Roybridge
| Roybridge Gaelic: Drochaid Ruaidh | |
| Inverness-shire | |
|---|---|
 Roybridge Shop and Post Office | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NN269807 |
| Location: | 56°53’28"N, 4°50’28"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Roy Bridge |
| Postcode: | PH31 |
| Dialling code: | 01397 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Highland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ross, Skye and Lochaber |
Roybridge is a small village, that lies at the confluence of the rivers River Roy and River Spean, in Inverness-shire. It is located three miles east of Spean Bridge, in Kilmonivaig parish. The name in Gaelic is Drochaid Ruaidh, meaning, appropriately enough, "the bridge over the Roy".[1]
Roybridge is on the A86 between Spean Bridge and Newtonmore and on the West Highland line served by trains passing between Crianlarich and Fort William.
Mary MacKillop
Both of the parents of Australia's only recognised saint Mary MacKillop, lived in Roybridge, prior to emigrating to Australia.[2] MacKillop visited Roybridge in the 1870s where the local Catholic church, St Margaret's, now has a shrine to her.
References
- ↑ Iain Mac an Tàilleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Gaelic/placenamesP-Z.pdf. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Martin (18 October 2010). "Saintly daughter of Scotland honoured". The Scotsman (Edinburgh). http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Saintly-daughter-of-Scotland-honoured.6585457.jp. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
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