kilmodan Primary School, and the ground of Col-Glen Shinty Club.
*Location map: {{wmap|56.01308|-5.16427}}
*Streetmap: {{map|NS028845}}


The ruined [[Dunans Castle]] also stands in Glendaruel,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1116929.stm |title=SCOTLAND &#124; Police probe castle fire |publisher=BBC News |date=2001-01-14 |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref> and the Glendaruel Wood and Crags and the Ruel Estuary are listed as 'Sites of Special Scientific Interest'.
The present [[Kilmodan Church]] was built in the Clachan of Glendaruel in 1783.


As the nearest hospital is some miles away in [[Dunoon]] a disused phone box in the village was converted to house a defibrillator. Just weeks before the instillation a tourist in Glendaruel had died from a heart attack.<ref>''[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Good+call+for+disused+phone+box.-a0271789259 Good call for disused phone box]'' - Free Online Library</ref>
A ruined castle stands in the glen: [[Dunans Castle]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1116929.stm |title=Police probe castle fire |work=BBC News|date=2001-01-14 |access-date=2012-05-17}}</ref>


==Decline==
Glendaruel Wood and Crags and the Ruel Estuary are both listed as 'Sites of Special Scientific Interest'.<ref>[https://sitelink.nature.scot/site/733 Glendaruel Wood and Crags] SSSI</ref><ref>[https://sitelink.nature.scot/site/1395 Ruel Estuary] SSSI</ref>
The community is home to around 188 people as of 2008 and has been subject to a general decline in the late 20th century continuing into the early 21st century. The closure of the Glendaruel Hotel, a 17th-century coaching inn housing the only local pub, was in particular described as "a body blow." The hotel closed not long after a widely publicized legal case was won by three Polish former employees who had been described as "Polish Slaves" by the hotel proprietors.


Over the past two decades a number of facilities within the community have been lost, notable examples include the post office, general store and tearoom and even the parish church became part-time, holding services only two Sundays in a month.<ref name="scotsman1">{{cite web|author=Kirsty McLuckie |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/kirsty_mcluckie_pubs_are_often_the_canary_in_the_coalmine_for_small_communities_1_1080475 |title=Pubs are often the canary in the coalmine for small communities – News |work=The Scotsman |location=UK  |date=15 July 2008 |accessdate=10 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/HOTEL+BOSS+CALLED+US+'POLISH+SLAVES'+Sacked+cleaners+win+16k+pay-out.-a0163363157 |title=HOTEL BOSS CALLED US 'POLISH SLAVES' Sacked cleaners win 16k pay-out. – Free Online Library |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |date=15 May 2007 |accessdate=12 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MY+POLISH+SLAVES%3B+Taunts+from+hotel+boss+cost+him+pounds+16k+at...-a0163363669|title=MY POLISH SLAVES; Taunts from hotel boss cost him pounds 16k at tribunal. – Free Online Library|publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |date=15 May 2007 |accessdate=12 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Gordon Thomson |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/warning-as-polish-staff-win-case-1.948632 |title=Warning as Polish staff win case |publisher=Evening Times |date=15 May 2007 |accessdate=12 December 2011}}</ref>
===Mythology===
Glendaruel is thought to be one of the glens praised in the Gaelic poem "The Lament of Deirdre",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/literat/lamentof.htm |title=The Lament of Deirdre |publisher=Electricscotland.com |access-date=10 November 2011}}</ref> in which reference is made to a ''Glenndaruadh''. It is found in the 15th-century Glenmasan manuscript, which may go back to an original written down in 1238. Deirdre is a tragic heroine in Irish mythology, and in the poem she is lamenting the necessity of leaving Britain to return to Ireland.


==Mythology==
===Music===
Glendaruel is thought to be one of the glens praised in the Irish Gaelic poem "The Lament of Deirdre",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/literat/lamentof.htm |title=The Lament of Deirdre |publisher=Electricscotland.com |accessdate=10 November 2011}}</ref> in which reference is made to a ''Glenndaruadh''. It is found in the 15th-century Glenmasan manuscript, which may go back to an original written down in 1238. Deirdre is a tragic heroine in Irish mythology, and in the poem she is lamenting the necessity of leaving Scotland to return to Ireland.
Glendaruel is the inspiration for a number of bagpipe tunes, including ''The Glendaruel Highlanders'', ''The Sweet Maid of Glendaruel'', and ''The Dream Valley of Glendaruel''. The tune of ''The Glendaruel Highlanders'' was used for the popular Scottish comic song Campbeltown Loch, as sung by Andy Stewart.


==Music==
==Pictures==
Glendaruel is the inspiration for a number of bagpipe tunes, including The Glendaruel Highlanders, The Sweet Maid of Glendaruel, and The Dream Valley of Glendaruel.
{{commons}}
<gallery mode="packed" class="center">
File:Glendaruel Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 31673.jpg|Glendaruel Bridge
File:Road to Glendaruel from Loch Fyne - geograph.org.uk - 1599401.jpg|Road to Glendaruel from Loch Fyne
File:Chapel on the Glendaruel Estate - geograph.org.uk - 362767.jpg|Chapel on the Glendaruel Estate
File:Kilmodan Church, Argyll.JPG|Kilmodan Church
</gallery>


==Outside links==
==Outside links==
{{commons}}
*Streetmap: {{map|NR997845}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Glens of Argyllshire]]

Latest revision as of 13:52, 16 March 2022

The River at Clachan of Glendaruel

Glendaruel is a glen in the Cowal Peninsula in the south of Argyllshire. Its main settlement is the Clachan of Glendaruel.

About the glen

The present Kilmodan Church was built in the Clachan of Glendaruel in 1783.

A ruined castle stands in the glen: Dunans Castle.[1]

Glendaruel Wood and Crags and the Ruel Estuary are both listed as 'Sites of Special Scientific Interest'.[2][3]

Mythology

Glendaruel is thought to be one of the glens praised in the Gaelic poem "The Lament of Deirdre",[4] in which reference is made to a Glenndaruadh. It is found in the 15th-century Glenmasan manuscript, which may go back to an original written down in 1238. Deirdre is a tragic heroine in Irish mythology, and in the poem she is lamenting the necessity of leaving Britain to return to Ireland.

Music

Glendaruel is the inspiration for a number of bagpipe tunes, including The Glendaruel Highlanders, The Sweet Maid of Glendaruel, and The Dream Valley of Glendaruel. The tune of The Glendaruel Highlanders was used for the popular Scottish comic song Campbeltown Loch, as sung by Andy Stewart.

Pictures

 ("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Glendaruel)
  • Glendaruel Bridge
    Glendaruel Bridge
  • Road to Glendaruel from Loch Fyne
    Road to Glendaruel from Loch Fyne
  • Chapel on the Glendaruel Estate
    Chapel on the Glendaruel Estate
  • Kilmodan Church
    Kilmodan Church

Outside links

References

  1. ↑ "Police probe castle fire". BBC News. 2001-01-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1116929.stm. 
  2. ↑ Glendaruel Wood and Crags SSSI
  3. ↑ Ruel Estuary SSSI
  4. ↑ "The Lament of Deirdre". Electricscotland.com. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/literat/lamentof.htm. 
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